14 Sep
1998
14 Sep
'98
4:21 a.m.
On 14 Sep 98 at 18:11, Philip.Belben(a)powertech.co.uk wrote:
Jim Weiler wrote:
two haikus in a message
about haikus in a message
What a good thing Haikus are
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
I thought this listserve might appreciate these.
I know I do. If anyone
knows of a source for these, other than the one I've attributed below,
I'd appreciate knowing of it. -Jim
COMPUTER HAIKU
Imagine if, instead of cryptic, geeky text strings, your computer produced
error messages in haiku...
[Seventeen haiku
all really hilarious
are snipped from this point]
Best I can tell, this can be traced back to Tanya
Olsen
(tanya.olsen(a)smtpgate.coga.state.co.us). I don't know if she wrote them, or
just passed them on. I haven't checked it out. All I can say is that I
appreciate them, and thank the creator, whoever it was, from one poet to
another. They are very good, IMHO. -Jim Weiler <heavy(a)tstar.net>
There used to be a long list at
http://www.mong.demon.co.uk/haiku.htm
but it seems to have disappeared. I think all yours were on it - I have
an hard copy at home. Anyone know where it's gone?
I think Haiku error messages are a good idea, and now I work off my
frustration by making them up for errors I get, such as:
CC:Mails are stored
all in one big database
which you can't access.
Philip.