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The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time

Posted by samzenpus on from the let-them-down-easy dept.

Technologizer writes "They add insult to injury — and computing wouldn't be the same without 'em. So I rounded up a baker's dozen of the most important error messages in computing history — from Does Not Compute to Abort, Retry, Fail to the Sad Mac to the big kahuna of them all — the mighty Blue Screen of Death. And just in case my judgment is off, I include a poll to let the rest of the world vote for the greatest error message of all." I can't believe that "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that" didn't make the list.

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  1. Quite a good read. by Spazztastic · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I'm sure all of us have encountered these, then wanted to throw the computer out the window.

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    Posts not to be taken literally. Almost everything is sarcasm.
  2. Linux Kernel Message by LocutusMIT · · Score: 1, Redundant

    lp1 on fire.

  3. Guru meditation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Another candidate in the Worst Unhelpful Error Messages:

    "Guru meditation" on Amiga.

  4. Re:PC LOAD LETTER by ZERO1ZERO · · Score: 0, Redundant

    PC LOAD LETTER! What the fuck does that mean?!

  5. My Personal Favorite by wolf12886 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Keyboard failure, strike F1 to continue"

  6. Re:Kernel Panic!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    And I'm missing that "keyboard not found, please press F1" BIOS error.