ZEN COMPUTER MESSAGES
Here are 16 actual error messages reportedly seen on
the computer screens in Japan, where some are written
in Haiku. Aren't these better than "your computer has
performed an illegal operation"?
The Web site 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 98 or 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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Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now
it is gone.
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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.
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Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
bundy
Here are 16 actual error messages reportedly seen on
the computer screens in Japan, where some are written
in Haiku. Aren't these better than "your computer has
performed an illegal operation"?
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 98 or 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.
-------------------------------------------------
Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now
it is gone.
-------------------------------------------
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.
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Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
bundy
