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Article #4655Re: Worst error messages of all time.
From: j... John Peterson
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 20:50
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 20:50
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>>>Given all the weird messages in the machine, what about the error messages >>>that get printed from time to time? I've seen some really bad ones. >>> >>>I'd have to nominate UNIX's "Not a TTY" and RSTS/E's "?Program lost, sorry" >> >>I nominate Unix's "Intruder Alert!" and Pick's "This error cannot occur" >> - Brian > > I add to the list something BSD 4.3 talk has given me a few times: > "You don't exist. Go away." > To this I would add the Unix Mail error if the passwd file is trashed: No mail for ubluit (pronounce the last word carefully...)
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!apple!jp From: j...@Apple.COM (John Peterson) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Worst error messages of all time. Message-ID: <45094@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 24 Sep 90 20:50:22 GMT Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 18 Posted: Mon Sep 24 21:50:22 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit