> 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.
> Haiku is 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 Website 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.
>
> * With searching
comes loss
> * And the presence of
absence:
> * "My Novel" not found.
>
> * The Tao that is
seen
> * Is not the true Tao-until
> * You bring fresh toner.
>
> * Stay the patient
course.
> * Of little worth is your
ire.
> * The network is down.
>
> * A crash
reduces
> * Your expensive
computer
> * To a simple stone.
>
> * Three things
are certain:
> * Death, taxes and lost
data.
> * Guess which has
occurred.
>
>
* You step in the stream,
> *
But the water has moved on.
> * This page
is not here.
>
>
* Out of memory.
> * We wish
to hold the whole sky,
> * But we never
will.
>
> *
Having been erased,
> * The document
you're seeking
> * Must now be
retyped.
>
> *
Serious error.
> * All shortcuts have
disappeared.
> * Screen. Mind. Both are
blank.
>
>
>
Title: FW: kindly error messages
Hi, I thought these were good enough to post. In
fact, I was so inspired, I tried my own:
Use these if you wish
You might just have a chuckle
Seen before? Delete!
