Thursday, April 06, 2006

Programming Prose

A while ago, I clicked on a link and recieved a very interesting error message. I wish that I'd bookmarked it, because I can't seem to find it anymore. It went something like this:

The web page you seek
Floats and weaves on the spring wind.
404 not found.


Yes, a haiku. Much more pleasant than the usual 404.

In my search to rediscover that page, I've found some more (probably never used) haiku error messages:

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

Your hard drive has been
restored to factory state.
All data is lost.

Patience soothes the mind.
This page will load as you wish.
Eventually.


This error page is not a haiku, but visit it anyway for a laugh...