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HUMOR: Helpful Error Messages
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Fri Sep 8 08:19:21 1995
From: abennett@MIT.EDU
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 08:17:09 EDT
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 23:16:53 -0700
From: connie@interserve.com (Connie Kleinjans)
From a usability testers' list.
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To: utest@hubcap.clemson.edu (Multiple recipients of list)
Have you ever wished that DOS error messages such as "File not found" or
"Bad Command or Filename" would be a little more meaningful? Here are some
excerpts from Computer Today, giving different 'helpful' error messages for
different situations.
>> Admonishment error : I told you not to strike a key until you're ready..
>> Playful error : Guess which key to strike when ready...
>> Helpful error : File not found.... Have you looked under the sofa..
>> Airline error : Pressing keys won't help. The pilots are on strike...
>> Pugnacious error : File not found ... I think I'll load something that
"I" think is interesting.
>> Misguidedly helpful error: File not found. Would you like me to format
the hard disk instead..
>> Confession error : File not found... I was so hungry I ate it up...
>> Extortion error : Insert Rs. 5 coin in Drive A to continue ....
>> Math professor error : Enter any 12 digit prime number to continue...
>> Fed-up error : Disk write error... Why don't you just drop dead...
>> Policeman error : File not found ... Nobody leave the room...
>> Accusing error : You struck two keys ...
>> Lawyer error : That command is null and void under section III, Sub
section 95.1.3.A.e of the Computer Keyboard Usage Act..
>> Bureaucrat error : Strike at least two keys to continue..
>> Govt. servant error : It's my lunch time ... it does'nt matter how
many keys you strike..
>> Absent-minded error : I thought I told you to strike ANY key when
ready...oh, there's no such key ... are you sure...
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