EAA PRESENTS FREE PEARL HARBOR DAY PROGRAM DEC. 7

More than 60 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor that started U.S. involvement in World War II, a free evening program at the EAA AirVenture Museum on Tuesday, Dec. 7, will explore some of the unanswered questions and mysteries surrounding that tragic day.

The program, titled "Remember Pearl Harbor: Was Admiral Kimmel to Blame?" will be held in the museum at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 7, in association with EAA’s annual Pearl Harbor Day anniversary observance. Thomas Kimmel, a retired FBI special agent and grandson of Adm. H.E. Kimmel, will talk about his family’s efforts to clear Adm. Kimmel’s name. The admiral was commander-in-chief of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific on Dec. 7, 1941. He was relieved of duty 10 days after the Japanese attack and was publicly blamed for the debacle in official investigations. Adm. Kimmel worked to clear his name until his death in 1968, with his sons and grandson continuing the campaign since then.

The program is free of charge and open to the public. A number of area veterans groups will also be present, with several Pearl Harbor veterans excepted to participate.

The EAA AirVenture Museum is located just off Highway 41 at the Highway 44 exit in Oshkosh. The Museum is open Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. EAA members receive free museum admission year-round and family memberships are available. For more information, call the EAA AirVenture Museum at (920) 426-6108 or visit www.airventuremuseum.org.

Oshkosh hunter near multiple slaying

Bill Wagner, of Oshkosh, is quoted in an AP article about a shooting that left five dead after an apparent dispute over a tree stand.

The hunt will go on:

"We're all old, dyed-in-wool hunters," he [Wagner] said. "We wouldn't go home because of this but we will keep it in our minds. We're not forgetting it."

102 more apartments coming

A plan to build 102 apartment units in the Marion Road/Pearl Avenue area goes before the City Council next week.

Three buildings would be constructed for the apartments and a community room.

The proposal is in a proposed council resolution.

OCNN board member 'Teacher of the Week'

Trent Scott, a member of the board of directors here at the Oshkosh Community News Network and our high school relations coordinator, has been named Teacher of the Week by the Northwestern.

Congratulations Trent!

Great day for a parade

This was one of the best Holiday Parades in recent memory.


Dachshunds were ready to do their part.


But Santa rode the fire truck.

Recent North grads in Fallujah

WBAY has a report on two Marines who are taking part in this week's attack.

Cutbacks loom for lift bridge hours

Budget restrictions will likely force a reduction in the hours of operation for the lift bridges in Oshkosh next season.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has informed local officials that tightness in the state budget will lead to either reduced days or reduced hours (or both) at the city’s bridges as well as at bridges in Winneconne and Menasha.

No final decision has been made. “We’re looking for public input,” said Dale Weber, bridge maintenance engineer for DOT’s District 3. “We will have a public meeting some time in December.”

One possibility will be to cut the daily hours of operation from 16 down to 12 or eight. Another would be to have the bridges operate only on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and holidays, Weber said.

DOT has about $1.5 million to operate 13 District 3 bridges. But that means it is $430,000 short of what is needed, said Brett Wallace, the planning and operations manager for District 3.

Dementia facility planned for Bayshore Drive

The City Council will consider this week a proposal to build an elderly and dementia facility at Bayshore Drive and Mill Street.

The facility would employ 20.

According to Community Development Director Jackson Kinney:

Martin Ganther Group, petitioner, Homestead Condo Corp., owner, requests a conditional use permit to construct and operate an elderly and dementia community based residential facility (CBRF) containing 20 resident rooms and 30 beds. The facility will employ approximately 20 persons working in three shifts.

Approximately 10 visitors are expected at the facility during peak periods.

The subject site is comprised of two existing parcels totaling approximately 43,505 square feet that is proposed to be combined to one parcel. The property has water frontage and contains some area of floodplain that will not be impacted by this development.

The proposed CBRF would be an approximate 15,409 square foot one story structure with a fenced interior courtyard that looks to the lake and 17 surface parking stalls located in front of the structure.

Moving ahead on mayoral vote

The City Council will be asked Tuesday night to waive its rules and adopt on first reading an ordinance calling for the mayor to be elected directly.

