Essence of Zen, or something
I found this copy of an old email from years ago - something that was doing the rounds at the time, presumably, so you might have already seen it. Worth a rerun though, regardless.
The following are Haiku poems (are they called Haiku poems or just Haiku?) supposedly dreamed up by those canny Japanese to replace more dreary computer error messages.
The following are Haiku poems (are they called Haiku poems or just Haiku?) supposedly dreamed up by those canny Japanese to replace more dreary computer error messages.
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.
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