Imagine
if, instead of incomprehensible geeky text strings,
your computer produced error messages in Haiku ...

 
 
H A I K U    E R R O R   M E S S A G E S
 
 
 
 
 
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
so beautifully.

 
*
 
With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.

 
*
 
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

 
*
 
The Web site you seek
cannot be located.
But endless others exist.

 
*
 
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

 
*
 
Aborted effort.
Close all that you have.
You ask far too much.

 
*
 
The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao, until
You bring fresh toner.

 
*
 
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

 
*
 
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire:
The network is down.

 
*
 
A crash reduces
your expensive computer
to a simple stone.

 
*
 
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.

 
*
 
Rather than a beep
Or a rude error message,
These words: "File not found."

 
*
 
 Having been erased,
 The document you're seeking
 Must now be retyped.

 
*
 
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.