"We need to publish the notice for the election before the next Council Meeting on November 23rd," said City Manager Richard A. Wollangk.

Trash on the trail

The Wiouwash trail is a great place for biking and running, but the section just north of the AxleTech property is getting trashed.

Maybe the county could send a crew down to clean things up?

Blog-Based Debate Draws 65,000 Hits

OSHKOSH, Wis., Nov. 4, 2004—An online forum that allowed four candidates for a seat in the Wisconsin State Assembly to debate the issues using a Web log drew 65,000 hits by nearly 2,000 unique visitors, the sponsors announced today.

The Oshkosh League of Women Voters, the Oshkosh Public Library and the Oshkosh Community News Network sponsored the forum as an experiment in using technology to encourage civic participation and voter awareness.

"We were intrigued with the blog's novel approach to providing quality information about the candidates' positions on important issues to that segment of voters who are computer savvy," commented Kathleen Propp, president of the Oshkosh area League, whose group has cosponsored candidate forums in the past in partnership with Oshkosh Community Access Television CitiCable 10.

The online debate was operated using free Web log software from Blogger. Given the traffic that the site attracted, the sponsors believe that this method has great potential for focusing attention on local elections in smaller communities, which may not get extensive coverage from traditional print and broadcast news outlets.

John Nichols, library director, said that "the library, whose business is 'connecting people with information,' was very pleased to support this demonstration of how a new technology platform could help people have access to candidate positions and comments. The candidates had a chance to think about their answers before expressing them and the fact that they were in a blog made it easy for people to access them at any time of the day or day of the week."

The blog-based forum began Sept. 13 and was available for voters to consult through Election Day. Over the course of six weeks, a series of 10 questions was posed to the candidates, and they were given three days to post their answers. They could also use a comments feature to rebut statements from the other candidates.

"From a voter’s standpoint and particularly at the local level, the Internet provides several opportunities for improving political discourse," said Miles Maguire, a member of Oshkosh Community News Network, a local nonprofit organization. "In addition, by publishing the candidates’ statement in an accessible and essentially permanent form, we have set a baseline for accountability into the next election cycle."

While the debate was going on, the site recorded 22,874 pageviews in 7,666 sessions. Users spent an average of 7 minutes on the site. Site visitors recorded an average of 150 sessions each day. Total hits were 65,081. Usage surged during the final week before the election, running 20 percent above the average for the entire debate.

All told 1,984 unique visitors, as measured by IP addresses, came to the site during the debate period.

The election was won by Republican incumbent Gregg Underheim, who received 47 percent of the vote. The other three participants in the debate were independent Dan Carpenter, Democrat Gordon Hintz and Wisconsin Green Tony Palmeri.

The debate site can be found at http://www.oshkoshnews.org/candidatesforum . A parallel site was also operated to allow citizens to comment on the debate. It can be found at http://www.oshkoshnews.org/citizensforum/ .

For more information, contact Miles Maguire.

It's Underheim, Owens & an Elected Mayor

See local election results here.

Poll workers impressed with campus turnout

Poll workers at Albee Hall remained busy all day Tuesday, keeping hordes of college students moving toward their destination -- the voting booth.

Robert Huges, 59, said he was assigned to Albee this year following suspicion of a large turnout on campus. At around 6:30 p.m., a sizeable line winded through Albee's voting area and spiraled down to the first floor, where a radio station was broadcasting live.

Huges, who was accepting numbered tickets and handing out ballots in return, said, "Oh, gosh. It's been like this all day -- since 7 a.m."

74-year-old Claud Thompson, who has worked at Albee for the past three presidential elections, attributed two issues -- Iraq war and domestic economic policy -- for the campus turnout that he said was "far more than we ever had." The war and economy have really created an increasingly divisive country, he said.

Thompson praised the Albee's poll workers, who he said had not taken more than a five-minute break since arriving at around 5 a.m.

Tuesday's overall process, Thompson said, has been "amazingly smooth."

City Clerk Pamela Ubrig compiled a list of registered university students to ensure a smooth identification procedure. Thompson said he knew of no student being turned away.

