In Japan, on their computers 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. Haikus are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity.
------------------------------------------- Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone. ------------------------------------------- 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 has now 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. Matthew Small IT Director Showstopper American Dance Championships [EMAIL PROTECTED] 843-357-1847 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
