From an e-mail forwarded to me by my sister. -
In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft
>error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict
>construction rules - each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the
first, 7 in the second, 5 in the third. They are used to communicate a
pithy, timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful
insight through extreme brevity.
The essence of zen:
>>
>> 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.
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> 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.
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> 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.
>> ---------------------------------------------------
>> Serious error.
>> All shortcuts have disappeared.
>> Screen. Mind. Both are blank. |
