Fw: Zen error messages

[Amanda Geist]

I don't usually forward things like this along, but these are worthwhile,
entertaining, artful, and true. I am not certain I believe they're real, but
they *should* be. Enjoy.

Depending on who you are,
--Amanda (or)
--Mandy (or
--Amandageist (or)
--Amandar, She Who Must Be Obeyed

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 9:03 AM
Subject: Zen error messages


> 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 timeless message
> often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme
> brevity. Here are 16 actual error messages from Japan.
>
> Below, 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 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.
>
> Isn't that better than "your computer has performed an illegal operation?
>
>
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