Zen Computer Haikus
anonymous 


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

The code was willing, 
It considered your request, 
But the chips were weak. 

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

Seeing my great fault 
Through darkening blue windows 
I begin again 

Errors have occurred. 
We won't tell you where or why. 
Lazy programmers. 

wind catches lily 
scatt'ring petals to the wind: 
segmentation fault 

First snow, then silence. 
This thousand dollar screen dies 
so beautifully. 

You step in the stream, 
but the water has moved on. 
This page is not here. 

Printer not ready. 
Could be a fatal error. 
Have a pen handy? 

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

This site has been moved. 
We'd tell you where, but then we'd 
have to delete you. 

ABORTED effort: 
Save and close all that you have. 
You ask way too much. 

The Web site you seek 
cannot be located but 
endless others exist 

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

No keyboard present 
Hit F1 to continue 
Zen engineering? 

Out of memory. 
We wish to hold the whole sky, 
But we never will. 

Server's poor response 
Not quick enough for browser. 
Timed out, plum blossom. 

Everything is gone; 
Your life's work has been destroyed. 
Squeeze trigger (yes/no)? 

I'm sorry, there's -- um -- 
insufficient -- what's-it-called? 
The term eludes me ... 

Login incorrect. 
Only perfect spellers may 
enter this system. 

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

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

To have no errors 
Would be life without meaning 
No struggle, no joy 

The ten thousand things 
How long do any persist? 
Netscape, too, has gone. 

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

A pie in the face 
of would-be techno guru 
Karma knows irony. 

Three things are certain: 
Death, taxes, and lost data. 
Guess which has occurred. 

Printer not ready. 
Could be a fatal error. 
Have a pen handy? 

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

A crash reduces 
your expensive computer 
to a simple stone. 

There is a chasm 
of carbon and silicon 
the software can't bridge 

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

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