---------- > From: SusanI371 <SusanI371@aol.com> > To: lperkins@cpcug.org > Subject: If you haven't seen this, it might amuse you.. > Date: Monday, March 02, 1998 9:03 PM > > > RE: If they wrote error messages in haiku > > ------------------------------------------------- > Three things are certain: > Death, taxes, and lost data. > Guess which has occurred. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > A file that big? > It might be very useful. > But now it is gone. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Windows NT crashed. > I am the Blue Screen of Death. > No one hears your screams. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Errors have occurred. > We won't tell you where or why. > Lazy programmers. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Seeing my great fault > Through darkening blue windows > I begin again > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 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? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Server's poor response > Not quick enough for browser. > Timed out, plum blossom. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Chaos reigns within. > Reflect, repent, and reboot. > Order shall return. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Login incorrect. > Only perfect spellers may > enter this system. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > This site has been moved. > We'd tell you where, but then we'd > have to delete you. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > wind catches lily > scatt'ring petals to the wind: > segmentation fault > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > ABORTED effort: > Close all that you have. > You ask way too much. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 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. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > The Web site you seek > cannot be located but > endless others exist > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Stay the patient course > Of little worth is your ire > The network is down > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > A crash reduces > your expensive computer > to a simple stone. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > There is a chasm > of carbon and silicon > the software can't bridge > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Yesterday it worked > Today it is not working > Windows is like that > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To have no errors > Would be life without meaning > No struggle, no joy > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > You step in the stream, > but the water has moved on. > This page is not here. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > No keyboard present > Hit F1 to continue > Zen engineering? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Hal, open the file > Hal, open the damn file, Hal > open the, please Hal > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > 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. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > The ten thousand things > How long do any persist? > Netscape, too, has gone. > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Rather than a beep > Or a rude error message, > These words: "File not found." > - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Serious error. > All shortcuts have disappeared > Screen. Mind. Both are blank.