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+<!--
+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+-->
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title>500 error! GNU MediaGoblin is sorry...</title>
+  </head>
+  <body style="text-align:center;font-family: monospace">
+    <h1>YEOWCH... that's an error!</h1>
+    <p>
+      .-------------------------.<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; __&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;_&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-,&nbsp;\_,------,_//&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\&nbsp;&nbsp;,--&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--.\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/&nbsp;(&nbsp;&nbsp;X)&nbsp;(X&nbsp;&nbsp;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'&nbsp;&nbsp;'--,&nbsp;,--'\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/&nbsp;\&nbsp;-v-v-u-v&nbsp;/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp;&nbsp;'.__.--__'.\&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/&nbsp;',___/&nbsp;/&nbsp;\__/'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,'\_'/,&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\_|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;|&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W',_&nbsp;|||&nbsp;|||_''&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;'------'|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|__|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|_|_&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|<br>
+      |&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;,,,-'&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'-,,,&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;                 |<br>
+      '-------------------------'<br>
+    </p>
+    <p>Something bad happened, and things broke.</p>
+    <p>If this is not your website, you may want to alert the owner.</p>
+    <br><br>
+    <p>Powered... er broken... by <a href="http://www.mediagoblin.org">MediaGoblin</a>, a <a href="http://www.gnu.org">GNU Project</a>.</p>
+  </body>
+</html>
