Those are fun -- if you like them I have a link to a site full on www.macchiato.com (I also put up "Hu's on First", if you haven't seen it).
Mark __________________________________ http://www.macchiato.com ► “Eppur si muove” ◄ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 06:25 Subject: [OT] HAIKU computer talk > Knowing that many on this list would enjoy this, I couldn't resist being > blatently off topic. > > Peter > > > > >"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 17 syllables....5 syllables in the first, 7 > in the second, 5 in the third. > > > >They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a > wistful, yearning, and powerful insight through extreme brevity. > > > >Here are 16 actual error messages from Japan. > > > >-------------------------------------------- > > > >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. > > > >--------------------------------------------------- > > > >Your file was so big. > > > >It might be very useful. > > > >But now it is gone. > > > >------------------------------------------- > > > >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. > > > > > > > > > > > >Now isn't that better than: "Your computer has performed an illegal > operation." > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
