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Set Reference Error 404

The set of all pages referred to by the URL you have provided has been determined to be the empty set ({} or ∅). A curious fact is that a great many defective URLs point to this very same set, for current set theory holds that there is only one such set, and therefore it is the most frequently called of all sets — and yet, curiously, nobody is ever served it by any well-behaved web server. Proof of this concept (or at least a seemly appreciation of it) is left as an exercise for the reader, who apparently doesn’t have anything else do to, since the page wanted (or inaccurately alluded to) was not rendered. If you are in a hurry, and disinclined to appreciate the aesthetic wonders or the logical paradoxes of the empty set, however, please select a URL pointing to a different one, preferably one having one (and only one) member, for the most satisfactory and successful viewing experience.


For help in correctly identifying such a set, or the proper mode of invocation to achieve it, you may wish to consult our webmistress, who is herself no null set, but sui generis.


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