On Friday 07 September 2001 13:52 pm, Tim Wunder wrote:
> Subject: FW: Microsloth Error Message Haikus
>
> In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft Error
> messages with Haiku poetry messages.
>
> Haiku poetry has strict construction rules. Each poem has only three lines,
> 17 syllables: five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five
> in the third.
>
> Haikus are used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a
> wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity - the
> essence of Zen:
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-
>
> Your file was so big.
> It might be very useful.
> But now it is gone.
>
> The Web site you seek
> Cannot be located,
> but Countless more exist.
>
> Chaos reigns within.
> Reflect, repent, and reboot.
> Order shall return.
>
> Program aborting:
> Close all that you have worked on.
> You ask far too much.
>
> Windows NT crashed.
> I am the Blue Screen of Death.
> No one hears your screams.
>
> Yesterday it worked.
> Today it is not working.
> Windows is like that.
>
> First snow, then silence.
> This thousand-dollar screen dies
> So beautifully.
>
> The Tao that is seen
> Is not the true Tao-until
> You bring fresh toner.
And More:
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
Everything is gone;
Your life's work has been destroyed.
Squeeze trigger (yes/no)?
The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.
Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
Errors have occurred.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.
Server's poor response.
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.
This site has been moved.
We'd tell you where, but then we'd
have to delete you.
wind catches lily,
scattering petals to the wind:
segmentation fault
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have.
You ask way too much.
Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down
You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
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+ Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/07/01 14:28 +
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"If your computer speaks English it was probably made in Japan."
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