Implemented GET string support from Dan Horrigan and modified it slightly. Also tweaked his regex_match changes.
diff --git a/application/config/autoload.php b/application/config/autoload.php
index 5e97408..90b1a80 100644
--- a/application/config/autoload.php
+++ b/application/config/autoload.php
@@ -18,16 +18,30 @@
 |
 | These are the things you can load automatically:
 |
-| 1. Libraries
-| 2. Helper files
-| 3. Custom config files
-| 4. Language files
-| 5. Models
+| 1. Packages
+| 2. Libraries
+| 3. Helper files
+| 4. Custom config files
+| 5. Language files
+| 6. Models
 |
 */
 
 /*
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------
+|  Auto-load Packges
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
+| Prototype:
+|
+|  $autoload['packages'] = array(APPPATH.'third_party', '/usr/local/shared');
+|
+*/
+
+$autoload['packages'] = array(APPPATH.'third_party');
+
+
+/*
+| -------------------------------------------------------------------
 |  Auto-load Libraries
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------
 | These are the classes located in the system/libraries folder
@@ -98,6 +112,5 @@
 $autoload['model'] = array();
 
 
-
 /* End of file autoload.php */
 /* Location: ./application/config/autoload.php */
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/application/config/config.php b/application/config/config.php
index 477d7bf..a844f71 100644
--- a/application/config/config.php
+++ b/application/config/config.php
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@
 |
 |	http://example.com/
 |
+| If this is not set then CodeIgniter will guess the protocol, domain and
+| path to your installation.
+|
 */
-$config['base_url']	= "http://example.com/";
+$config['base_url']	= '';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@
 | variable so that it is blank.
 |
 */
-$config['index_page'] = "index.php";
+$config['index_page'] = 'index.php';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
 | This item determines which server global should be used to retrieve the
-| URI string.  The default setting of "AUTO" works for most servers.
+| URI string.  The default setting of 'AUTO' works for most servers.
 | If your links do not seem to work, try one of the other delicious flavors:
 |
 | 'AUTO'			Default - auto detects
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@
 | 'ORIG_PATH_INFO'	Uses the ORIG_PATH_INFO
 |
 */
-$config['uri_protocol']	= "AUTO";
+$config['uri_protocol']	= 'AUTO';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@
 | http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/urls.html
 */
 
-$config['url_suffix'] = "";
+$config['url_suffix'] = '';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@
 | than english.
 |
 */
-$config['language']	= "english";
+$config['language']	= 'english';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -77,14 +80,14 @@
 | that require a character set to be provided.
 |
 */
-$config['charset'] = "UTF-8";
+$config['charset'] = 'UTF-8';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | Enable/Disable System Hooks
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| If you would like to use the "hooks" feature you must enable it by
+| If you would like to use the 'hooks' feature you must enable it by
 | setting this variable to TRUE (boolean).  See the user guide for details.
 |
 */
@@ -142,7 +145,7 @@
 |
 | Options are: TRUE or FALSE (boolean)
 |
-| The other items let you set the query string "words" that will
+| The other items let you set the query string 'words' that will
 | invoke your controllers and its functions:
 | example.com/index.php?c=controller&m=function
 |
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@
 | use segment based URLs.
 |
 */
-$config['allow_get_array'] = TRUE;
+$config['allow_get_array']		= TRUE;
 $config['enable_query_strings'] = FALSE;
 $config['controller_trigger']	= 'c';
 $config['function_trigger']		= 'm';
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@
 | MUST set an encryption key.  See the user guide for info.
 |
 */
-$config['encryption_key'] = "";
+$config['encryption_key'] = '';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -261,9 +264,9 @@
 | 'cookie_path'   =  Typically will be a forward slash
 |
 */
-$config['cookie_prefix']	= "";
-$config['cookie_domain']	= "";
-$config['cookie_path']		= "/";
+$config['cookie_prefix']	= '';
+$config['cookie_domain']	= '';
+$config['cookie_path']		= '/';
 
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -301,7 +304,7 @@
 | means you are prematurely outputting something to your browser. It could
 | even be a line of whitespace at the end of one of your scripts.  For
 | compression to work, nothing can be sent before the output buffer is called
-| by the output class.  Do not "echo" any values with compression enabled.
+| by the output class.  Do not 'echo' any values with compression enabled.
 |
 */
 $config['compress_output'] = FALSE;
@@ -311,9 +314,9 @@
 | Master Time Reference
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| Options are "local" or "gmt".  This pref tells the system whether to use
-| your server's local time as the master "now" reference, or convert it to
-| GMT.  See the "date helper" page of the user guide for information
+| Options are 'local' or 'gmt'.  This pref tells the system whether to use
+| your server's local time as the master 'now' reference, or convert it to
+| GMT.  See the 'date helper' page of the user guide for information
 | regarding date handling.
 |
 */
diff --git a/application/config/routes.php b/application/config/routes.php
index 614462f..5f9a583 100644
--- a/application/config/routes.php
+++ b/application/config/routes.php
@@ -23,16 +23,23 @@
 | RESERVED ROUTES
 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| There is one reserved routes:
+| There area two reserved routes:
 |
 |	$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome';
 |
 | This route indicates which controller class should be loaded if the
 | URI contains no data. In the above example, the "welcome" class
 | would be loaded.
+|
+|	$route['404_override'] = 'errors/page_missing';
+|
+| This route will tell the Router what URI segments to use if those provided
+| in the URL cannot be matched to a valid route.
+|
 */
 
 $route['default_controller'] = "welcome";
+$route['404_override'] = '';
 
 
 /* End of file routes.php */