Error messages are boring

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Gawd
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I can joke about this now, because I've finally solved every last problem we had result from our move last weekend ... but I think software and hardware makers should make error messages more fun!

CATASTROPHIC FAILURE OF DISKS 1, 2, 5, 6 AND 7 UNABLE TO REBUILD RAID ARRAY HOPE YOU HAVE PAINKILLERS HANDY

Or how about a series of dialog boxes with a single "NEXT ->" button on them:

AN ERROR HAS OCCURRED

UH OH, IT'S A BAD ONE

YOU'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS ONE

ARE YOU SITTING DOWN? HERE IS THE ERROR:

Of course, if I had actually seen anything "creative" like that this week instead of the boring, dry messages I actually saw, I probably wouldn't have been amused ...
 
Instead of "Keyboard error, press F1 to continue"
I'd like to see:
"Keyboard error, OMFG what are you going to do? You have no input! All is lost!"
 
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