Sunday, November 20, 2005

Error 404: Haiku not found.

Who's in the mood for nerdy haiku? How can you could resist witty nerd humor written in the 5-7-5 syllable* form? I found these haiku 404 error messages on a website somewhere:

  • The Web site you seek
    Cannot be located.
    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 XP 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.
  • Your file was so big.
    It might be very useful.
    But now it is gone.
  • A crash reduces
    your expensive computer
    to a simple stone.
  • Three things are certain:
    death, taxes and lost data.
    Guess which has occurred?
  • Serious error.
    All shortcuts have disappeared.
    Screen, mind, both are blank.
Ah... the power of traditional japanese poetry, which is only rivaled by Vogon poetry. If you're looking for more unusual 404 error messages, be sure to visit: 404 Research Lab.

* It always bothered me that haiku didn't rhyme.

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