On the flip side...

Frustration comes in many different flavors. The most common one in our day and age is the "Computer-related" flavor. Currently I'm running afoul of MS Visio. It's a cute little program built to help us all create flow charts and the like. I would like to create a flow chart. I need certain symbols. they do not seem to be in the vast symbol store Microsoft supplies. There is a enterprising fellow by the name of Gane Sarson who realized this and created the (four!) shapes needed for the type of flowcharts I want to do. He charges $20 for it.

Damn. Makes me want to pirate something. Like a treasure ship. Or an oil rig. Or a piece of software that wants $20 for 4 shapes.