IJMC - Fire Tech Support

Now then, the title isn't meant to be a suggestion. Although it's not a 
bad idea. Fire the tech support people and maybe the programmers and 
designers would have to actually do things right before the marketers put 
the product out. Yeah, right. Well, I hope you dropped by MonsterBook for 
me, and if ya did, thanks. Who knows, maybe you'll make a few bucks off 
of it yourself. Anyway, enough blatant begging, on with a couple more 
posts for your Friday reading pleasure (and since I kinda missed them the 
past few days, oops).                                               -dave



The tech support problem dates back to long before the industrial
revolution, when primitive tribesmen beat out a rhythm on drums to
communicate:

 This fire help.  Me Groog

   Me Lorto.  Help.  Fire not work.

 You have flint and stone?

   Ugh

 You hit them together?

   Ugh

 What happen?

   Fire not work

 (sigh)  Make spark?

   No spark, no fire, me confused. Fire work yesterday.

 *sigh*  You change rock?

   I change nothing

 You sure?

   Me make one change. Stone hot so me soak in stream so stone not burn Lorto
   hand. Small change, shouldn't keep Lorto from make fire.