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To: JakeStraw who wrote (5680)6/2/1998 9:26:00 PM
From: Scott Moody  Respond to of 62549
 
I got this from Truflette from the IOM board

JUST FOR FUN: 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.
>> >>>> Here is 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.
>> >>>> - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> >>>> Serious error.
>> >>>> All shortcuts have disappeared.
>> >>>> Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Scott