[pics] Error Messages To Make You Laugh Out Loud

[6Foot2]

I have just been reminded of my 'favorite' error message to date. It was featured on the back page of Computing in backbytes. I think it was an Excel dialog box with the simple message: 'Not Enough'

 

I can't find that one to post but I think this one is nearly as good [stumbled accross it while looking for something else and I just had to share it]

Edited March 12, 2008 by ZeroHour

[mattx]

I have just been reminded of my 'favorite' error message to date. It was featured on the back page of Computing in backbytes. I think it was an Excel dialog box with the simple message: 'Not Enough'

 

I can't find that one to post but I think this one is nearly as good [stumbled accross it while looking for something else and I just had to share it]

 

Heh, that was off a WTF story this week. I saw that one too.

 

http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Too-Many-Fingers.aspx

[Joanne]

That's so cool.

 

The error message that used to freak me out was a quicktime one that went along the lines of:

 

"your file associations are not set up properly, I can set them up"

 

Huh? You are an "I" now?!

[6Foot2]

What would you do with this one?

[OutToLunch]

I'm still a fan of this one which is in one of our lovely pieces of educational software. It occurs when you resize a font too large for a single word on a line. It doesn't bother shrinking the font to the max size that will fit, or warn you that this is what's wrong. Just dumps this at you and mangles all existing formatting...

 

http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/2949/fataled5.gif

 

http://www.edugeek.net/forums/showthread.php?t=13763

[6Foot2]

For those Unix fans out there [i am not familiar with Linux but I can see the humour in these]

 

% cat "food in cans"

cat: can't open food in cans

 

% nice man woman

No manual entry for woman.

 

% rm God

rm: God nonexistent

 

% ar t God

ar: God does not exist

 

% "How would you rate Quayle's incompetence?

Unmatched ".

 

% [Where is Jimmy Hoffa?

Missing ].

 

% ^How did the sex change operation go?^

Modifier failed.

 

% make love

Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.

 

% got a light?

No match.

 

% man: why did you get a divorce?

man:: Too many arguments.

 

% !:say, what is saccharine?

Bad substitute.

 

% %blow

%blow: No such job.

 

$ PATH=pretending! /usr/ucb/which sense

no sense in pretending!

[Ryan]

Reminds me of these Japanese Haiku error messages. Add a little poetry to your day.

 

 

 

--------------------------------------------

The Web site you seek

Cannot be located, but

Countless more exist.

--------------------------------------------

Chaos reigns within.

Reflect, repent, and reboot.

Order shall return.

--------------------------------------------

Program aborting

Close all that you have worked on.

You ask far too much.

--------------------------------------------

Windows NT crashed.

I am the Blue Screen of Death.

No one hears your screams.

--------------------------------------------

Yesterday it worked.

Today it is not working.

Windows is like that.

--------------------------------------------

Your file was so big.

It might be very useful.

But now it is gone.

--------------------------------------------

Stay the patient course.

Of little worth is your ire.

The network is down.

--------------------------------------------

A crash reduces

Your expensive computer

To a simple stone.

--------------------------------------------

Three things are certain

Death, taxes and lost data.

Guess which has occurred.

--------------------------------------------

You step in the stream,

But the water has moved on.

This page is not here.

--------------------------------------------

Out of memory.

We wish to hold the whole sky,

But we never will.

--------------------------------------------

Having been erased,

The document you're seeking

Must now be retyped.

--------------------------------------------

Serious error.

All shortcuts have disappeared.

Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

--------------------------------------------

 

(Aids. Just noticed this was previously posted elsewhere. If you have previously seen the contents of this post, avert thine eyes before continuing to the next)

[6Foot2]

Here is one from around the same time as the one I first alluded to at the beginning of this thread: It is really small and the quality is poor, so apologies in advance.

Edited March 6, 2008 by 6Foot2

[elsiegee40]

@Ryan - Love them!

 

I'm truly tempted to convert a few of our custom error messages into Haiku - wonder if anyone would notice?

[mattx]

http://www.b3tards.com/u/a609ede35986cfd048a1/dibley-messenger.gif

[mattx]

http://www.thewebmistress.com.au/stuff/blog/click.gif

[mattx]

http://www.b3tards.com/u/a609ede35986cfd048a1/vader-error-padme.jpg

[6Foot2]

@mattx: Excellent.

[mattx]

http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/37069/1182427222/haha.gif

[mattx]

http://www2.b3ta.com/host/creative/56932/1182460533/MrT.gif

[Gatt]

My favourite is.

 

Keyboard Error: Press F1 to continue...

[6Foot2]

Here is another I saw on Digg this morning:

Edited March 26, 2008 by 6Foot2
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[SimpleSi]

I used to particularly like the BBC Micro one

 

Error - missing " at end of line

 

And the many times I exaplined to the computer that if it was so *&%$£^ clever, why don't you just put it in and stop bothering me

 

regards

 

Simon

[DSapseid]

@ gatt - yeh thats my favourite as well, how the hell can you pres f1 to continue if it cant find the damn keyboard!!!

[Dos_Box]

I had Imagecast come up with 'Some unknown terrible thing has happened. Imagecast will now close'

Made me smile as I lost an hours worth of re-imaging.