Funny error messages

[kempofighter]

I received this while trying to load a web page today.

"There was an error loading this trip. (Failed to lazily initialize a collection)"

Evidently, the program couldn't even successfully be lazy! What's the funniest and/or weirdest error message you've ever received trying to load a web site?

[MrViggy]

Not a website, but trying to load a picture into Microsoft Image Viewer, I got an error message that said, "Image too large (too many bytes)"

Is that what too large means! Too many bytes! Funny thing is it was only a 400k JPEG file.

Viggy

[Arjay]

My all time favorite has to be: "An unexpected error has occurred."

Wow, like I'm glad I didn't encounter an expected error.

[Marc G]

"The following error has occured:
No Error".

[BytePtr]

No errors from me but look at these.
The Windows Cement and Neanderthal Technology are very funny
http://zoocow.com/jokes/funny-window...-messages/187/

[Graham]

"The application failed to initialize because the workstation is shutting down."

And I care, exactly, how?

[KrisSimonis]

Not a real error message, but a client once called the helpdesk of the office I used to work at several years ago after having installed a new version of his custom software to fix some bugs.
He said that the application was running fine except that it kept making mentions of all kinds of fruit and vegetables and different kinds of cheese, and he wondered why it wasn't any mentions of meat.
The helpdesk employee who knew I had done the bugfix ran over to me and asked what the hell was going on, then I realized that I had forgotten to remove my debug messages, which I had put a lot of in there to test the code line by line without a proper step by step debugging tool.
So I told him to tell the customer he'll get a more silent update soon, and that the reason there weren't any meat products mentioned was that our software was on a strictly vegetarian diet to avoid bugs. ( The 'theme' I had used to remember what debug messages were good and which ones were bad were that I had put Meat products in places where the program shouldn't be doing things while executing, and fruit and vegetables for the good parts. )

[HairyMonkeyMan]

I really like this one (see BytePtr's link):

[getzephyr]

How funny, I also get same message like Arjay

[Username555]

[coughing] That way I realized how people laughed at the message, this thread is an example.
Hope I can find a female mouse to shoot her tail. Arggghh

[dglienna]

On one job that I had, doing Telecom, I had go to up to the Director's office to replace a speed dialer that was holding up the faxed press announcements. I went up there, and noticed that there were batteries in it.

I asked if they had replaced the batteries, and they said no. Luckily I hadn't unplugged it from the power! They wanted to send back the new one, when I came back with a nine-volt.

[ProgramArtist]

In ancient MS-DOS times a nice tool told me:

User Error! Please replace user and try again!

This is not only a good error message, it is a complete help system!

(1) Error occured. (mhmhm)
(2) Reason: Clearly stated: "User" error. No discussion needed.
(3) And they told me in 6 words (incl. "please") how to prevent/fix the error (or to have a workaround at least).

Cool!

[Skizmo]

"Warning, there is a warning coming"

[TheCPUWizard]

Not a real error message, but a client once called the helpdesk of the office I used to work at several years ago after having installed a new version of his custom software to fix some bugs.
He said that the application was running fine except that it kept making mentions of all kinds of fruit and vegetables and different kinds of cheese, and he wondered why it wasn't any mentions of meat.
The helpdesk employee who knew I had done the bugfix ran over to me and asked what the hell was going on, then I realized that I had forgotten to remove my debug messages, which I had put a lot of in there to test the code line by line without a proper step by step debugging tool.
So I told him to tell the customer he'll get a more silent update soon, and that the reason there weren't any meat products mentioned was that our software was on a strictly vegetarian diet to avoid bugs. ( The 'theme' I had used to remember what debug messages were good and which ones were bad were that I had put Meat products in places where the program shouldn't be doing things while executing, and fruit and vegetables for the good parts. )

This antedocte has been circulating for at least 17 years that I have been able to trace. It would be interesting to see how you support being the original author....

[TheCPUWizard]

Not an error message but a GREAT Quote... (paraphrased)

I have always wished by computer was as easy to use as my telephone. My dream has finally come true. I not longer understand how to use my phone.

A special bonus to the person who can name the person who made this quote (published earlier this year in a print magazine....)