If they wrote error messages in haiku . . . Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred. ------------------------------ A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone. ------------------------------ Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. ------------------------------ Errors have occurred. We won't tell you where or why. Lazy programmers. ------------------------------ Seeing my great fault Through darkening blue windows I begin again ------------------------------ The code was willing, It considered your request, But the chips were weak. ------------------------------ Printer not ready. Could be a fatal error. Have a pen handy? ------------------------------ Server's poor response Not quick enough for browser. Timed out, plum blossom. ------------------------------ Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. ------------------------------ Login incorrect. Only perfect spellers may enter this system. ------------------------------ This site has been moved. We'd tell you where, but then we'd have to delete you. ------------------------------ wind catches lily scatt'ring petals to the wind: segmentation fault ------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------ The Web site you seek cannot be located but endless others exist ------------------------------ Stay the patient course Of little worth is your ire The network is down ------------------------------ A crash reduces your expensive computer to a simple stone. ------------------------------ There is a chasm of carbon and silicon the software can't bridge ------------------------------ Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that ------------------------------ To have no errors Would be life without meaning No struggle, no joy ------------------------------ You step in the stream, but the water has moved on. This page is not here. ------------------------------ No keyboard present Hit F1 to continue Zen engineering? ------------------------------ Hal, open the file Hal, open the damn file, Hal open the, please Hal ------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------ The ten thousand things How long do any persist? Netscape, too, has gone. ------------------------------ 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.