Silly Saturdays, Usability
Silly Saturdays: Haiku Error Messages
Posted by Patrick Neeman at 10:03 am
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
David Dixon
Everything is gone;
Your life’s work has been destroyed.
Squeeze trigger (yes/no)?
David Carlson
I’m sorry, there’s — um –
insufficient — what’s-it-called?
The term eludes me …
Owen Mathews
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Peter Rothman
Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows
I begin again
Chris Walsh
The code was willing,
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.
Barry L. Brumitt
Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
Pat Davis
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
David J. Liszewski
Errors have occurred.
We won’t tell you where or why.
Lazy programmers.
Charlie Gibbs
Server’s poor response
Not quick enough for browser.
Timed out, plum blossom.
Rik Jespersen
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