I found these in the copy room, unattributed, so I don't know who came up
with these. But I'd like to.
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 far 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 sky,
But we never will.
- Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must 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.
- Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows
I begin again.
- The code was willing
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.
- Login incorrect.
Only perfect spellers may
Enter this system.
- To have no errors
Would be life without meaning
No struggle, no joy.