Today's fortune
I was researching metaphors online today when I found this example:
A catapillar is an upholstered worm.
I also came across this old message, a friend sent me years ago:
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 line, 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.
Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
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The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.
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Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
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Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
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Windows NT crash'd.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No-one hears your screams.
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Yesterday it work'd.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
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First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
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With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
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The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao-until
You bring fresh toner.
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Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
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A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
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Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
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You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
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Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.
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Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
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Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
A catapillar is an upholstered worm.
I also came across this old message, a friend sent me years ago:
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 line, 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.
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 crash'd.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No-one hears your screams.
--------------------------------------
Yesterday it work'd.
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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