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Posted: 11:17 Apr 11 2003
Haiku Version of Windows
Got this from Nemesis this morning and i know quite a few here got it aswell but it was too good NOT to share further.
(credit to kris)
In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal 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 16 actual error messages from Japan. Aren't
these better than "Your computer has performed an illegal operation"?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 NT 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.
Life is frustrating.
(credit to kris)
In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal 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 16 actual error messages from Japan. Aren't
these better than "Your computer has performed an illegal operation"?
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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 NT 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.
Life is frustrating.
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Posted: 11:17 Apr 11 2003
those haikus are great
There is an old Urbanreflex.com story about new error messages. Is quite funny
There is an old Urbanreflex.com story about new error messages. Is quite funny
Posted: 14:24 Apr 11 2003 #raises hand# yep i have the same list tho i don't have these three! I shall add them to the list
by EvilWillow
and i know quite a few here got it as well but it was too good NOT to share further.
(credit to kris)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
the version I have reads...
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Life is frustrating.
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Posted: 14:25 Apr 11 2003
These really cheered me up when Nemesis sent them to me...especially as I've been having problems with my own PC lately 
Posted: 22:14 Apr 11 2003