ANST - Computer Humor From Alina's Sister

[Alice Harris]

Greeting From Alina:
Got this from my sister and thought it was funny.


Subject: 
          Error Messages in Haiku
    Date: 
          Wed, 15 Apr 98 09:10:00 CST
   From: 
          "Laura M. Stone" <LSTONE01 at EDS1.nhic.slg.eds.com>
    


> >IMAGINE IF INSTEAD OF CRYPTIC, GEEKY TEXT STRINGS,
> >YOUR COMPUTER PRODUCED ERROR MESSAGES IN HAIKU...
> >
> >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 way too much.
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >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.
> >
> > - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >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.

Alina Mitchell
lg_photo at texas.net
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