Computer haiku; "error" message replacements; might be familiar

[eplovejoy]

In Japan, some computer users have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poems.

Haiku poetry has strict rules about its construction. Each poem has just three lines and a total of 17 syllables; five in the first line, seven in the second line and five in the third. Haiku us used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity - the essence of Zen:

Your file too big
It might have been so 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 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.

[Flamepillar]

"My Novel" not found.. that hits home, baby, because I almost lost the one I'm working on yesterday..lol

This was good! :p

[theeye]

"Old-time" programmers (those who remember punch cards, for example) who enjoyed these might also enjoy a book entitled The Tao of Programming. Its entire text is available on the web and often gets passed around on email, but I enjoyed it so much (and felt guilty hanging onto a hard copy) that I ordered a copy of the book a few years back. I'm not sure if it's still available in print.

[AuntieEmma[$]]

These are great. I especially like this one:

Originally posted by eplovejoy

The web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist

Anyone up to writing an Epinions haiku? I dare ya ...

[theeye]

Opinions abound.
Value can be found in most --
Alas, not in yours.

[magenta321]

Opinions wanted
Giving details on products
Tell the good and bad

January fourteen
No known system issues now
Many bugs later

Looking for income?
Don't hold out for income share
There is nothing there

[kurt_messick]

Dear oh dear indeed
This strand is wistfully strange
Epinions is, too...

[AuntieEmma[$]]

Originally posted by kurt_messick
Dear oh dear indeed
This strand is wistfully strange
Epinions is, too...

This strand is wistful
That's good, in my opinion
I give it five stars

[theeye]

This might even be
A most worthy successor
To the three word thread.

[AuntieEmma[$]]

The bubble has burst
The skies are empty, no more
Pennies from heaven.