Computer Haikus

• Three things are certain: Death, taxes, and lost data. Guess which has occurred?

 
 

• A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone.

 

 

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

• Errors have occurred. We won't tell you where or why. Lazy programmers.

• Seeing my great fault Through darkening blue windows I begin again

• The code was willing, It considered your request, But the chips were weak.

• Printer not ready. Could be a fatal error. Have a pen handy?

• Server's poor response Not quick enough for browser. Timed out, plum blossom.

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

• Login incorrect. Only perfect spellers may enter this system.

• Wind catches lily scatt'ring petals to the wind: segmentation fault

• 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 more exist

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

• A crash reduces your expensive computer to a simple stone.

• 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.

• No keyboard present Hit F1 to continue Zen engineering?

• 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.

• Rather than a beep Or a rude error message, These words: "File not found.