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The Top 10 Good Error Messages On The Brand New $7000 Computer You Just Bought
& & 1. "That URL was not found because frankly, I didn` try hard enough."
& & 2. "If you continue to type that way, you`ll get Carpal Tunnel Syndrome."
& & 3. "The Server is not really down, its just mildly depressed."
& & 4. "Normally, I would complain but I`ll let that rough disk insertion slide this time."
& & 5. "Don`t worry, I`ll clean up that beer stain."
& & 6. "Its not a virus... its a STD(System Transmitted Disease)."
& & 7. "Remember Einstein, its point then click, point then click."
& & 8. "That General Protection Fault is not yours."
& & 9. "You`re using MS Word 5. 0 and that`s a weenie version so why don`t I upgrade you for free?"
& 10. "I hate to tell you this but you have already seen that version of the Pamela Anderson video... may I suggest more...
Microsoft is trying to add some humor to its error messages in Windows 2000 and up. Here are a couple of examples:
* Printer not responding; Got a pen and paper handy?
* 3 things are certain in life: Taxes, death, and data loss.
Guess which has occured?
ATTENTION ALL MICROSOFT HATERS - I have sorted through my tagline manager and have found all of theMicrosoft bashing taglines I can possibly find. Please have yourself a laugh at Bill Gates expense: I don't hate Windows - it runs great under OS/2! "Chicago, Windows 4. 0, Windows 95"?!?!?!? "Mr. Worf, blow the Windows-powered Borg ship out of this Universe!" #1 OS/2 tip: Drag the Windows folder to the shreader!!! - Opens new Gates not seen through Windows!. . Bugs come in through open Windows.. . Windows NT Performance", on the next "In Search Of" After seeing Windows I realized Bill Gates is an idiot. Air conditioned environment - Do not open Windows. Best way to dispose of the Borg: Give them Windows 3. 1. Bugs come in through Open Windows Chernobyl used Windows Downgrade your system for only 89 dollars! Install Windows! Error 15 - Unable to exit Windows. Try the door. Windows Error #F99 - CPU too tired to continue... Error Loading Windows: (A)bort more...
WinErr: 001 Windows loaded - System in danger
WinErr: 002 No Error - Yet
WinErr: 003 Dynamic linking error - Your mistake is now in every file
WinErr: 004 Erronious error - Nothing is wrong
WinErr: 005 Multitasking attempted - System confused
WinErr: 006 Malicious error - Desqview found on drive
WinErr: 007 System price error - Inadeqaute money spent on hardware
WinErr: 008 Broken window - Watch out for glass fragments
WinErr: 009 Horrible bug encountered - God knows what has happened
WinErr: 00A Promotional literature overflow - Mailbox full
WinErr: 00B Inadeqaute disk space - Free at least 50MB
WinErr: 00C Memory hog error - More Ram needed. More! More! More!
WinErr: 00D Window closed - Do not look outside
WinErr: 00E Window open - Do not look inside
WinErr: 00F Unexplained error - Please tell us how this happened
WinErr: 010 Reserved for future mistakes by our developers
WinErr: 013 Unexpected error - Huh? more...
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced that it is selling advertising space in the error messages that appear in Windows.
Acknowledging for the first time that the average user of their operating system encounters error messages at least several times a day, Microsoft is trying to take financial advantage of the unavoidable opportunity to make an ad impression.
"We estimate that throughout the world at any given moment several million people are getting a `General Protection Fault` or `Illegal Operation` warning.
We will be able to generate significant revenue by including a short advertising message along with it," said Microsoft marketing director Nathan Mirror.
He also mentioned that Microsoft is intended to add banner ads into its Blue Screen of Death in the near future.
The Justice Department immediately indicated that they intend to investigate whether Microsoft is gaining an unfair advantage in reaching the public more...
The following are new Windows messages that are under consideration for the planned Windows 2000:
1. Smash forehead on keyboard to continue.
2. Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue.
3. Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.
4. Press any key except... no, No, NO, NOT THAT ONE!
5. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del now for IQ test.
6. Close your eyes and press escape three times.
7. Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.
8. This will end your Windows session. Do you want to play another game?
9. Windows message: "Error saving file! Format drive now? (Y/Y)"
10. This is a message from God Gates: "Rebooting the world. Please log off."
11. To "shut down" your system, type "WIN."
12. BREAKFAST. SYS halted... Cereal port not responding.
13. COFFEE. SYS missing... Insert cup in cup holder and press more...
Customer: "I got this problem. You people sent me this install disk, and now my A: drive won't work."Tech Support: "Your A drive won't work?"Customer: "That's what I said. You sent me a bad disk, it got stuck in my drive, now it won't work at all."Tech Support: "Did it not install properly? What kind of error messages did you get?"Customer: "I didn't get any error message. The disk got stuck in the drive and wouldn't come out. So I got these pliers and tried to get it out. That didn't work either."Tech Support: "You did what, sir?"Customer: "I got these pliers, and tried to get the disk out, but it wouldn't budge. I just ended up cracking the plastic stuff a bit."Tech Support: "I don't understand sir, did you push the eject button?"Customer: "No, so then I got a stick of butter and melted it and used a turkey baster and put the butter in the drive, around the disk, and that got it loose. Then I used more...