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Windows Error Message


Haiku Error Message
File not found.
Your file was so big.
It might be very useful
But now it is gone.

Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet Site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found.
The web site you seek
Cannot be located but
Countless more exist.
The system process Lsass.exe terminated unexpectedly with status code -1073741819. The system will now shut down and restart.
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent and reboot.
Order shall return.

Stop 0xC2 BAD_POOL_CALLER
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module filename.
Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The Memory could not be "read".
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
Code 28 CM_PROB_FAILED_INSTALLED
First snow, then silence.
The thousand-dollar screen dies
So beautifully.
Search is complete, there are no results to display.
With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
"My Novel" not found.
Error printing document, retry or cancel?
The Tao that is seen
Is not the true Tao until
You bring fresh toner.
RPC server is unavailable.
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
SpTimeoutSynchronized: Adapter 0X80F09790 had interrupt pending - the system may not be delivering interrupts from this adapter.
A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
{Delayed Write Failed}. Windows was unable to save all the data for the file x. data has been lost.
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
The Guess which has occurred.
302 - Object Moved or 404 - File not Found.
You step in the stream
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
Your system is running without a properly sized paging file.
Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky
But we never will.
Search is complete. There are no results to display.
Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. Dr Watson will run and create a log file.
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
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