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| Thread ID: 28372 | 2002-12-17 20:49:00 | Windows Error Messages A Cautionary Tale | Babe Ruth (416) | Press F1 |
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| 106993 | 2002-12-17 20:49:00 | Thought I would share the following I received in an email from Paula Sharick of Windows & . Net Magazine (http://www . winnetmag . com) Babe . ============================= Zen and the Art of Error Messages “It’s time to wrap up yet another year of bugs, blue screens, diagnostic techniques, and troubleshooting topics . I’d like to finish the year on a positive note, and to that end, I'll share with you the contents of an email message I received a few days ago . The message describes a novel and appealing alternative to the cryptic error messages we receive every day—one that delivers bad news with poetry and style . The introduction that accompanied this message claims that technology folks in Japan have replaced Windows’ vague and, oftentimes, downright ugly errors with haiku messages that precisely describe the situation . For those of you who've forgotten your high school English lessons, the rules for composing haiku are strict and thus appeal to techies who like order in the universe . Each poem has 17 syllables: The first line has five, the second line has seven, and the third line has five . I’m sure you’ll enjoy the contrast between the graceful, empathetic, mystical haiku messages and the harsh, tech-speak Windows versions, as Table 1 lists . I’d opt for the haiku version; nothing like a spoonful of sugar to make the medicine go down . Happy holidays to all! “ Table 1: A Kinder, Gentler Windows Haiku Error Message Windows Error Message Your file was so big . File not found It might be very useful But now it is gone . The web site you seek Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet Site . Cannot be located but The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found . Countless more exist . Chaos reigns within . The system process Lsass . exe terminated unexpectedly with Reflect, repent and reboot . status code -1073741819 . The system will now shut down Order shall return . and restart Windows NT crashed . Stop 0xC2 BAD_POOL_CALLER I am the Blue Screen of Death . No one hears your screams . Program aborting: Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module filename . Close all that you have worked on . You ask far too much . Yesterday it worked . The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at Today it is not working . "0xXXXXXXXX" . The Memory could not be "read" . Windows is like that . First snow, then silence . Code 28 CM_PROB_FAILED_INSTALLED The thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully . With searching comes loss Search is complete, there are no results to display . And the presence of absence: "My Novel" not found . The Tao that is seen Error printing document, retry or cancel? Is not the true Tao until You bring fresh toner . Stay the patient course . RPC server is unavailable . Of little worth is your ire . The network is down . A crash reduces SpTimeoutSynchronized: Adapter 0X80F09790 had Your expensive computer interrupt pending- the system may not be delivering To a simple stone . interrupts from this adapter . Three things are certain: {Delayed Write Failed} . Windows was unable to save Death, taxes and lost data . all the data for the file x . data has been lost . The Guess which has occurred . You step in the stream 302 - Object Moved or 404 - File not Found . But the water has moved on . This page is not here . Out of memory . Your system is running without a properly sized paging file . We wish to hold the whole sky But we never will . Having been erased, Search is complete . There are no results to display . The document you're seeking Must now be retyped . Serious error . Explorer . exe has generated errors and will be closed All shortcuts have disappeared . by Windows . Dr Watson will run and create a log file . Screen . Mind . Both are blank . |
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| 106994 | 2002-12-17 21:19:00 | :D Some people have far too much time on their hand to think these things up, and Im glad they do :D:D:D |
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