With a mischievous smile, Thompson said he developed the idea of a university list for the last presidential election.

"I has to pull some strings," he said, adding that it was easier for him to accomplish because he is a former university professor.

Although Thomson remained positive about this election's turnout, he did not shy away from speculation of a fluke.

"I'm hoping it's a sign that more young people are interested in politics, but anytime there's not an exciting election, the turnout is abysmally low," he said. "Now, we'll come in April and sit around doing crossword puzzles."

Never Too Young To Get Involved

Photo by Kyle Redjinksi
Third-graders at Lincoln Elementary School on Algoma Boulevard were urging voters to get to the polls today.

Off-campus students show their vote counts

In an election year that the 18-30-year -old demographic may be more influential than ever, students at UW-Oshkosh got the memo and came to vote in full force.

Thanks to the efforts of several pro-voting organizations using the mass media to encourage young people to vote, it appears that students have gotten the message.
As students came out to vote, unlike in years past students seem to be more educated and opinionated than ever.

Oshkosh students didn’t just pack the polls at Albee Hall today but continued to stream into off-campus polling places as well.


Photo by Ben Richard
Arlene Heruth, an election official at St. Josaphat Parish, registers first time voters on Election Day.

As students came to vote at two off-campus polling locations, St. John’s Church and St. Josaphat’s Parish, they were asked: why are you voting in this year’s presidential election?

•Jaime Wagner, sophomore – “I think the president has done a poor job thus far and needs to get handed his pink slip.”

• Michael Ryan, junior – “It’s everyone’s duty as an American citizen to get out and vote. This is how democracy works and I choose to partake in it to make my country stronger.”


•Ashleigh Hinner, junior – “I want to have someone in office that shares the same ideals as I do.”


• Kyle Gorusch, sophomore – “It’s my right to vote and make things better.”


• Jason Palleria, junior – “It’s very close and very interesting, even though people may say and think that there vote doesn’t count, it’s more important than ever.”

• Tori Kolosso, junior – “I feel if I don’t vote I don’t have the right to complain about anything. If the 18-30 year-old age group really gets out and votes it could swing the election.”

• Elizabeth Fox, senior – “It’s important that young people vote to try to make a difference. Everyone’s voice is important.”

• Bridget Miller, senior – “I really want to make a change.”

• Pete Rein, junior – “I vote so I can complain later.”

They ARE College Students

Photo by Lindsey Wolf

The self-named "No Parking Coalition" supports the irony of election day campaigning outside Clow Social Science Center on Algoma Blvd. Tuesday afternoon. Mark Johnson (left), 19, Alex Sleaper, 20, Patrick O'Brien, 18, and Chris Horton (not pictured), 19, found the "No Parking" signs strewn around shortly after John Kerry's lastest rally.

Students Fight Lines to Have Their Voices Heard

Students fill Albee Hall awaiting their opportunity to vote.
Photo by Kyle Redjinksi


Students wait in the staircase of Albee Hall to vote.
Photo by Courtney Ramirez and Paulina Covelli

Hundreds of college voters lined up in Albee Hall, sometimes waiting up to a half an hour to vote on Tuesday.

The lines did little to discourage first time voters from eagerly casting their ballots. “The lines are a little annoying, but it’s important for our future to vote today,” said Jon Torn, 19.

Other students had ideas to stick out the long wait. “I tell myself all these people are voting for the other side. I really need to get my vote in to counter that,” said Kelley Smart, voting in her second presidential election.

The voters all felt that this election would give the nation a sense of the younger generation’s ideas. “Our demographic has a say in our election; it’s great,” said Anthony Sturino, 18.

Students had differing opinions on whether they would be heard by casting a ballot for the nominee of their choice today. Regardless of whom the vote was for, students urged their fellow classmates to vote. “It’s our duty as a Americans. Just one vote can make a difference,” said Sturino.

“I think the campaigns saying every vote counts are a tad silly,” said Smart. “In reality it all comes down to the electoral college and what they decide.”

Most students had their minds made up about the candidates long before campaigns began. Often students would look to their parents’ ideals to determine their vote.

