From: Arena, Steve [Steve.Arena@pacificpower.com.au] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:05 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: RE: Fun error messages (was Re: VMS high reliability needed by Air Force) Alan I thought you may enjoy the following ( original author unknown). Those VMS people now forced over to Microsoft O/S's may appreciate these. =============================================== Haiku Error Messages In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft Error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict construction rules. Each poem has only three lines, 17 syllables: five syllables in the first line, seven in the second, five in the third. Haikus are used to communicate a timeless message often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity - the essence of Zen: Your file was so big. It might be very useful. But now it is gone. The Web site you seek Cannot be located, but Countless more exist. Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. Program aborting: Close all that you have worked on. You ask far too much. Windows NT crashed. I am the Blue Screen of Death. No one hears your screams. Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that. First snow, then silence. This thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully. The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao-until You bring fresh toner. A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone. Three things are certain: Death, taxes and lost data. Guess which has occurred. You step in the stream, But the water has moved on. This page is not here. Out of memory. We wish to hold the whole sky, But we never will. Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank. ===================================================== I know that this forum does contain the occasional technical issue but it is primarily devoted to VMS nostalgia and other trivia such as this message. Do you know of a newgroup devoted to primarily to current VMS technical issues? Regards Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: afeldman@gfigroup.com [SMTP:afeldman@gfigroup.com] > Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2001 23:30 > To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com > Subject: Fun error messages (was Re: VMS high reliability needed by > Air Force) > > Alan Greig wrote in message > news:... > > On 24 Aug 2001 01:08:50 GMT, Joe Heimann > > wrote: > [snip]> > > I recall a VAX with an add in processor card running some library > > software. The second processor/OS crashed with the error "Full power > > to the shields Mr. Sulu" > > One of my all-time favorties is the first one in the book: > > AAA, 'file-spec' > > Facility: RUNOFF, DIGITAL Standard Runoff (DSR) > > Explanation: This message should never be displayed. > > User Action: Submit a Software Performance Report (SPR). > > > Oh no!!! I just displayed this message! :-) > > Disclaimer: JMHO > Alan E. Feldman > afeldman@gfigroup.com