Japanese version of Windows

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 three lines, 17 syllables: five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in the third.

Haikus are used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity - the essence of Zen......

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which just 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.

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

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

Post #33,616 by johnu 3/27/02 1:12:08 PM Reply	Japanese version of Windows 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 three lines, 17 syllables: five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five in the third. Haikus are used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity - the essence of Zen...... Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone. The Website you seek Cannot be located, but Countless more exist. Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. 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. Stay the patient course. Of little worth is your ire. The network is down. A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone. Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data. Guess which just 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. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that.
Post #33,657 by Silverlock 3/27/02 6:04:42 PM Reply	How .... sublime. You should consider placing these in the Pun forum. Not everyone follows the windows forum (I think). In the immortal words of Johnny Carson- Great Stuff. The best scale for an experimental design is ten millimeters to the centimeter.
Post #33,662 by andread 3/27/02 7:12:04 PM Reply	then again... if grandma had wheels would that make the old lady only a dumptruck A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #33,673 by static 3/27/02 10:20:05 PM Reply	Small nit. Haiku are supposed to be in Japanese, and, needless to say, would be in a Japanese version of Windows. But them, of course, us English speakers wouldn't get the jokes... :-) Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #33,676 by a6l6e6x 3/27/02 10:37:13 PM Reply	Picky, picky! :) Alex "Never express yourself more clearly than you think." -- Neils Bohr (1885-1962)
Post #33,686 by Ashton 3/28/02 3:59:16 AM Reply	Ah.. serenity trumps obscenity You were told it worked Now you see the many lies Each one like the last The blame placed elsewhere A story now familiar Crash then lies so stark Your work is lost here They were not concerned for you Their yen was for \ufffden ... and so it goes
Post #33,758 by CRConrad 3/28/02 3:28:56 PM Reply	From a Salon competition a year or two ago, isn't it?
Post #33,833 by johnu 3/29/02 1:25:45 PM Reply	Re: From a Salon competition a year or two ago, isn't it? Don't know where it came from. A co-worker sent it to me the other day.

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