A woman was having problems with her computer. So she calls for computer service. The repairman comes over, presses a few buttons and says it’s fixed. She asked what was the problem? He replies it was an I-d-10-t- error. She asks what is that? He answers, write it down.

The most important thing in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language.

Humor to error messages:
Printer not responding; Got a pen and paper handy?
3 things are certain in life: Taxes, death, and data loss.

Guess which has occured?

Microsoft is trying to add some humor to its error messages in Windows 2000 and up. Here are a couple of examples:
* Printer not responding; Got a pen and paper handy?
* 3 things are certain in life: Taxes, death, and data loss.
Guess which has occured?