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The Adventures of Nerd Boy is an ongoing ASCII comic by Joaquim Gāndara.
The following episodes are only a small selection. Please visit the
Nerd Boy homepage at : http://www.Nerd-Boy.net
http://nerdboy.xepher.net
(and see `insanity' and `service' for some more!)
Episode 46 (Sep. 18th 2001)
What does -that- .
thing do? Dunno. ____ - o -
` , _((__)) _|____
~.. OO | \\ (_)|[__]|\|
.>>. .//. -|) \) \_| ...|\|
______________ || __ bb _ |_____.----.__|\| __________
You built I'll switch .
it, right? it on. ____ - -o- -
` , _((__)) _|____
~.. OO | \\ (_)|[__]|\|
.>>. .||'-|) \) \_| ...|\|
______________ || ___ bb |_____.----.__|\| __________
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What the heck
just happened? Beats me.
`__ _ ,
>''(/.. OO-
|/ .. \| ,, Giants!
//>> \V/ \V/ ,
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________ kk ____ d b ___________ || ___jg
Episode 53 (Sep. 25th 2001)
Hey, what's
___ *sniff* , the matter?
()..) OO
___((___ .||.
|| |___________ dd ________
I have no friends 'cause Aww... -I- can
I've a hammer for a head. be your friend.
` ___ ,
()..) OO
___((___ .||.
|| |___________ dd ________
YAY!
BIG HUG!
\ *boff!*
` ___ /
()--)xx -
-//-//
// dd
Sorry. See why I
have no friends? ..these are not the
` ___ , droids we're
()..) xx looking for...
________ .||. -//- ..move along..
|__ || ___________ dd __ jg
Episode 67 (Oct. 9th 2001)
MEANWHILE, AT A BUS STOP... |
| Hey! You're that guy who
_ | _ trashed our computers!
|_| __ | |_| ` __
| #..# OO | | #.. OO'
| .)(. .||. | | .)|. .||.
________ || _____ bb _________/ | ________ || _____ dd _________/
------------------------------' | ------------------------------'
___________________________________|___________________________________
|
|
I'll have you know that | Therefore, my actions clearly
there was a 42.64% chance that | outweighed not destroying your
_ your software was harmful to | _ computers 165 to 1!
|_| __ , mankind! | |_| __ ,
| #.. OO | | #.. OO
| .)|. .||. | | .)|. .||.
________ || _____ dd _________/ | ________ || _____ dd _________/
------------------------------' | ------------------------------'
___________________________________|___________________________________
You're just making this
stuff up as you go along, IT'S THE
_ aren't you? SCIENTIFIC METHOD!
|_| ` __ ,
| #..# \OO
| .)(. ||.
________ || _____ dd _________/
------------------------------' jg
Episode 71 (Oct. 13th 2001)
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Episode 119 (Nov. 30th 2001)
' / . ` ' \
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| ` | Can you Maybe. |'
` . | ___ ' ______ | believe it?! ` , _____ | '
' | | | | | |' | | `~.. OO | | | `
. | | o| . |_||||_| | . | o| >> (( |_____| |_ `
___|_|___|____________|____|___|__ |\ _ b b ________|_`._ '
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_________\ '
| That's not It is if you're
_____ | an answer. , a skepticist.
| | | ` `~.. OO
|_____| | . ' >> ((
________|________________ |\ _ b b ___________
Hold on. I believe a certain amount
"Skepticist"? , of skepticism is healthy.
`~.. OO
.>>. ((
________ || __ b b _________
Really? Maybe.
` ,
~.. OO
.>>. .||.
jg________ || ___ dd _________
Episode 126 (Dec. 7th 2001)
You do realise "All I know is that I know nothing."
that Santa doesn't , I'm a skepticist, remember?
exist, right? `~.. OO
.>>. '||.
____ || _______ dd _____
It's "skeptic". Oh, so I suppose a person who
` , believes there's one god would
~-- OO be a "the" and not a "theist"?
.>>. .||.
____ || _______ dd _____
You have to accept the My point is that one should strive
fact that English isn't , towards formality and away from
a formal language! `~.. OO this inconsistently evolved
`>>' .||' language -- it's stupid!
____ || _______ dd _____
Look, do you believe Don't change
in Santa or not?! , the subject!
