The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time

DamienD · 20 June 2009, 19:02

http://technologizer.com/2008/09/18/errormessage/

"Guru Meditation" from the Amiga makes it into the list

No prizes for guessing what's number one...

Shoonay · 20 June 2009, 19:10

Cool list!
Very nerdy and geeky, me likes

Thanks DD!

TCD · 20 June 2009, 19:16

/me likes 'Does not compute'

(should put that as the caption in my error messages...)
Nice find DD

P.S. : Cool pictures for #1

rare_j · 20 June 2009, 19:58

Anyone who's used lotus notes will love "Invalid or nonexistant document" which can pop up whenever you try to do, well, anything.

Shoonay · 20 June 2009, 20:00

@rare_j: I don't remember that in Lotus 3, when does that happen?

Galahad/FLT · 20 June 2009, 21:10

I thought the best Mac one would have made an appearance.

"An error has occured because an error has occured"

Ironclaw · 20 June 2009, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Galahad/FLT

I thought the best Mac one would have made an appearance.

"An error has occured because an error has occured"

Mmm, that one is the best one of all... remember it fondly, even though I never used a Mac.... just that it's a well known error.... and still hardly anyone mentions it.

s2325 · 20 June 2009, 21:23

They should include also bombs from Atari ST.

seuden · 21 June 2009, 09:31

"Read Error B"

skan · 21 June 2009, 14:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2325

They should include also bombs from Atari ST.

Bombs were a Mac thing too IIRC (way back to OS1.0! ;P)

Muzkat · 21 June 2009, 14:03

I smiled when I saw "does not compute."

Predabot · 21 June 2009, 15:21

HAH! What a menagerie of frustrations...

Well, I guess it was inevitable that the winner would indeed be the winner... Kind of funny that Red Ring of Death is now so famous that it's on the list, since it's not a software-error, like most of the others, but a PURE HARDWARE error. 0_0

Photon · 21 June 2009, 16:16

I would have expected to see Division by Zero, Syntax Error, OUT OF MEMORY - those are classic... but the worst one I've ever seen in my life is called "Checksum error on block xxxx"

Charlie · 21 June 2009, 16:42

Ah, happy memories! Thanks DD

Coagulus · 21 June 2009, 20:57

I used to love Keyboard Error or no keyboard present - press f1 to continue!

PWLM · 03 July 2009, 15:26

Syntax Error from the C64 for me, as I was a fairly handy BASIC programmer in the day...

Ironclaw · 03 July 2009, 15:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coagulus

I used to love Keyboard Error or no keyboard present - press f1 to continue!

LOL

Ironclaw · 03 July 2009, 16:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Muzkat

I smiled when I saw "does not compute."

But should that one really count? From what I've seen on that page, this error message was only from movies, like Lost in Space. It's not a real error message...... or does it exist on real-non-fictional computers? If not, it shouldn't really be on the list imo.

MethodGit · 11 July 2009, 03:54

Personally I witnessed "Volume XXXX has a read/write error" quite often during the good old Amiga years.

Rabbit80 · 11 July 2009, 14:35

I once had the "An error occured because an error occured" message

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20 June 2009, 19:02	#1
DamienD Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: London / Sydney Age: 47 Posts: 20,420	The Thirteen Greatest Error Messages of All Time http://technologizer.com/2008/09/18/errormessage/ "Guru Meditation" from the Amiga makes it into the list No prizes for guessing what's number one...

20 June 2009, 19:10	#2
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,106	Cool list! Very nerdy and geeky, me likes Thanks DD!

20 June 2009, 19:16	#3
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,601	/me likes 'Does not compute' (should put that as the caption in my error messages...) Nice find DD P.S. : Cool pictures for #1

20 June 2009, 19:58	#4
rare_j Zone Friend Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London Posts: 1,176	Anyone who's used lotus notes will love "Invalid or nonexistant document" which can pop up whenever you try to do, well, anything.

20 June 2009, 20:00	#5
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,106	@rare_j: I don't remember that in Lotus 3, when does that happen?

20 June 2009, 21:10	#6
Galahad/FLT Going nowhere Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: United Kingdom Age: 50 Posts: 8,994	I thought the best Mac one would have made an appearance. "An error has occured because an error has occured"

20 June 2009, 21:23	#8
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	They should include also bombs from Atari ST.

21 June 2009, 09:31	#9
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	"Read Error B"

21 June 2009, 14:03	#11
Muzkat Into the Wonderful Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Earthrealm Age: 42 Posts: 1,429	I smiled when I saw "does not compute."

21 June 2009, 15:21	#12
Predabot Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Swedun' Posts: 397	HAH! What a menagerie of frustrations... Well, I guess it was inevitable that the winner would indeed be the winner... Kind of funny that Red Ring of Death is now so famous that it's on the list, since it's not a software-error, like most of the others, but a PURE HARDWARE error. 0_0

21 June 2009, 16:16	#13
Photon Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Eksjö / Sweden Posts: 5,604	I would have expected to see Division by Zero, Syntax Error, OUT OF MEMORY - those are classic... but the worst one I've ever seen in my life is called "Checksum error on block xxxx"

21 June 2009, 16:42	#14
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Ah, happy memories! Thanks DD

21 June 2009, 20:57	#15
Coagulus Gets there in the end... Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Wales Posts: 863	I used to love Keyboard Error or no keyboard present - press f1 to continue!

03 July 2009, 15:26	#16
PWLM He found it at the zoo.. Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Townsville / Australia Posts: 151	Syntax Error from the C64 for me, as I was a fairly handy BASIC programmer in the day...

11 July 2009, 03:54	#19
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Personally I witnessed "Volume XXXX has a read/write error" quite often during the good old Amiga years.

11 July 2009, 14:35	#20
Rabbit80 Its hard being famous! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Gateway to the dales, UK Age: 43 Posts: 633	I once had the "An error occured because an error occured" message

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