The media received little credence in regards to decisions. Students often felt that the media was biased towards the candidate they did not support. Bush supporters felt the media leaned towards the left, while Kerry supporters felt the media backed Bush.

In the few incidents where a student was undecided as the election approached, the news coverage received accolades. “ In volume, the media definitely helped with issues and facts about the candidates,” said Alisha Cornford, 21.

Overall the students were happy with how the election was turning out. They were also excited with possibility of affecting history. “It’s really cool to know, I am a part of this,” Alex Frazer, 19.

As students left the polls they knew they made a difference. Many people echoed the thoughts of C.J. Hardy, 19. “If you don’t vote, don’t complain.”

--Zach Garner

Election Day: Voting fraud and supression

Since the polls opened at 7 a.m. this morning, well over 3,000 people have voted in campus districts. So far there have been no reports of voting fraud, however most cases would likely be reported after polls close, or during a recount, should one occur.

With Wisconsin being such an important swing state, numerous lawyers are on hand at polling locations across the state. Two were seen this morning at the Albee Hall site at UW-Oshkosh.

Reports indicate that only six voters have been turned away from the polls, however four of them have since returned and voted. Lawyers have the names of the other two and are trying to contact them. The reason the voters were turned away is because poll workers were origionally instructed that the student directory did not serve as proof of residence. That has since been reversed and the directory is now being used.

Nonstudent voters sound off

Photo by Elyse Landgraf
Volunteers at Carl Traeger Middle School sell baked goods to voters on Tuesday in order to raise money for new library books.

Claud Thompson, the chairperson of the Albee Hall polling facility, said he himself got a chance to vote last week. In his eight years working the polls and working his third presidential election, he has never seen a student turnout quite like this, even though he and his co-workers expected a large number to come out.

"We've always been very, very busy for presidential election, but this is far greater," he says.

Thompson attributes the large voting numbers to massive registration drives, saying he has seen a far greater student turnout in the last four or five years, and he gives partial credit to the New Voters Project for their efforts.

"With the conditions in the country, people are terribly concerned over Iraq and the economy," he says.

Mike Cowling, an associate journalism professor at UW-Oshkosh, says he plans on voting later today after he picks his daughter up from school. Cowling has generally voted more Democratic than Republican in the past, but he is voting more this time based on a strong dislike for President Bush's policies rather than strong agreement with John Kerry's policies.

For state races, he is most interested in the Wisconsin Senate race and the Illinois Senate race, where Democrat Barack Obama is running against Republican Alan Keyes. Cowling has expressed in the Illinois race because he is originally from Illinois.

Cowling expects the turnout to be much larger this time, among students and in general, because of the divisive national issues, such as Iraq and the war on terror. He also expects turnout to be large because the election is so close, citing President Clinton's re-election campaign against Sen. Bob Dole in 1996 as an election where turnout was poor because most figured Clinton would win.

"I think it's exciting when there's a close election," he says. "I think it contributes more to voter apathy when it's not as close."


Photo by Pamela Koehler. Caption by Jolynn Rakow.
Gary Jepson, election official, adjusts the "Vote Here" sign at the Webster Stanley Elementary School Entrance, the 9th District polling place. This is Jepson's second election that he has served as an official. He is not surprised by the turnout of voters, and expects to stay at
the polls until well after they close.

Would a higher voter turnout this year continue in years to come?

Photo by Rene Delgado
UWO student Clint Freund shows his support for the Kerry/Edwards campaign on Election Day in front of Dempsey Hall.

UW-Oshkosh political science professors feel as though the voter turnout amongst college students will be higher this year than in the past.

The consensus was that programs like the New Voters Project, and other nationally based programs like MTV's Rock The Vote do a good job of motivating students to vote, but it may not be sustained throughout the years.


Supporters of President Bush drive up Algoma Boulevard.

"My fear is that it's a one-time phenomenon," Dr. Martin Gruberg said. "Students in general, not just at UW-O, do not see elections as relevant to them. If they aren't married or homeowners, they don't see themselves with roots in the community; they don't think of Oshkosh as their home even though they're here for 9-10 months."

