Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 27 Oct 2001.
Nerd Boy, episodes 79-85
alt.ascii-art
· 1 message · 27 Oct 2001
I'm in a serious slump now (after ep. 84). I can't think of -anything-. Here's
stuff from when I could still write; it's the "Life with Linda" story arc.
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You've been working all Among other things... Trying
day. What are you doing? to program a chatbot using
` __ _ , stochastics and stuff.
#.. (_| O
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Any progress? First, I checked the
` __ _ , net for similar projects.
#.. (_| O
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And? Well... I found this cool band
` __ _ , called EBO and I've been
#.. (_| O listening to them all day.
.)|. [__]_.)_|
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So what do they have *why are you
to do with chatbots? alone?* Well, they uh... Nothing...
` __ _ , Nothing, I guess.
#.. (_| O
.)|. [__]_.)_|
jg || | |d| |
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Based on a true story. Moderately funny. EBO: www.mp3.com/EBO
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*BASIL!*
__ ,--. *yawn*
,---- #.. -----. | \ \ OO
|`-.___)| ______`-. +-+-+ ))
|__|___ \\ ______|| | | | d d
Finally awake, huh? Uh huh.
It's 3 pm. Been up ` __ ,--. ,
all night working ,---- #.. -----. | \ \ OO
on the chatbot? |`-.___)| ______`-. +-+-+ ))
|__|___ \\ ______|| | | | d d
*I'll get you some orange
juice, NB-sama!* *meep*
, __ *grunt* ,--.
~== ,---- ..# - OO . | \ \
.]]. |`-.___)| _(( __`-. +-+-+
|| |__|___ \\ __bb__|| | | |
I don't get it. You're What? Oh, that thing's actually
struggling to get a chatbot a "Hjyrgjen" from IKEA.
working, and yet you've ` __ , ,--.
managed to build an ,---- #.. - OO . | \ \
intelligent robot? |`-.___)| _(( __`-. +-+-+
|__|___ \\ __bb__|| jg| | |
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Most of the NB strips were improvised as I drew them, which is a sure-fire way
to get filler material without a punchline, and then I add a last-minute
punchline. When I try to plan ahead, it just screw it up. This is one of the
very few planned strips that actually worked out.
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*Tadaima!* Okaeri.
*meep* __ , ,--.
`~== ,---- ..# - OO . | \ \
.]]. |`-.___)| _ ||__`-. +-+-+
|| |__|___ \\ __bb__|| | | |
Now I'm really confused. You said you
bought the robot from IKEA, right? Yeah?
` __ , ,--.
==~ ,---- #.. - OO . | \ \
.[[. |`-.___)| _ ||__`-. +-+-+
/| |__|___ \\ __bb__|| | | |
So why does it speak
Japanese instead of Swedish? Duh!
` __ , ,--.
,---- #.. - OO . | \ \
|`-.___)| _ ||__`-. +-+-+
|__|___ \\ __bb__|| | | |
I bought it from the Japanese branch of IKEA,
obviously. You think they make robots like
that in Sweden? I mean, come on, Linda...
__ , ,--.
,---- #.. - OO . | \ \
|`-.___)| _ ||__`-. +-+-+
jg |__|___ \\ __bb__|| | | |
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Another planned strip, although this one isn't as good as the previous one.
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So, what do you say? I don't know if I'm
Sounds like fun, huh? ready for that...
` __ ,
#.. OO
.)|. .||.
|| dd
OK, what if I bring my stuff
over just for the weekend as Err... It's a big step.
a kind of trial period? ` __ , ?
#.. OO ..~
.)|. .||. <<
|| dd /|
Give it some thought OK! Bye! -What's- a big step?
and call me, ok? __ ` ,
`#.. OO ..~
.|(. .||. .<<.
/| dd ||
Well, Linda wants to connect our Stupid nerds.
computers in a local area network. ,
`OO --~
.||. .<<.
jg bb ||
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*gasp* Yet another planned strip! Pretty good, IMHO. However, even though I
thought I had put together a nice joke, someone told me it's predictable...
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So have you decided? Do you We-ell...
want to network our computers? __ ,
`#.. OO
.)|. .||.
|| dd
Oh, come on! It'll be fun!
We can have a LAN party, play It's just...
some Drakan and stuff! ` __ , I dunno...
#.. OO
.)|. .||.
|| dd
What? I've.. I've never done
` __ , it with a girl before.
#.. OO
.)|. .||.
|| dd
Why? What are
you afraid of? V-viruses?
` __ ,
#.. OO
.)|. .||.
jg || dd
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This one was also written before the actual drawing, but this one I think kind
of sucks. The drawback of doing a daily comic strip is that you're doing a daily
comic strip. With emphasis on "daily comic strip". It has to be daily, it has to
be fun, it has to be a strip. Sometimes, you run out of ideas and can't meet
some or all of those criteria, so you bail out and just make a filler. That's
what this is; filler material.
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Still working on It's not stupid, I just..
that stupid chatbot? _ ,
` ~.. (_| O
.>>. [__]_.)_|
|\ | |d| |
Oh, it's just not It's just that I..
talking, is that it? _ ,
Is it gwumpy, the ` ~.. (_| O
poow thing? .>>. [__]_.)_|
|| | |d| |
You're an idiot and you I left out a semi-colon!
made a mute chatbot? _ , __
` ~.. (_| OO ..#
.>>. [__]_-||- _ .|(.
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"Semi-colon"? Semi-colon?
Whatever. Ha ha! Idiot!
, _ ` __
..~ (_| OO ..#
.<<. [__]_.||. _ -|(.
jg /| | | db _|_ ||
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The intricate differences between Mandy and Linda. I personally think this one
is rather good.
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Weird stairs.
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A tribute to Escher.
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