`~.. OO
->>- -\\.
jg____ || _______ dd _____
Episode 150 (Dec. 31st 2001)
Look. Who the heck I'm...
are you, anyway!? , That's Fan Boy!
` ,,, ,
OO ..' ..~
.||- .||. <<
__ bb ____ || _______________ /| ____________
"Fan Boy"..? Yeah. A fan of everything.
` ,,, , You name it, he's the
OO '.. ..~ biggest fan ever.
.||. .||. .<<.
________ bb ____ || ______ || ___________
That can't be possible. nnng..
You can't be the biggest ,
fan of opposites like ` ,,,
subjectivism and OO oo' ..~
objectivism. .||. .||. .<<.
_________________ bb ____ || ______ || _
If you were, you'd also be
the biggest -opponent- of NNNGGGK!
both beliefs, which must , Keep going! Maybe we can
be totally impossible. ` /// , make his head explode!
OO @@` ..~
.||> .||. -<<-
jg _ db ____ || ______ || _
Episode 174 (Jan. 24th 2002)
What's this heap of stuff? You, my friend, are looking at my
Your computer exploded again? newest invention. It's USB LEGO!
`,,, ,
'.. OO
|| _.`, -||.
__ |\ ______ .`'-;'`. __ dd ____
OK... What's Computer components from which you can
that, exactly? build a computer as easily as putting
`,,, , two blocks of LEGO together. Here,
'.. OO let me show you what I mean...
.||. _.`, .\\
______ || __ .`'-;'`.dd ________
Here we go.. I'm connecting a processor,
,,, , a small screen, and this block that's
'.. OO hardwired to print "Hello World"
.||. _.`,o\\ on any available display...
______ || __ .`'-;'`dd __
OK, cool... But.. Aw crap. One of these must be one of
It's not working. the regular LEGO blocks I added to make
`,,, , the heap look more impressive.
'.. OO
.||. _.`,o||
jg______ || __ .`'-;'`dd __
Episode 208 (Mar. 3rd 2002)
No friends, no TV, no -computer-!
, My GOD, what shall I do now?!
OO
-))-
_______ dd _________
I SHALL GIVE THEE
A HOLY QUEST, NERD BOY.
| \ `.
| \ `. *
\ ` OO
))
_____ dd ______
GO OUTSIDE AND
GET SOME FRESH AIR.
| \ `. -That's- my
| \ `. , holy quest?
\ ` OO
||
_____ dd ______
WELL, IT'S THE BEST
I COULD COME UP WITH
ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE. Lucky I'm already an atheist, or you
| \ `. would have just lost a follower, bud.
| \ `. ,
\ ` OO
((
jg ________ b b __
Episode 254 (Jul. 22nd 2002)
,,, Tee hee!
'.. OO `~^^
|| (( >>
____ |\ ___________ bb ________________ |\ _______
Another experiment Yeah. And as always, Mandy was
gone bad? `,,, , there to add insult to
'.. OO injury. I -hate- that!
.||. -||-
____ || ______ dd ________________
If it bothers you that
much, talk to her. `,,,
Explain how you '.. OO
feel and all. .||. .||.
____ || ______ dd ____
,,,
'.. OO
.||. .||.
____ || ______ dd ____
OK you lost me.
,,, ,
'.. OO
.||. ||
jg_______________ || ______ dd __________________
Episode 291 (Oct. 16th 2002)
MYSQL * link = NULL;
mysql_init(link);
if (!mysql_real_connect(link, host, user, pass, NULL, 0, NULL, 0))
throw Exception("Error connecting to database!");
DataBase db(link); // OO approach
if (USE_SELECT_FUNCTN || !db.select("nerdboy"))
if (!mysql_select_db(link, "nerdboy"))
db.set(link);
else
throw Exception("Error selecting database!");
row = db.query("SELECT * FROM ratings");
if (param.getBitString()==~P_VERBOSE)
cout << "Seeking row[]." << endl;
for (int i = 0; !(i > N || row[i]["strip"] == strip); i++);
if (i == N)
return false;
ofstream temp("templogs..~");
temp << row[i]["mean"] << endl;
if (row[i]["mean"] < 1 || row[i]["mean"] > 6)
throw Exception("Data error");
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jg listing near you!
Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Joaquim Gāndara
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