A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.
:
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies so
beautifully.
T
The Tao that is seen
is not the true Tao, until
You bring fresh toner.
[
Ruminations on computer error messages presented in the traditional Japanese haiku form. The source of these gems is unknown.
| A crash reduces your expensive computer to a simple stone. : |
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| First snow, then silence. This thousand dollar screen dies so beautifully. T |
The Tao that is seen is not the true Tao, until You bring fresh toner. [ |
| A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone. & |
With searching comes loss and the presence of absence: "My novel" not found. = |
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Rather than a beep, A stillness over all things, Only these words: "File not found." 1 |
| Having been erased, The document you're seeking Must now be retyped. 4 |
You step in the stream, but the water has moved on. This page is not here. 2 |
| Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. 6 |
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| Seeing my great fault Through darkening blue windows I begin again. 8 |
Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. z |
| Aborted effort. Close all that you have. You ask far too much. [ |
Chaos reigns within Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. Z |
| Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank. X |
The ten thousand things How long do any persist? Netscape, too, has gone. W |
| Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. # |
The Web site you seek cannot be located. But endless others exist. [ |
| Errors have occurred. We won't tell you where or why. Lazy programmers. 7 |
To have no errors Would be life without meaning No struggle, no joy. 1 |
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Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will. * |
