Classic Error Messages:

  * USER ERROR: replace user and press any key to continue.
  * Virus detected! P)our chicken soup on motherboard?
  * Backup not found! A)bort, R)etry or P)anic?
  * A)bort, R)etry, I)nfluence with large hammer.
  * Bad command or file name. Go stand in the corner.
  * DYNAMIC LINKING ERROR: Your mistake is now everywhere.



~~~ Absolute Confidence! ~~~


At a computer software course, the participants were given an awkward
question to answer: "If you had just boarded an airliner and discovered that
your team of programmers had been responsible for the flight control
software, how many of you would disembark immediately?"

Among the ensuing forest of raised hands only one man sat motionless. The
instructor asked the lone brave man why he would be so content to stay on
board.

"With my team's software," he reasoned, "the plane would be unlikely to
successfully taxi to the runway, let alone take off."