Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 10 Apr 2002.
Nerd Boy, episodes 231-237
alt.ascii-art
· 8 messages · 10 Apr 2002 - 11 Apr 2002
Oh yeah, I do this stuff, and there are people here
who want to see it for some reason or other... Here's
a new way to indicate which strip is which, btw. No
way in heck is anyone going to misunderstand this.
Yeah, way to go me, because as everyone knows, not
a single person in the universe can misunderstand
HTML tags. Idiot.
<231>
You know what I love
,,, , most about this
'.. ~== ~.. OO Easter thing?
.||. .]]. .>>. .||.
|| || || dd
Eggs? No. Not the stupid
,,, ` , eggs. Bleh.
'.. ~== ~.. OO
.||. .]]. .>>. .||.
|| || || dd
Robots? What? What
,,, ` , robots?
'.. ~== ~.. OO
.||. .]]. .>>. .||.
|| || || dd
That Jesus Christ Uh.. No.
Superstar is `,,, , Eww.
on TV all day? '.. ~== ~.. OO
.||. .]]. .>>. .||.
|| || || dd
Great, now you
,,, , made me forget
'.. ~== ~.. OO completely.
.||. .]]. .>>. ((
jg || || || b b
</231>
<232>
So, what did you Cut it out.
guys get me? Any ,
cool stuff? `OO --~
(( .<<.
b b ||
But.. It's my It's April Fool's! I'm not
birthday today! , falling for that!
`OO ..~
.||. -<<-
bb ||
OO ~..
|| >>
_______ bb ____________ |\ ____
OO ~..
(( >>
___________ bb ____________________ |\ ___________________
Hey! I told you about
my birthday MONTHS ago!
What's going on here?!
`OO __ ~oo
-||- _ -- ->>-
jg bb --- |\
</232>
<233>
What's that _
weird noise? Bjork. _
`~.. `O |_)
.>>. |_(._[__]
_______ || _____ | |b| | _______________ ______________
\__(_)__\ /__(_)__/
__ __ /\
/ \/ \ (__) \
: : --
___ `. .' ___
_________/___\___________ \ _ / ____
-- _- /___\ \___
~ - \
.::...__ ~ /
:::'::::::.......__ /
::. '::::::::::::::::::.... \
'::.:::::::::::::::::' ___/
... Hey, are /
you listening? Sure. _ \____
`~.. `O |_) /\__/
.>>. |_(._[__] ,,,, /
_______ || _____ | |b| | ___ '' _ /
/ _\
/ \__|
/
Then what Oh, you meant
did I say? listen to YOU?_
`~-- `O |_)
.>>. |_(._[__]
jg_____________________ || _____ | |b| | ___
</233>
<234>
; So where's this thing I
,,, ; , just -had- to see?
~~' : OO
.||. : ))
_ || ____________:__ d d ______
\
Right here. Isn't this a ;
wonderful view? And the `,,, * ;
fresh air is amazing! ..' OO :
-||. || :
_ || _____ dd ___:__________________
\
Aren't you gonna check I'm busy.
out the great view? `,,, ,
..' <OO
.||. ||.
_ || _____ dd ______________________
\
What are you Using telekinesis to push
doing? `,,, , you off that ledge.
'.. <OO
.||. ||.
_ || _____ dd ______________________
\
jg |
</234>
<235>
,,,
'.. O
|| __L:_:-)_|
____ |\ ___________ | |d| | ____
Those are LEGO dolls! FYI, this is not just any LEGO.
You're playing with dolls! This is Emperor Palpatine and
Are you some kind of `,,, , Darth Vader complete with
girl or something? '.. O props from the final duel.
.||. __L:_:-)_|
________ || __ | |d| | ____
,,,
'.. O
.||. __L:_:-)_|
_______________ || __ | |d| | _______________
Can I play? No.
`,,, ,
'.. O
.||. __L:_:-)_|
jg________ || __ | |d| | ____
</235>
<236>
Why did you fill I can win $1000's worth of O'Reilly
out a boring form books. Don't know what that is, but
just now? `,,, , _ $1000 is a lot of money!
