Humor:poetic error messages

[KATHLAU <KATHLAU@AOL.COM>]

 IMAGINE IF INSTEAD OF CRYPTIC, GEEKY TEXT STRINGS,YOUR COMPUTER
 PRODUCED ERROR MESSAGES IN HAIKU...

 > Yesterday it worked
 > Today it is not working
 > Windows is like that
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > A file that big?
 > It might be very useful.
 > But now it is gone.
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > The Web site you seek
 > cannot be located but
 > endless others exist
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > Chaos reigns within.
 > Reflect, repent, and reboot.
 > Order shall return.
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > 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.
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > 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.
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > 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.
 >
 >  - - - - - - - - - - - -
 >
 > Windows NT crashed.
 > I am the Blue Screen of Death.
 > No one hears your screams.
  >>

Kathy Lauzon                                 732-613-6855
Media Specialist K-5                       732-257-2034 (FAX)
Frost School                                     KATHLAU @aol.com
65 Frost Ave.
East Brunswick, N.J. 08816

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