Reply to: Worst Error Message

[bless 'em all]

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

[realityhack]

%SYSTEM-W-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels

Still there apparently

Great site. Just lost an hour by typing "emacs -batch -l dunnet" into Terminal (OSX).

[original PM]

bit late but I like this one

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

[Sysman]

%SYSTEM-W-FISH, my hovercraft is full of eels

Still there apparently

[IR35FanClub]

From an actual message a senior analyst programmer left in while unit testing his code - and forgot to take it out before live release "User is a nob". He never lived that one down. (when it came back on a helpdesk call)

[doodab]

You have entered an incorrect password 3 times. The disk will now be erased.

isn't a great one to get when trying to unlock a hardware encrypted USB stick.

Though I think this is quite a nice one.

%1

[bobspud]

boot
No

Once seen on a very broken ICL DRS6000

[VectraMan]

I'm guilty of programming this one a few times:

Cannot save file : The operation completed successfully.

It's because you call Windows GetLastError, but too late to get the actual error, and go ahead and look up zero in the list of error strings.

Not really an error message, but I always chuckle when Acronis True Image 10, which purports to be fit for purpose, tells me that my backup will take 49,150 days.

[BrilloPad]

I had AVG running on my old laptop and it took up so many system resources I found myself wondering whether I might prefer a virus.

+1

I now use avast.

[Sysman]

My other thread got me thinking, can anyone beat

No keyboard detected, press F1 to continue

I have also had

No keyboard detected, press any key to continue

[Mich the Tester]

I had that one the other day from AVG.

It then attempted to send an email back to base & failed to do that too.

I had AVG running on my old laptop and it took up so many system resources I found myself wondering whether I might prefer a virus.

[amcdonald]

An unexpected error has occurred

[BrilloPad]

"you have been banned from contractor uk"
"date the ban will be lifted - never"

time to get grovelling.....

[Gibbon]

No Cups!

After I've paid and the drink is going down the waste tray!

[eek]

As I put on the earlier thread

Success - Commit Failed.

It may not seem too bad until you discover what the system does.