OT from Tokyo

[Karl Hergenrother]

Someone sent me these.  If true, which I doubt, Balmer must be a vivid red.
I think they are funny.

Karl

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful
Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages.
They're used to communicate a timeless message,
often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight
through extreme brevity. Here are 16 actual error messages from Japan,
enjoy.

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

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Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

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Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.

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Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

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Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.


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Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

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Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
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.
This page is not here.

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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're seeking
Must now be retyped.

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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.