Arts + Life Visual Arts Haiku, photos and computer woes | Haiku, photos and computer woes |
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| By Photos by Tom Nagel, Beacon Staff | |
| Last Updated ( Sunday, 22 June 2008 ) | |
 "In Japan, they have replaced the
impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft error messages with Haiku poetry messages." When that message landed in our inbox, we had a good laugh and passed it on to Tom Nagel, a student at the University of Missouri and photo intern at the Beacon. Tom took the fun to a new level.
(Haiku poetry has strict construction rules: Each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second line, 5 in the third line. They are used to communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning and powerful insight through extreme brevity.)
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.
Yesterday it worked. Today it is not working. Windows is like that.
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.
A crash reduces Your expensive computer To a simple stone.
First snow, then silence. This thousand-dollar screen dies So beautifully.
Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank....
To reach photographer Tom Nagel, contact Beacon features and commentary editor Donna Korando.
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