Normally, I wouldn't write about this, but it just so happened randomly, and unexpectantly, that I feel compelled.
At somepoint while I was hanging around myspace.com, my Firefox browser politely informed my that "The document has no data."
I of course, hit the enter key to make it go away.
I went traversing around the massive conglomerate known as myspace.com once more. Again, my browser informed my that "The document has no data."
What did it want from me? Did I have to make a decision? Or am I really thinking too deeply into this situation? Or am I just being silly and playing out a stream of thought to a bizarre extreme?
Another personal website on myspace.com. Once again, "The document has no data." As I went elsewhere, I could only imagine in my mind the faux-human-female voice politely, steadily telling me, "The document has no data." It soon became a desperate panic to get away from the grey message box.
A different web site, a different server. I went to places that people only fear in their minds that exist on the web. I thought I was safe. But the little "M" in the corner of my browser kept moving. It sluggishly pondered, and pondered. Beads of cold sweat came down my face as the seconds ticked by. Even before I could read it, my eyes froze in places as the borders of the grey box slid down the screen. Pain ran through my nerves as the message was spelled out to me, "The document has no data."
Was I being punished?
"The document has no data."
Was it missing code?
"The document has no data."
WHY WAS THIS THING HAUNTING ME?!?!
"The document has no data."
AAAAIIIGGGGHHHH!!!!
"The document has no data."
Supposedly I was found at the back of a 7-11, giggling, "The document has no data. Can't you see? The *DOCUMENT* has no *DATA*." It was later revealed that some homeless guy slipped at little something extra into the coffee, and I really hadn't gone insane.
But damn. It's never explained, ever. People just accept it. That their documents have no data. I may have to take up a collection to end the epidemic. That is, if I really were that strange and insane.
The Cure - Disintegration - Disintegration
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