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Computer Haikus
(From the Internet, combining two lists of uncertain date and origin)
AbstractWhat about replacing the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages ? Instead of making you want to throw your computer out the window, they have a calming effect. 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. It is used to communicate a pithy, timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity (the essence of Zen). Some examples: Your file was so big. The Web site you seek Chaos reigns within. Program aborting: Windows NT crashed. Yesterday it worked. First snow, then silence. With searching comes loss The Tao that is seen Stay the patient course. A crash reduces Three things are certain: You step in the stream, Out of memory. Having been erased, Serious error. I ate your Web page. |