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alla_hobbitIn 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 three lines, 17 syllables: five
syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third.
Haikus are used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful,
yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity- the essence of
Zen:
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Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
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The Website you seek
Cannot be located,
but Countless more exist.
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Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
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Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
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Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
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Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
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First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
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With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
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The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao-until
You bring fresh toner.
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Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
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A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
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Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
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You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
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Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.
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Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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Error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict
construction rules. Each poem has only three lines, 17 syllables: five
syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third.
Haikus are used to communicate a 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 Website 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 crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
-----------------------------
Yesterday it worked.
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.
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