Your favorite computer error messages (real)

[rammstein]

I'll start:

[slakjaw]

every time mine does that I cant get a screen shot.

[kstar]

[mikester]

working on an old checkpoint firewall back in the 90's when I tried to do a firewall update I would very often get the error "Something odd has occurred."

[kstar]

[frogger]

Originally Posted by rammstein

I'll start:

Yeah, that's my all-time favorite.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by frogger

Yeah, that's my all-time favorite.

It really sucked when you hit the "restart" button then everything froze!

Best,

Kurt

[Aerkuld]

I'm puzzeled by the term "Unexpected error" which seems to imlpy that there are expected errors, or things that they know will go wrong.

[kstar]

I liked these error message haikus:

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes, and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
-- David Dixon

A file that big?
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
-- David J. Liszewski

Few more here:
http://archive.salon.com/21st/chal/1998/02/10chal2.html

Best,

Kurt

[kstar]

[rammstein]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

It really sucked when you hit the "restart" button then everything froze!

Best,

Kurt

Generally for me, it would freeze with the button in the 'clicked down' state. Sounds like we've been on the same end of things.

[slakjaw]

is that error with the bomb from a mac?

[rammstein]

Yeah- its like a windows blue screen, except the message has a little bomb on it and is therefore cuter. Kind of like a turd rolled in cinnamon and sugar.

[kstar]

Originally Posted by rammstein

Generally for me, it would freeze with the button in the 'clicked down' state. Sounds like we've been on the same end of things.

Yup. Then if you got one of these, with the very weird and ominous "chime", you were really hosed.




edit: This sound may bring back some memories for some of you:
http://www.mackido.com/EasterEggs/Sounds/CrashMacII.mov


And this link for the full screen, sad Mac "chimes of death" effect!
http://deadmac.ytmnd.com/

[HardDrive]

[legion]

I once got:

"Error: This error should not have occurred."

[id10t]

Lots of great error messages in the Linux kernel source - just recursively grep for anything calling panic()

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

I know why you are getting that.

[CJFusco]

Originally Posted by kstarnes

edit: This sound may bring back some memories for some of you:
http://www.mackido.com/EasterEggs/Sounds/CrashMacII.mov

Ironically, when I clicked on this link, my Internet Explorer crashed.

Seriously.

[equality72521]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

I know why you are getting that.

I got one like that every time I rebooted with my wireless kb. I had to keep a wired one plugged in at all times.