Lecturer Eben Christensen feels as though UW-Oshkosh voters are more informed this year than in years past because of the increased stakes in this election. He said that the voter motivation programs do a good job of getting people out to vote, but the difference will be in how much getting people informed will get real change in their political behavior.

"I don't suspect this high visibility in young people will be as sustained," he said. "Most people, if their parents don't vote, won't really (vote) until they're 25 or 26 when they actually have a job and life literally grinds you to a pulp."

Things Get a Little Testy

Rep. Gregg Underheim (left) restrains an unidentified man (facing camera) who crossed Algoma Boulevard to criticize Democratic challenger Gordon Hintz (back to camera). Underheim had crossed Algoma to complain about an anti-Underheim message written on the sidewalk. Hintz said he did not write it and he was not responsible for the message.

Photo by T.R. Gleason

Oshkosh Goes to the Polls

Photo by T.R. Gleason

Voters had to wait in a long line inside Traeger Elementary School for approximately one hour during the early hours of voting.


Photo by Miles Maguire

Over at Martin Luther School, on Algoma Boulevard, approximately 200 ballots were cast in the first hour of voting.

Underheim E-mail Plugs Palmeri

In an e-mail message sent last night, Rep. Gregg Underheim, the Republican incumbent in the 54th District, asks UW-O students to consider voting for one of his opponents: Green Party candidate Tony Palmeri.

Underheim makes the pitch to in response to a move by Democratic challenger Gordon Hintz to highlight a statement made by Underheim criticizing students for caring too much about tuition.

Underheim also quotes a favorable May 2003 statement from Chancellor Richard Wells expressing appreciation for Underheim's efforts on behalf of the university.

Here's the Palmeri pitch:

Let me close with this thought. If you cannot bring yourself to support me, a republican, please consider voting for the Green candidate Tony Palmeri. Although I strongly disagree with Tony on a wide array of policy questions his campaign has not stooped to what I can only describe as distortion.

Here's the full text of Underheim's e-mail:

You may be seeing an unprincipled attack leveled at me by my opponent Gordon Hintz at the end of the campaign. The attack will assert that I have said, "the only thing you care about is tuition. That is shameful." Or words to that effect.

It is true that words similar to that left my mouth. But, as with all unprincipled attacks, it was taken out of context. My comments also included references to quality and access. The thrust of my thought was that tuition cannot be the only consideration for students who want a quality education and for students who want a diverse student body that includes students whose abilities qualify them for a university education but whose financial means make attending impossible.

Please ask yourself this question. Do I really want a representative who willfully misconstrues comments made by others for his own benefits? Do I really want a representative who will incite anger rather than appeal to reason? I hope you don't.

Let me close with this thought. If you cannot bring yourself to support me, a republican, please consider voting for the Green candidate Tony Palmeri. Although I strongly disagree with Tony on a wide array of policy questions his campaign has not stooped to what I can only describe as distortion.

Quote from Chancellor Wells in a letter to Gregg Underheim dated May 16, 2003.

"The strong and involved leadership that you have provided for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh means a great deal to our present and future students. It was reassuring to see the value of higher education supported during this period of exceptional fiscal challenge. On behalf of the administration, faculty, staff, students and alumni, I extend our heartfelt and sincere appreciation for all that you have done for our campus..."

I ask for your vote On November 2.

Gregg Underheim


NOW FOR THE HUMOR!!!

A magazine recently ran a "Dilbert quotes" contest. They were looking
for people to submit quotes from their real life Dilbert-type managers.

Here are some of the submissions...

1. As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building
using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next
Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks. (This was
the winning quote from Fred Dales at Microsoft Corp in Redmond, WA.)

2. What I need is a list of specific unknown problems we will encounter.
(Lykes Lines Shipping)

3. E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be
used only for company business. (Accounting manager, Electric Boat
Company)

4. This project is so important, we can't let things that are more
important interfere with it. (Advertising/Marketing manager, United
Parcel Service)

5. Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule. No one
will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been
working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks and
I'll let you know when it's time to tell them. (R&D supervisor,
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing / 3M Corp.)

