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Lingering E-Thoughts
Here are a
few things to leave you with. Rumor hath it that Sony is introducing
new error messages to the world. No more "Error message #
4456&l##lhbbs60000". Sony recommends these haiku-messages instead.
In case your Haiku skills are a bit rusty, these are three-line
Japanese poems; they don't rhyme, either in English or in Japanese, but
are beautiful sayings — about scenery, art, or some lovely
thought. Haiku have a rigidly controlled stress pattern and line
length. The first line has five syllable parts — the second line
has seven syllable parts — the third and last line has five
syllable parts and completes the thought.
So here are Sony's
contributions for the next-generation computer errormessage. We leave
these with you as a final lingering e-thought. May these poems assist
you through your e-day, especially when you experience your next
(inevitable) e-crash!
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The file
was that big?
It might have been quite useful.
But now it is
gone.
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You seek a
Web site.
It cannot be located.
Countless more
exist.
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Chaos reigns
within.
Stop, reflect, and reboot.
Order shall
return.
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ABORTED
effort:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask way too
much.
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Yesterday it
worked
Today it is not working
Windows are like
that.
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First snow,
then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
So
beautifully.
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With
searching comes loss.
The presence of absence.
"June_Sales.doc"
not found.
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The Tao
that is seen
Is not the true Tao
Until you bring fresh
toner.
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Windows NT
crashed.
The Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your
screams.
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Stay the
patient course.
Anger will gain you nothing.
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.
Page not
found.
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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 are seeking
Must now be
retyped.
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Serious
error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are
blank.
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Nobody appreciates a
machine-crash, but as error messages go . . .
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