While the Gates' are moving in from their temporary quarters nearby, final construction of their new house is not expected to be completed until the end of the year. A conversation with Bill's contractor might go something like this...

Bill: "We need to discuss a few things about my new house."

Contractor: "Sure, no problem. You have our basic support option, all calls are free for the first 90 days, after that any question you have will be answered for $75.00 per incident thereafter."

Bill: "Oh...?!? Well, the first issue I have is the living room. Its a little smaller than we anticipated from the origional blueprints."

Contractor: "Yeah, some compromises were necessary to have your house available to you by the promised release date."

Bill: "But I won't be able to fit all our furniture in there."

Contractor: "No problem, we anticipated that and have a fix. You can download the stacker blueprints from our corporate headquarters site."

Bill: "Stacker?!?"

Contractor: "Yeah, these prints allow you to fit twice as much furniture into a room by stacking it. You can put the entertainment center on top of the coffee table, the TV on top of the couch, etc. You just leave an open spot in the middle, and when oyu want to use a peice of furniture, you simply unstack it into the open spot, and put it back when you're done."

Bill: "That's a crazy idea, who can live that way? The second issue is the lighting fixtures. The bulbs we brought with us from the old house don't fit into the new fixtures, the threads run the wrong way?

Contractor: "That's obvious, they aren't plug and play light bulbs. You'll have to purchase all new bulbs to match your new fixtures."

Bill: "and the electrical outlets, the holes are all round, not rectangular. How do i fix that?"

Contractor: Easy, just uninstall and reinstall the system."

Bill: "Christ, i can't believe all this! And my toilet, when i have guests come over and someone flushes the toilet the water won't stop. The pressure drops so low that the faucets and shower won't even run."

Contractor: "That's clearly a resource leakage problem. One fixture is failing to terminate and is hogging the resources from the entire system, preventing access from other fixtures."

Bill: "And just how do you expect me to fix that?"

Contractor: "Simply exit the house, turn off the water at the main valve clearing the hogging fixture. Turn the water back on, re-enter your house and resume your necessary functions."

Bill: "How do you expect to stay in business selling crap like this?"

Contractor: Not to worry, we're the only contractor in town, and we have a plan to fix these problems on our next house. Which was due to begin next week, but there have been a few delays..."