Just 'cause I'm a weenie (and a friend of mine wrote one of 'em), I'll point out that this is actually derived from a contest that Salon.com had -- check out the page (and a slew of additional ones, along with attributions) at http://www.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html
-Ken Fwd: Haikus for the 21st Century > > >> >>In Japan, they've replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft Error >>messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict >>construction rules. Each poem has only 3 lines and a total of 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-the essence of Zen. >> >> --------------------------------- >> >>Your file was 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 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. > > > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------> YOU >MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the > impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: > subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest > [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
