Imagine if instead of cryptic, geeky text strings, your computer produced error messages in haiku.
Now read on further / Let poems fall like snowflakes / chosen at random.
The file was that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
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The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others can
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Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
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ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have open.
You ask way too much.
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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.
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The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao, until
You bring fresh toner.
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Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
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Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down
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A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.
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Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
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Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
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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.
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Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
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Rather than a beep
Or a rude error message,
These words: "File not found."
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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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Wind catches lily
scatt'ring petals to the wind:
segmentation fault
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Server's poor response
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.
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Errors have occurred.
We won't tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.
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Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows,
I begin again
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The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.
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Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
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Login incorrect.
Only perfect spellers may
enter this system.
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This site has been moved.
We'd tell you where, but then we'd
have to delete you.
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There is a chasm
of carbon and silicon
the software can't bridge
--------------------------
No keyboard present,
Hit F1 to continue:
Zen engineering?
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The ten thousand things.
How long do any persist?
Netscape, too, has gone.
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To have no errors
Would be life without meaning.
No struggle, no joy
--------------------------
Virtual memory
has invaded your hard disk.
Memorize results!
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Microsoft is dead!
I begin to scream with joy
and then, I wake up.
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Stupid programmer,
think ahead next time,
when the power comes back on.
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Sorry, page not found.
Our website is like the wind:
It flows and changes
More pages await.
The links at left may help you
Find that which you seek
Or try our search form.
It is erratic but it's
Better than nothing.
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Now read on further / Let poems fall like snowflakes / chosen at random.
The file was that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
--------------------------
The Web site you seek
cannot be located but
endless others can
--------------------------
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
--------------------------
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have open.
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.
--------------------------
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
--------------------------
Stay the patient course
Of little worth is your ire
The network is down
--------------------------
A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.
--------------------------
Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
--------------------------
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.
--------------------------
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.
--------------------------
Wind catches lily
scatt'ring petals to the wind:
segmentation fault
--------------------------
Server's poor response
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.
--------------------------
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?
--------------------------
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.
--------------------------
There is a chasm
of carbon and silicon
the software can't bridge
--------------------------
No keyboard present,
Hit F1 to continue:
Zen engineering?
--------------------------
The ten thousand things.
How long do any persist?
Netscape, too, has gone.
--------------------------
To have no errors
Would be life without meaning.
No struggle, no joy
--------------------------
Virtual memory
has invaded your hard disk.
Memorize results!
--------------------------
Microsoft is dead!
I begin to scream with joy
and then, I wake up.
--------------------------
Stupid programmer,
think ahead next time,
when the power comes back on.
--------------------------
Sorry, page not found.
Our website is like the wind:
It flows and changes
More pages await.
The links at left may help you
Find that which you seek
Or try our search form.
It is erratic but it's
Better than nothing.
--------------------------
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