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When I have problems with my computer, I get my grandchildren to sort it.
No young ones about?

yes, me !

Ouch!

You're as young as you feel ;)

Quite right, Jazzgirl!
I refuse to acknowledge the aging process!

Omg! Thought it was me!! With 404 posted the below this but I don't think it computed!!

The Rules of Fivestones and Jacks - Masters Traditional Games
www.mastersgames.com/rules/jacks-rules.htm
Traditional game Fivestones or Jacks - comprehensive instructions for friendly ... Fivestones is a traditional children's game played the world over for which there

And not all has pasted. I only remembered this game from when I was very young !! Blast from the past me thinks !

Cheers L

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Sorry! Should I be worried about 404?

This occurred & was discussed before, but I can't find those threads - might have beeen purged.

The error appears to be caused by code running on servers.
Below 404 Not Found you will see nginx/1.6.0.

Read the following for clarification: (-; More at Reverse Proxy Server.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx

After browsing a number of tech boards, it seems the program can run into a situation where ...
... blah, blah, blah ...
because a URL & a file name (thread-page) in a directory are the same.
Also, the last slash can cause problems.

In short, the server issues a redirect which loops until it times out & returns a 404 error.
Technically incorrect, but often the default.

I ran some tests with Bab's thread.

These don't work:
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/430643/star?thread-page=
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/430643/star

These do:
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/430643/star/
http://www.crosswordsolver.org/forum/430643

so simply backspace in the address bar to get something like the last example.
I see Jazzgirl has already sussed this out. Well done !

Why Bab's threads are afflicted, & then Chrise's, I don't know. OS, browser, protocol interaction ...?
Too many variables.
All those protocols are like troops of chattering monkeys. How they manage to communicate at all is a miracle !

Thank you Syzygy for your detailed reply. Can't say I fully understand it as I am not that IT savvy but I take it it that 404 in no threat?

Cheers L

No threat, 404 is simply an error code that means "Page not found".
Happens all the time. Someone's web site is defunct or they changed a file directory & didn't update the link.

Stay posted for more info.