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Can I display an "image not found" image in HTML?

I've been writing some scripts to display large directories of images in HTML in an automated fashion and not infrequently the static HTML generated ends up not matching the underlying images on the server. I could generate the pages on-demand, but it's too processor intensive. Instead, I'd like to know if there's a way I can automatically display an "image no longer available" graphic instead of just a broken link?...

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How can I change the look of my Twitter page?

I checked out your Twitter page, Dave (see: Dave on Twitter), and it looks really nice. How'd you do that?...

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