According to this: http://www.uoregon.edu/~donovan/writings/NT%20in%20Japanese.pdf most of these were from some competition that Salon ran in 1998
Some are archived here: http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html Cheers Ken From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 4:11 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Computer Haikus R U serious? He has always been a lit nut writing novels and stories, I just figured this was one of his writings. He didn't actually said he wrote it, but it sure sounded that way. If this was his idea of a practical joke, I think his network is gonna laugh at him tomorrow morning. Okay anyone who has great scripts or practical jokes I can pull off on his computer, fully AD so I can do just about anything to it. He is going down... Oh going down hard... And I put his name at the bottom, so no he is not imaginary, and I am about the most non literary person out there so I will never be introducing stories, poems or other artsy things that don't score points with my wife...and this group will never reach her of that I am sure. I can see the comments from Shook tomorrow..I think I am just going to go bury myself, it will be less painful. From: Ken Schaefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 11:46 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Computer Haikus Um - this has been going around the 'net for, what, 10 years. Did you friend write it 10 years ago? Or is claiming credit for something he hasn't done? Or did you just make up the friend so as to have some introduction to the haiku? :-) Cheers Ken From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2008 3:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT: Computer Haikus A friend of mine wrote this and he wanted the opinions of "Computer dudes and dudettes" I promised him I would post it, I find it quite good. 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. Windows XP crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. First snow, then silence. The thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully. 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. Grant W. Coleman ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
