COMPUTER HAIKU

From: Jim Weiler <heavy_at_ctesc.net>
Date: Sun Sep 13 16:14:00 1998

I thought this listserve might appreciate these. I know I do. If anyone
knows of a source for these, other than the one I've attributed below, I'd
appreciate knowing of it. -Jim

COMPUTER HAIKU

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 far 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.


Best I can tell, this can be traced back to Tanya Olsen
(tanya.olsen_at_smtpgate.coga.state.co.us). I don't know if she wrote them, or
just passed them on. I haven't checked it out. All I can say is that I
appreciate them, and thank the creator, whoever it was, from one poet to
another. They are very good, IMHO. -Jim Weiler <heavy_at_tstar.net>
             "I wish I was deep, instead of just macho."
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