Simviation Forum - actual japanese error messages

Jul 31^st, 2005 at 4:12pm

myshelf Offline
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Haiku:

In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful
Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku
poetry has strict construction rules - each poem has only 17
syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, 5 in
the third. They are used to communicate a timeless message,
often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight
through extreme brevity. Here are some actual error messages
from Japan. Aren't these better than "your computer has
performed an illegal operation?"

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.
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Reply #1 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 2:56am

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I still like the error message "Your mouse has mooved. Windows must restart for this change to take place."

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Reply #2 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 3:31am

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So what's up with the 5-7-5 rule? LOL

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Reply #3 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 6:46am

`Josh Offline
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http://snopes.com/computer/internet/haiku.asp

But it's still hilarious. Grin

Here endeth the lesson.

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Reply #4 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 6:59am

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LOL!

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Reply #5 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 9:58am

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Hmm, I like those. Any way I actually CAN program em in, by any chance? Grin

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Reply #6 - Aug 1^st, 2005 at 8:39pm

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Ah, "error haiku". Very civilized; very dignified. Some of those are very, very Zen...

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Reply #7 - Aug 3^rd, 2005 at 6:20am

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LOL I've never seen that before.

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Reply #8 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 3:08pm

|| Andy || Offline
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ooooo...

i want... i wantttt... Grin

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Reply #9 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 6:31pm

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lol, some of those are really good

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