Error Message Humor 4

[BJCooperIT]

A Dozen Little Known Error Messages:

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. Close your eyes and press escape three times.

5. Bad command or file name! Go stand in the corner.

6. Press any key except... no, No, NO, NOT THAT ONE!

7. Error saving file! Format drive now? (Y/Y)

8. BREAKFAST.SYS halted... Cereal port not responding.

9. File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N)

10. Bad or missing mouse. Spank the cat? (Y/N)

11. Error reading FAT record: Try the SKINNY one? (Y/N)

12. User Error: Replace user.

^{Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw}
Consultant/Custom Forms & PL/SQL - Oracle 8.1.7 - Windows 2000

 

[sleipnir214]

There's also the Haiku error messages page at GNU:

http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/error-haiku.html

Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!!

 

[Craftor]

Also spotted quite an amusing error message on a web page today : The server has made a boo boo. Please try again later.

Craftor

 

[lionelhill]

My favourite, in a commercial piece of software, was
"you ***, you forgot to write this bit!"
The number of times I've put that in as a simple function which I intend to replace later.... never thought I'd see someone else at it.

 

[sleipnir214]

I also remember fondly the "Guru Meditation Errors" that the Amiga could through at you.

Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!!

 

[flapeyre]

FTP login security message:

230-This is for internal <company> files.  If you are an unauthorized user, you will be drawn and quartered by an army of blind gnomes wearing pink thongs while singing mary had a little lamb.  I would suggest you disconnect now.

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for here you have been, and there you will always long to return."

--Leonardo da Vinci

 

[jrbarnett]

A genuine message from my Eudora email program:

John

 

[sleipnir214]

jbarnett:
As I understand it, the crew of the International Space Station has internet access from orbit.....

Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!!

 

[BJCooperIT]

A star to say "Thanks!" John

^{Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw}
Consultant/Custom Forms & PL/SQL - Oracle 8.1.7 - Windows 2000

 

[jrbarnett]

I also like the NT 4 Workstation one: if you make a configuration change on a system which was installed from a network share or doesn't have a CD-ROM drive, it asks you to put the NT 4 Workstation CD into drive A:.
Unfortunately I don't have the screenshot to show you.

John

 

[skotman]

It's so funny this thread should come up as just yesterday I was writing error messages meant to be seen in the even someone tried to break into my web app.
one was:
By viewing this page you accept delivery of 1000 flying elephants, an e-mail stating this fact has been sent to the administrator, along with your IP address and other important facts.
Expect your order in 10-12 weeks.

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[ecobb]

I recently wrote an application used internally by our service department that I put "colorfull" validation checks in. Each message would customize itself and call the actual user by name:

#Name#, Do you really expect me to believe that you started a Time Log at #StartTime#? Go Back and enter in valid times for this log! What's wrong with you?

#Name#, Have you lost your mind? You Must Enter a Description of the Work Performed! Try it again and do it right this time!


Hope This Helps!

Ecobb

"Alright Brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But lets just do this, and I can get back to killing you with beer." - Homer Simpson

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

I got this from an email list I am a member of. The owner of the list had this in his logs:

220 mail.somedomain.com SMTP ready, Who are you gonna pretend to be today?
>>> EHLO linux.someotherdomain.com
500 Bloody Amateur! Proper forging of mail requires recognizable SMTP commands!
>>> HELO linux.someotherdomain.com
250 mail.somedomain.com Is thrilled beyond bladder control to meet linux.someotherdomain.com
>>> MAIL From:
250 sender is , (yeah sure, it's probably forged)
>>> RCPT To:
250 recipient , I know them! they'll just *LOVE* to hear from you!
>>> DATA
354 OK, fire away. End with .
>>> .
250 Whew! Done! Was it as good for you as it was for me?
... Sent (Whew! Done! Was it as good for you as it was for me?)
>>> QUIT

Also seen on:

http://linux.koldark.net/archives/2004/Jan/24/an_email_conversation_i_got.html

iSeriesCodePoet
iSeries Programmer/Lawson Software Administrator

http://www.koldark.net

See my progress to converting to linux.

http://linux.koldark.net

 

[CajunCenturion]

One of my favorite error messages came from the PL/I compiler that was being used on an IBM 360 back in the early 70's

"Comment String is too Long - String is being ignored"

Good Luck
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As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein

 

[SQLSister]

One of my friends just got this one.
"If your mouse is not responding, please click here twice."

 

[jrbarnett]

Here's one I've just created myself quite easily - see if you can work out how I did it...

John

 

[skotman]

I wish I still had the screen shot of the error I got a year ago. I think my system was getting ready to crash and I had to reboot but it was still funny...
"Are you sure you want to delete windows?"
I clicked no fo fear that they may not be kidding.

Scott Heath

http://www.scottspad.com

AIM: orange7288

 

[flapeyre]

jrbarnett:

I figured it out: you created a shortcut to the Recycle Bin to the desktop, right-clicked on it and selected Delete?


"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for here you have been, and there you will always long to return."

--Leonardo da Vinci

 

[jrbarnett]

Flapeyre: Correct.

John

 

[longhair]

here's a new one for you:

http://www.linuxstolescocode.com/

regards,

longhair