Computer Haiku
Tuesday, January 28, 2003 by The Rated PG | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error
messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction
rules - each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 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.
Below, the essence of Zen:
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.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Now isn't that better than "your computer has performed an illegal operation"?
messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction
rules - each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 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.
Below, the essence of Zen:
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.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Now isn't that better than "your computer has performed an illegal operation"?
kthxbye
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:53 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:53 PM
*sighs* I might be running BeOS 5 still, if the video nVidia drivers for it supported the GeForce 4 in my notebook.
Damn, it was such a wonderful, and pleasing to use OS.
Damn, it was such a wonderful, and pleasing to use OS.
goodmorphing
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:00 PM
Reply #5 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:00 PM
work sings for me now
'puter has a brand new dress
thanks good artists all!
'puter has a brand new dress
thanks good artists all!
goodmorphing
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:03 PM
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:03 PM
sorry computer
couldn't handle that big load
fatal exception
couldn't handle that big load
fatal exception
goodmorphing
Reply #8 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:08 PM
i didn't know you could post a blank one...hmmmm
Reply #8 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:08 PM
i didn't know you could post a blank one...hmmmm
goodmorphing
Reply #10 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:13 PM
Reply #10 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:13 PM
Haiku said lay off
some things better left unsaid
just hit submit now
some things better left unsaid
just hit submit now
goodmorphing
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:43 PM
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:43 PM
haiku is like poem
syllables five seven, five
only three lines long
syllables five seven, five
only three lines long
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Reply #1 Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:41 PM