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Haiku can be sexy and fun

In an effort to counter the dehumanizing effects of western technology,
we at Sony have replaced the usual impersonal, graceless and unhelpful
Microsoft error messages with  haiku. Here are examples of Sony's new
error messages:

A file that's so big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
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The Web site you seek
cannot be located
but endless others can.
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Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
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Aborted effort:
Close all that you have open.
You ask far too much.
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First snow, then silence.
This thousand-dollar screen dies
so beautifully.
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With searching comes loss
and the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
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The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao, until
You bring fresh toner.
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Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
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Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your rage.
The network is down.
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A crash reduces
your wonderful computer
to a simple stone.
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Yesterday it worked
Today it is not working
Windows is like that
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Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
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You step in the stream,
but the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
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