'.. O |_)
.||. |_(._[__]
|| ______ | |b| |
You mean you'd enter a Hey, "quantitative" means continuous,
contest for $1000's worth and "qualitative" means discrete.
of dog poo? Quantity `,,, , _
over quality, eh? '.. O |_)
|| |_(._[__]
|\ | |b| |
OK... Continuous stuff is a higher order
And? of infinity than discrete stuff.
`,,, , _
'.. O |_)
.||. |_(._[__]
_____________ || __ | |b| | _______________
So? I'm just saying.
`,,, , _
'.. O |_)
.||. |_(._[__]
jg_____________________ || __ | |b| | _____________________
</236>
<237>
AT THE UNIVERSITY... ______________
____________________|We're hiring! |
| __ | We're cool! ||
OO | _ ..' | Work for us,||
(( | _(%)__.||.__ |____you fool!_||
b b |_____ | | ________|_______|
I see you have candy in that No no, we pay
bowl. Does that mean you pay people money.______________
your wages in candy or what? ___________ , ___|We're hiring! |
| ` __ | We're cool! ||
| OO _ ..' | Work for us,||
| || _(%)__.||.__ |____you fool!_||
|_ bb | | ________|_______|
I have to buy the candy ______________
myself? Too much work. _____________ ? ____|We're hiring! |
` | __ | We're cool! ||
OO | _ ..' | Work for us,||
)) | _(%)__.||.__ |____you fool!_||
d d jg|_____ | | ________|_______|
</237>
There. That's all the strips. Here are all the comments.
<231>
I don't know where this idea came from originally, but I'm pretty
sure that it was inspired by the fact that JC Superstar was on TV
two days in a row here in Sweden. Two different versions. I was
probably going to make the punch line directly related to that fact,
but I changed it. Btw, the correct answer is of course "the candy".
</231>
<232>
Birthdays make for good inspiration. As it happens, my birthday is
on April Fool's day.
</232>
<233>
One of my birthday presents was a Bjork CD. I love it. Does it show?
</233>
<234>
Yes, I basically stole this joke from South Park. Bygones.
</234>
<235>
Now here's some good stuff. This strip marks the end of a trilogy.
The trilogy of nerd attitude. Punk nerd, one might say. Distant
cousin to cyberpunk, I guess. And believe it or not, but the LEGO
was a birthday gift. Darth Vader comes with a light sabre, and you
can take off his helmet revealing the scarred and pale shadow of
a man that he's become. :)
</235>
<236>
I like to throw in some really nerdy stuff, just to keep the
readers on their toes. Next I'm probably going to have something
complicated stuff about automata theory, so watch out. Actually,
I think these strips (plus the romantic stuff) is what Nerd Boy
is all about.
</236>
<237>
This kind of happened in real life. If you remove every single bit
of dialogue, that is. OK, so most of it only happened in my mind;
I know, I'm a sick bastard. This strip ties in with #231.
</237>
- jg
- http://nerdboy.n3.net
,---. /(/( Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:31:06 +0200,
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`-; < / wprowadza w �ycie plan podbicia �wiata
`v-.J-.J przy pomocy puszki mielonki konserwowej:
>Oh yeah, I do this stuff, and there are people here
>who want to see it for some reason or other... Here's
>a new way to indicate which strip is which, btw. No
>way in heck is anyone going to misunderstand this.
>Yeah, way to go me, because as everyone knows, not
>a single person in the universe can misunderstand
>HTML tags. Idiot.
Good idea with the tags... But (there's always have
to be "but":) IMHO it would be better to keep comments
in the same tags as the strips...
