Some winners of the Salon http://www.salon1999.com/ Haiku Error Messages contest:Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred. - - - - - - - - - - - -Printer not ready. Could be a fatal error. Have a pen handy? - - - - - - - - - - - -A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone. - - - - - - - - - - - -Errors have occurred. We won't tell you where or why. Lazy programmers. - - - - - - - - - - - -Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. - - - - - - - - - - - -Login incorrect. Only perfect spellers may enter this system. - - - - - - - - - - - -This site has been moved. We'd tell you where, but then we'd have to delete you. - - - - - - - - - - - -wind catches lily scatt'ring petals to the wind: segmentation fault - - - - - - - - - - - -ABORTED effort: Close all that you have. You ask way 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. - - - - - - - - - - - -The Web site you seek cannot be located but endless others exist - - - - - - - - - - - -Stay the patient course Of little worth is your ire The network is down - - - - - - - - - - - -There is a chasm of carbon and silicon the software can't bridge - - - - - - - - - - - -Yesterday it worked Today it is not working Windows is like that - - - - - - - - - - - -To have no errors Would be life without meaning No struggle, no joy - - - - - - - - - - - -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. - - - - - - - - - - - -The ten thousand things How long do any persist? Netscape, too, has gone. - - - - - - - - - - - -Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank
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