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Subject: Re: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9!
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On Thu, 31 May 2007 08:38:41 -0400
Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote:

> 
> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= writes:
> 
> >  It has to be the worst written error message in history.
> 
> 	Not even close.  I commend to you the Amiga's BSOD:
> 
> 					  Software Guru
> 					Meditation Number
> 			   <very long string of hex digits>

That's not entirely fair. IIRC that was originally intended only for
developer use, but after CBM got their hands on the Amiga, they cut
corners and it just got left in

The UNIX Hater's Handbook quotes a surreal message from sendmail:

   "Deferred: Not a typewriter"