From burton@ses.com Tue Apr 14 10:42:32 1998 Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 08:01:21 -0500 From: John Burton To: zink@ses.com, Roger Simon , Chuck & Barb Grimes , Francis Sullivan , jay roy , Jerry Burton , Joe Grimes , Kathy Nichols , Linda Wolfe , Lisa Pinigis , Pam & Clint Dunagan , Russell Turpin , Kim Burton , "K. Stuart Smith" , Jack Burton , Jonathan , breslin@ses.com, jamshid@ses.com, clarke@ses.com, apalmer@ses.com, desai@ses.com, marke@ses.com, west@ses.com, wise@ses.com Subject: [FW: Computer Haiku] Every so often Someone forwards a few lines That you might enjoy. > > Subject: Computer Haiku > > > > IMAGINE IF INSTEAD OF CRYPTIC, GEEKY TEXT STRINGS, > > YOUR COMPUTER PRODUCED ERROR MESSAGES IN HAIKU... > > > > A file that big? > > > > It might be very useful. > > > > But now it is gone. > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > The Web site you seek > > > > cannot be located but > > > > endless others exist > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > Chaos reigns within. > > > > Reflect, repent, and reboot. > > > > Order shall return. > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > 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. > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > 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.