[LON-CAPA-dev] [Fwd: [CEP909_2002] [Fwd: Computer Haiku]]
Helen Keefe
lon-capa-dev@mail.lon-capa.org
Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:55:52 -0500
Helen Keefe wrote:
>
>
> > 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
> 17
> > >syllables; 5 syllables in the first, 7 in the second, 5 in the
> third.
> > They
> > >are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a
> wistful,
> > >yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity.
> > >
> > >Here are 16 actual error messages from Japan. Aren't these better
> than
> > >"Your computer has performed an illegal operation"?
> > >
> > >Below, the essence of Zen:
> > >
> > >Your file was so big.
> > >It might be very useful.
> > >But now it is gone.
> > >
> > >The Web site 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.
> > >
> > >Yesterday it worked.
> > >Today it is not working.
> > >Windows is like that.
> > >
> > >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 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.
> > >
> > >Serious error.
> > >All shortcuts have disappeared.
> > >Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
> > >
> >
> > >Windows 2000 crashed.
> > >I am the Blue Screen of Death.
> > >No one hears your screams.
> > >
> >
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>
> --
> Helen Keefe
> LON-CAPA/ ITR Project Manager
> Laboratory for Instructional Technology in Education
> 111 North Kedzie Labs
> East Lansing, MI 48824
>
> E-mail: helen@lon-capa.org
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Helen Keefe
LON-CAPA/ ITR Project Manager
Laboratory for Instructional Technology in Education
111 North Kedzie Labs
East Lansing, MI 48824
E-mail: helen@lon-capa.org
Web: http://www.lite.msu.edu/
Phone: 517-432-9867
Fax: 517-432-5653