Welcome To the Machine: Part 4

Error Code > Laid down her arms relinquished the chair The challenger had arrived flashed up onscreen Repeating the action She examined its power Efforts to no avail It returned to the scene Our hero was facing A technical hitch That unforgiving popup With the evil red sheen Carefully she read But could not comprehend Commas colons and code Both seen and unseen Ah, the dire terminology Bane of the user! System thirty-two? Now what could that mean? She wouldn’t take defeat At least not lying down And so took to the cursor Whizzed it ‘cross the screen A courageous move Though a foolish one too *Miss-click* The hard drive was wiped? Damn this machine!