>>Imagine if, instead of incomprehensible geeky text strings, your >>computer produced error messages in Haiku . . . >> >>* * * * * >> >>First snow, then silence. >>This thousand dollar screen dies >>so beautifully. >> >>* * * * * >> >>With searching comes loss >>and the presence of absence: >>"My Novel" not found. >> >>* * * * * >> >>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 far too much. >> >>* * * * * >> >>The Tao that is seen >>Is not the true Tao, until >>You bring fresh toner. >> >>* * * * * >> >>Windows NT crashed. >>I am 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. >> >>* * * * * >> >>Rather than a beep >>Or a rude error message, >>These words: "File not found." >> >>* * * * * >> >>Serious error. >>All shortcuts have disappeared. >>Screen. Mind. Both are blank. >> >>* * * * *