Computer Haiku
>> Sunday, September 21, 2014
A few years back, I posted a bunch of cute computer haiku I'd found. I didn't write these but I did enjoy them. I hope you do, too (I included author if I had it):
A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
– David J. Liszewski
The Web site you seek
Cannot be located but
Endless others exist.
– Joy Rothke
Errors have occurred.
We won’t tell you where or why -
Lazy programmers!
– Charlie Gibbs
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot
Order will return.
– Suzie Wagner
ABORTED effort:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
– Mike Hagler
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
– Margaret Segall
First snow, then silence.
This thousand dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
– Simon Firth
With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
“My Novel” not found.
– Howard Korder
The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao until
You bring fresh toner.
– Bill Torcaso
A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
– James Lopez
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
– David Dixon
You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
– Cass Whittington
Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.
– Francis Heaney
Having been erased,
The document you’re seeking
Must now be retyped.
– Judy Birmingham
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
–Ian Hughes
Server: poor response
Not quick enough for browser
Time out, plum blossom.
– Rik Jespersen
Rather than beep
Or a rude error message:
These words: “File Not Found”.
– Len Dvorkin
The code was willing!
It considered your request,
But the chips were weak.
– Barry L. Brumitt
Everything is gone.
Your life’s work has been destroyed.
Squeeze trigger? (yes/no)
– David Carlson
No keyboard present
Hit F1 to continue
Zen engineering?
– Jim Griffith
This site has been moved
We’d tell you where, but then we’d
Have to delete you.
– Charles Matthews
Printer not ready.
Could be a fatal error.
Have a pen handy?
– Pat Davis
Logon incorrect!
Only perfect spellers may
Enter this system!
– Jason Axley
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
– David Ansel
Ten thousand things
How long do any persist?
Explorer is gone.
– Jason Willoughby
Seeing my great fault
Through darkening blue windows
I begin again.
– Chris Walsh
This site uses frames
And yet your browser does not.
One of these will change.
For a new PC,
Center of my universe,
I abandon all.
Ha! These are great!