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Local Rebel
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since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

0 posted 2001-03-08 11:30 PM

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and
unhelpful Microsoft
error
messages with Haiku poetry messages.

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 crash'd.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No-one hears your screams.

--------------------------------------------

Yesterday it work'd.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

--------------------------------------------

First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.

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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.

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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.

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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Local Rebel
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

1 posted 2001-03-08 11:33 PM

My picture was at PIP
Now it has dissappeared
As I often do

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

2 posted 2001-03-08 11:51 PM

These are good. I got it today in an email.

fractal007
Senior Member

since 2000-06-01

Posts 1958

3 posted 2001-03-09 02:50 AM

I am MS 'Doze
Testament of Shoddiness
Now I crash and die!

I'd put that in there to replace any error message Windoze gives me, anyday! LOL

"If history is to change, let it change. If the world is to be destroyed, so be it. If my fate is to die, I must simply laugh"

-- Magus

Dream-eagle
Junior Member

since 2001-03-07

Posts 34
Indiana, USA

4 posted 2001-03-09 03:28 AM

Microsoft keeps making
Windows forsaking
Quality for faking

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

5 posted 2001-03-09 09:25 AM

Microsoft upgrades
Something that you have to buy
Gives Bill more money

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

6 posted 2001-03-09 12:28 PM

Do more! Do more! These were fun to read.

Skyfyre
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since 1999-08-15

Posts 1906
Sitting in Michael's Lap

7 posted 2001-03-09 01:12 PM

There was no error;
I said so only to see
If you were watching.

(my computer is devious)

These were great -- thanks!

Linda

Allan Riverwood

Member Elite

since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

8 posted 2001-03-09 01:15 PM

Haha... brilliant idea.

I apoligize
This page cannot be displayed
Check your connection

Mash the keyboard hard
Try to get the message through
Beat it with a stick

Windows has perished
To read this message again
Just hit any key

.....ooh... these are fun.

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

9 posted 2001-03-09 02:08 PM

Windows crashed again
What is a good solution
Sun Microsystems

he he he

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Dopey Dope

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Member Patricius

since 2000-08-30

Posts 11132
San Juan, Puerto Rico

10 posted 2001-03-09 04:10 PM

hehe......fun read.

Elizabeth Cor
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since 2000-10-13

Posts 879
Over the river and through the woods

11 posted 2001-03-09 04:30 PM

AH HA HA!
The Blue Screen of Death...

Oh, I've been waiting for a verse on that for years...

Allan Riverwood

Member Elite

since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

12 posted 2001-03-09 07:48 PM

Hehe... this is a lot of fun. Here's some of my most common experiences... the ones that make me give my computer "baseball bat therapy."

Windows is busy
Wait for the "end task" window
Go make a sandwich...

Sound card is in use?
Speakers are put on full blast
Still I hear nothing.

Compy crash again
after two hours of homework...
should have saved the file.

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

[This message has been edited by Allan Riverwood (edited 03-09-2001).]

Moon Dust

Member Elite

since 1999-06-11

Posts 2177
Skelmersdale, UK

13 posted 2001-03-10 11:40 AM

Computer gone wrong?,
Seek help files if all else fails,
Throw out of window.

Love these

Don't ever give in, if you do you've lost everything you've ever had and everything you hope to gain, but if you carry on your already winning.

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

14 posted 2001-03-10 12:02 PM

INVALID PAGE FAULT
GO AHEAD AND GET AN AXE
CHOP DOWN THE MIDDLE

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Allan Riverwood

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since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

15 posted 2001-03-10 03:09 PM

Okay, Acire wins.

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

Dream-eagle
Junior Member

since 2001-03-07

Posts 34
Indiana, USA

16 posted 2001-03-10 09:08 PM

opps

[This message has been edited by Dream-eagle (edited 03-11-2001).]

Dream-eagle
Junior Member

since 2001-03-07

Posts 34
Indiana, USA

17 posted 2001-03-10 09:15 PM

.

[This message has been edited by Dream-eagle (edited 03-11-2001).]

Allan Riverwood

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since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

18 posted 2001-03-11 03:32 AM

The format for Haiku/Senryu is first line 5 syllables, second line 7, third line 5. Just mentioning it to avoid further confusion.

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

19 posted 2001-03-11 08:21 PM

I've been following it Allan

but who cares, just put in some good ones is all I care about

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Dream-eagle
Junior Member

since 2001-03-07

Posts 34
Indiana, USA

20 posted 2001-03-11 10:24 PM

okay..I'll try again

It Must be your fault
Perfect Windows makes no err
Please try again now!

Local Rebel
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since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

21 posted 2001-03-12 08:30 PM

I posted in jest
Many poets responded
for this I thank them

Allan Riverwood

Member Elite

since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

22 posted 2001-03-12 09:39 PM

I'm glad that you did
My fellow skilled haikuist
To you, I salute

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

Local Rebel
Member Ascendant

since 1999-12-21

Posts 5767
Southern Abstentia

23 posted 2001-03-13 12:24 PM

I did not write these
They were sent in an e-mail
I wanted to share

Allan Riverwood

Member Elite

since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

24 posted 2001-03-13 12:39 PM

That is quite the shock...
Did you mention that somewhere?
I must have missed it.

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

25 posted 2001-03-13 09:34 AM

Now you guys are talking in Haiku form

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

DancinQueen

Senior Member

since 2000-07-29

Posts 1092
Kokomo,IN,USA

26 posted 2001-03-14 11:29 PM

lol those were fun to read

¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

27 posted 2001-03-15 09:16 AM

blue screen shows errors
illegal operation
throw machine away

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Allan Riverwood

Member Elite

since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

28 posted 2001-03-15 06:28 PM

LOL... Acire, you are the MAN.

I was such a fool...
spill'd water on the keyboard
indoor fireworks

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

29 posted 2001-03-17 05:01 PM

Thanks Allan

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

Parker
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since 2000-01-06

Posts 3129
ON

30 posted 2001-03-23 05:32 PM

these are so cool....

screen has froze again
please hit any key right now
with a big hammer

Parker

Acies

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-07

Posts 7665
Twilight Zone

31 posted 2001-03-23 05:50 PM

he he he

Windows won't shut down
unplug computer from strip
then throw it away

"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S.

coyote
Senior Member

since 2001-03-17

Posts 1077

32 posted 2001-03-24 08:49 PM

Linux rulz!

(O.K., not quite yet, but maybe someday?)

"The poet is the priest of the invisible."
Wallace Stevens

Allan Riverwood

Member Elite

since 2001-01-04

Posts 3502
Winnipeg

33 posted 2001-03-24 11:23 PM

bored of IRC?
to file a complaint right now
just hit alt-F4

whir, electric hum...
modem trying once again
for great things to come

it's your lucky day
for faster connection speed
please insert nail here -> O <-

If I had your eyes, I'd be blind. For I can only see out of my own. ~~Carly Van Dort

[This message has been edited by Allan Riverwood (edited 03-24-2001).]

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