Some poetry to brighten your day.

Peter Altschul

>Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 10:29:02 -0400
>From: FRED OTTO <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: error messages
>
>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.
>
>
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