wasn't sure which forum to post this in....but as it is computer related... this one lost.... 
In Japan, Sony Vaio machines have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Micro$oft error messages with their own Japanese haiku.
First snow, then silence. With searching comes loss
This thousand dollar screen dies And the presence of absence:
So beautifully. "My Novel" not found.
The Tao that is seen Stay the patient course
Is not the true Tao, until Of little worth is your ire
You bring fresh toner. The network is down
A bug reduces Three things are certain:
Your expensive computer Death, taxes, and lost data.
To a simple stone. Guess which has occurred.
You step in the stream, Out of memory.
But the water has moved on. We wish to hold the whole sky.
The page is not here. But we never will.
Having been erased, Serious error.
The document you're seeking All shortcuts have disappeared
Must now be retyped. Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
Windows NT crashed A file that big?
I am the Blue Screen of Death. It might be very useful.
No one hears your screams. But now it is gone.
The Web site you seek Chaos reigns within.
Can not be located but Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Countless more exist. Order shall return.
ABORTED effort: Yesterday it worked.
Close all that you have worked on. Today it is not working.
You ask way too much. Windows is like that.
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