Best regards/Pozdrowienia,
Blazej [bug]
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--(Once apon a time, in alt.ascii-art,)-- --(Joaquim G�ndara said it like only they can.)-- > ><233> > What's that _ > weird noise? Bjork. _ > `~.. `O |_) > .>>. |_(._[__] > _______ || _____ | |b| | _______________ ______________ > \__(_)__\ /__(_)__/ > __ __ /\ > / \/ \ (__) \ > : : -- > ___ `. .' ___ > _________/___\___________ \ _ / ____ > -- _- /___\ \___ > ~ - \ > .::...__ ~ / > :::'::::::.......__ / > ::. '::::::::::::::::::.... \ > '::.:::::::::::::::::' ___/ > ... Hey, are / > you listening? Sure. _ \____ > `~.. `O |_) /\__/ > .>>. |_(._[__] ,,,, / > _______ || _____ | |b| | ___ '' _ / > / _\ > / \__| > / > Then what Oh, you meant > did I say? listen to YOU?_ > `~-- `O |_) > .>>. |_(._[__] > jg_____________________ || _____ | |b| | ___ > ></233> > ><233> > One of my birthday presents was a Bjork CD. I love it. Does it show? ></233> > _ I was facanated by your attempt to do Bjork music in ascii. Cant realy say I have ever seen anything like that. Its kind of like psyc test where they aske you what blue sounds like. Of course everyone knows that blue sounds like fire searing ones flesh so maybe that was a bad example. /* for all of you who just got really disturbed please let me save you the effort of telling me I am nuts or asking if it was a joke. I think the answer is odvious. */ /* Your still readin? What? You want to know if i was serious or jokeing? If it makes you feel better it was jokeing */ /* no am not saying that just to easy your mind */ /* ok maybe i am */ BWAAAHAWWAHHAA This joke is broght to you by insperation from Eddie Izzard in regards to the death of one Ingleburt Humberdink. -- +-(faux@fugozi)-(0.30|0.34|0.47)-(22:10|Wed Apr 10)-+ cat ~/.{sig,uin} It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word. - Andrew Jackson UIN=66618055
"Faux_Pseudo" <Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL> skrev i meddelandet news:slrnaba72k.kbh.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a > I was facanated by your attempt to do Bjork music in ascii. Thanks, I guess. :) > Cant realy say I have ever seen anything like that. Its kind of like > psyc test where they aske you what blue sounds like. > Of course everyone knows that blue sounds like fire searing ones flesh > so maybe that was a bad example. :) -jg
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:31:06 +0200, "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> wrote: > But.. It's my It's April Fool's! I'm not > birthday today! , falling for that! > `OO ..~ > .||. -<<- > bb || > > > OO ~.. > || >> > _______ bb ____________ |\ ____ > > > OO ~.. > (( >> > ___________ bb ____________________ |\ ___________________ Poor Nerd Boy! I feel so sorry for him when I seem him with his back like (( this. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <nos...@gmx.li> That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:31:06 +0200, "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> tried to confuse everyone with this message: > ><236> > > Why did you fill I can win $1000's worth of O'Reilly > out a boring form books. Don't know what that is, but > just now? `,,, , _ $1000 is a lot of money! > '.. O |_) > .||. |_(._[__] > || ______ | |b| | > > > You mean you'd enter a Hey, "quantitative" means continuous, >contest for $1000's worth and "qualitative" means discrete. >of dog poo? Quantity `,,, , _ > over quality, eh? '.. O |_) > || |_(._[__] > |\ | |b| | > ??? Quantity is 1,2,3,4 - discrete stuff. And quality is 0.1, 0.5, 0.1234 and so on - any real number in [0,1]. Oh, I understand - it was a joke! -- #__|___|_/########|___|__############################################### #|___|#######O#O####|___|# Timofei Shatrov aka Grue (grue -> mail.ru) # #__|__|###########|___|__# http://grue3.tripod.com # #|___|_|#########|__|__Gr#########################################[4*72]
"Timofei Shatrov" <gru...@mail.ru> skrev i meddelandet news:3cb...@News.CIS.DFN.DE > ??? Quantity is 1,2,3,4 - discrete stuff. And quality is 0.1, 0.5, 0.1234 and so > on - any real number in [0,1]. Oh, I understand - it was a joke! No, I'm talking about "qualitative" and "quantitative", not "quality" and "quantity". There's a difference. F.ex. qualitative properties of a certain animal (it either has a tail or not, it has a discrete amount of legs et cetera) or a quantitative variable (measuring the current temperature or whatever, a real value). Actually, quantitative variables can also be discrete... That's statistics for you. :) -jg
"Philip Newton" <pne...@newton.digitalspace.net> skrev i meddelandet news:8jg...@4ax.com > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 23:31:06 +0200, "Joaquim G�ndara" <cla...@lords.com> > wrote: > > > > > OO ~.. > > (( >> > > ___________ bb ____________________ |\ ___________________ > > Poor Nerd Boy! I feel so sorry for him when I seem him with his back > like (( this. Good! That's the idea. :) -jg
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