Nedim had not heard from John since he had sent the fax. In an odd way they had been best friends. The past three weeks had been mentally grueling for Nedim. His cousin and his friend were still living with him. Umar, who was using the cover of being his cousin from Saudi Arabia, had even joined his mosque and gotten invited into the private discussions on the Holy Quran with Nedim’s cleric. The only time he was actually \u201cfree\u201d of them was when he went to work. He dared not attempt to contact John again, but he really needed to know John had gotten away. Nedim was certain he would not live long enough to see John again.<\/p>\n
A heightened interest in the email exchanges from a pair of addresses had Nedim worried. He could tell from the content of the messages that something was going to happen soon. He had even tried to not translate all of the messages. Soon, the men stopped asking him for translations. They just had him printing out the results. While they still had some things copied off to CD, most of the messages were simply translated and printed. He had been printing enough that his printer was starting to have issues.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s it!<\/i><\/p>\n
He still had the support contract with the company where John worked. Both of his \u201croommates\u201d had even complained about his printer acting up recently. John was in charge of his account. He could log a ticket with them and see who responded. If the response didn\u2019t come from John, he would at least know he had gotten away.<\/p>\n
Nedim returned home after work and began his ritual of processing email. When it came time to print, his printer started acting up right on cue. Both roommates complained. Nedim opened up the file containing his support contract information and went to the Web site. After keying in his customer ID and password he was allowed to enter a new trouble ticket. He ran the applet which gathered all of the information about his system configuration and driver versions and attached the file to the trouble ticket. He informed his roommates that if the problem was in the driver or other software he had, he would have a fix before tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Ramesh made a note to have the team purchase another printer. Once a cheap ink-jet printer started having problems, it tended to go straight to Hell. This printer was a Brother printer; the absolute bottom of the industry. Ramesh was surprised it had lasted the past three weeks, let alone however long Nedim had been using it. One thing was certain in Ramesh\u2019s mind: Products with the Brother name plate were condoms – Use once and dispose of properly.<\/i>
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