Some winners of the Salon http://www.salon1999.com/ Haiku Error Messages contest: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? – – – – – – – – – – – -A file that big? It might be very useful. But now it is gone. – – – – – – – – – – – -Errors have occurred. We won’t tell you where or why. Lazy programmers. – – – – – – – – – – – -Chaos reigns within. Reflect, repent, and reboot. Order shall return. – – – – – – – – – – – -Login incorrect. Only perfect spellers may enter this system. – – – – – – – – – – – -This site has been moved. We’d tell you where, but then we’d have to delete you. – – – – – – – – – – – -wind catches lily scatt’ring petals to the wind: segmentation fault – – – – – – – – – – – -ABORTED effort: Close all that you have. You ask way too much. – – – – – – – – – – – -First snow, then silence. This thousand dollar screen dies so beautifully. – – – – – – – – – – – -With searching comes loss and the presence of absence: ‘My Novel’ not found. – – – – – – – – – – – -The Tao that is seen Is not the true Tao, until You bring fresh toner. – – – – – – – – – – – -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 – – – – – – – – – – – -There is a chasm of carbon and silicon the software can’t bridge – – – – – – – – – – – -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 – – – – – – – – – – – -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. – – – – – – – – – – – -Having been erased, The document you’re seeking Must now be retyped. – – – – – – – – – – – -The ten thousand things How long do any persist? Netscape, too, has gone. – – – – – – – – – – – -Serious error. All shortcuts have disappeared. Screen. Mind. Both are blank