The Ten Most Ridiculous Error Messages in the History of Software
But there are many more
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5 min readJul 11, 2020
Some software errors are notorious for their nonsensical messages. In this article, I compile a small list of my ten favorite error messages.
Index:
- Out of memory error: Kill process, score, or sacrifice child.
- Keyboard not responding. Press any key to continue.
- Task failed successfully (no comments).
- The “Delete” operation will erase the contents of your hard.drive. Proceed or delete?
- Something happened error, ¿but what?
- Windows Phone Installation Disc Error.
- Guru Meditation error.
- Abort, Retry, Fail?
- All your files are exactly where you left them.
- Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters
Out of memory error: Kill process, score, or sacrifice child
The Out of memory kill process or sacrifice child error is caused when the free virtual memory is…