6. My Boss spent the entire weekend retyping a 25-page proposal that
only needed corrections. She claims the disk I gave her was damaged and
she couldn't edit it. The disk I gave her was write-protected. (CIO of
Dell Computers)

7. Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say."
(Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)

8. "How About Friday?" My sister passed away and her funeral was
scheduled for Monday. When I told my Boss, he said she died so that I
would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then
asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, "That
would be better for me." (Shipping executive, FTD Florists)

9. "We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not
going to discuss it with the employees." (Switching supervisor,
AT&T Long Lines Division)

10. We recently received a memo from senior management saying: "This is
to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the subject
mentioned above." (Microsoft, Legal Affairs Division)

11. One day my Boss asked me to submit a status report to him concerning
a project I was working on. I asked him if tomorrow would be soon
enough. He said "If I wanted it tomorrow, I would have waited
until tomorrow to ask for it!" (New business manager, Hallmark
Greeting Cards.)

Bush Leads in State by 0.7 Points

That's the latest based on an average of recent polls reported by RealClear Politics.

Feingold still leads by a wide margin.

Online Election Results

You can get the latest results on local races by checking with the Winnebago County Clerk's Web site.

Split Decisions in Wis. Paper Endorsements

In Madison the local papers are split. And the same in true in Green Bay, even though both papers have the same owner: Gannett.

While it's debatable how much impact newspaper endorsements have on voting outcomes, it is one of those things political and news junkies like to follow.

For those of you keeping score out there, here are some statistics on how Wisconsin newspapers have weighed in on the presidential election. (Much of this comes from this Newspaper Endorsements 2004 site.)

Five papers, with a combined circulation of 275,000, are backing Bush.

They are the Appleton Post-Crescent, the Chippewa Falls Chippewa Heral, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, the Oshkosh Northwestern and the Wisconsin State Journal, in Madison.

Kerry has the support of seven papers, with a combined circulation of 384,000.

They are the Capital Times (Madison), Green Bay News-Chronicle, Kenosha News, La Crosse Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Racine Journal Times and Wausau Daily Herald.

Underheim Takes Campus Campaign to Cyberspace

Rep. Gregg Underheim, the Republican incumbent in the 54th Assembly District, has always campaigned hard on the UWO campus, but this year he is supplementing his personal appearances with a cyber-campaign using student e-mail address.

Here is the text of a message that went to students last week:

Subject: Underheim on financial Aids...plus humor
Date: Wed, 27 Oct xxxxxxxx
From: Gregg Underheim
To: STUDENT NAME REMOVED


STUDENT NAME,

I believe that financial aids must keep pace with the increase in tuition.
As your representative I pledge that I will fight to accomplish that!

Gregg Underheim


And now for the promised humor.


In Japan, they have replaced the impersonal and unhelpful Microsoft
error messages with Haiku poetry messages. Haiku poetry has strict
construction rules - each poem has only 17 syllables; 5 syllables in
the first line, 7 in the second, 5 in the third. They are used to
communicate a timeless message, often achieving a wistful, yearning
and powerful insight through extreme brevity. Here are 16 actual
error messages from Japan:


The Web site you seek
Cannot be located, but
Countless more exist.
--------------------------------------------
Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.
--------------------------------------------
Program aborting:
Close all that you have worked on.
You ask far too much.
------------------------------------------------
Windows NT crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.
--------------------------------------------------
Yesterday it worked.
Today it is not working.
Windows is like that.
---------------------------------------------------
Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.
-------------------------------------------
Stay the patient course.
Of little worth is your ire.
The network is down.
---------------------------------------------------
A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.
--------------------------------------------------
Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.
---------------------------------------------------
You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.
---------------------------------------------------
Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.
------------------------------------------------
Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.
---------------------------------------------------
(...and my personal favorite!)
Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.
---------------------------------------------------

Now, isn't that better than "your computer has performed an illegal
operation"?

In case you are wondering, these error messages are really an urban legend. They came about in response to a contest sponsored by Salon magazine in 1998.

Complete details are available from snopes.com, the Urban Legends Reference Page.