"In This Corner..."[11.17.08]

As wonderful as technology has proved itself to be, it is also accompanied with several quirks. One of them is the simple "halt", where a piece of machinery just refuses to continue operation. Another popular quirk of technology is that of "confusion"; the machinery reacts in every sort of way, except the way it is supposed to function. My friend found this out the hard way, when her printer decided to go haywire when it was simply asked to print out her assignment. In turn, humans can react to machines in several different ways. One can shut off the machine and simply try again later, or one can attempt to scare the machine into working. As one would imagine, the second option requires varying amounts of physical interactions. Thankfully, my friend chose the second strategy, and proceeded to lightly but steadily punch the printer into behaving. Sadly enough, her attempts yielded no assignments, just a paper-eating printer.