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FW: wisdom -- or -- Friday Funnies, 2 Days Early



Ahhh, Microsoft....

Perhaps not new to all of you, but worth sharing I think.

Enjoy! ;o)

Kevin V. Bunker
Student Assistant
California State Archives



> In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and
> unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry
> messages. They are used to communicate a pithy,
> 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 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.
>
> Windows NT crashed.
> I am the Blue Screen of Death.
> No one hears your screams.
>
> 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.
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 03:08:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: C M FASBENDER <cm_f_99@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Fwd: wisdom
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