Some very talented people, with no life of
their own, 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 line, 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 some actual error
messages. Aren't these better than
"your computer has performed an
illegal operation?"
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The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist
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Chaos reigns within
Reflect, repent, and reboot
Order shall return
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Program aborting
Close all that you have worked on
You ask far too much
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Windows NT crashed
I am the Blue Screen of Death
No one hears your screams
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Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
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Your file was so big
It might be very useful
But now it is gone
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Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down
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A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone
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Three things are certain
Death, taxes and lost data
Guess which has occurred
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You step in the stream
But the water has moved on
This page is not here
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Out of memory
We wish to hold the whole sky
But we never will
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Having been erased
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped
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Serious error
All shortcuts have disappeared
Screen, Mind, both are blank
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I ate your Web page
Forgive me; it was tasty
And tart on my tongue
