I'd like to take this opportunity to bid a sad farewell to my flatbed scanner. It was a good scanner, scanning as only a scanner can scan, but its time was up and it died in mid scan, valiantly attempting to scan a photograph of intricate complexity. I tried desparately to save it, but it was too late and so, I was forced to pull its usb, tearfully watching its light fade into darkness forever. I would ask those of you who have lost scanners to bow your heads in a moment of silence as I chuck it into the garbage.