Jim Weiler wrote:
> 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...
[Seventeen haiku
all really hilarious
are snipped from this point]
> 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>
There used to be a long list at
http://www.mong.demon.co.uk/haiku.htm
but it seems to have disappeared. I think all yours were on it - I have
an hard copy at home. Anyone know where it's gone?
I think Haiku error messages are a good idea, and now I work off my
frustration by making them up for errors I get, such as:
CC:Mails are stored
all in one big database
which you can't access.
Philip.
Received on Mon Sep 14 1998 - 13:11:00 BST