X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,a20380adb7f44231,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-10-27 09:07:17 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!uni-erlangen.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim Almgren Gandara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 79-85 Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 18:09:12 +0200 Lines: 254 Message-ID: <9rem3j$tltsn$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1004198835 31127447 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:9062 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. --- You've been working all Among other things... Trying day. What are you doing? to program a chatbot using ` __ _ , stochastics and stuff. #.. (_| O )| [__]_.)_| |\ | |d| | Any progress? First, I checked the ` __ _ , net for similar projects. #.. (_| O .)|. [__]_.)_| || | |d| | And? Well... I found this cool band ` __ _ , called EBO and I've been #.. (_| O listening to them all day. .)|. [__]_.)_| || | |d| | So what do they have *why are you to do with chatbots? alone?* Well, they uh... Nothing... ` __ _ , Nothing, I guess. #.. (_| O .)|. [__]_.)_| jg || | |d| | --- Based on a true story. Moderately funny. EBO: www.mp3.com/EBO --- *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| | | --- 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. --- *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__|| | | | --- Another planned strip, although this one isn't as good as the previous one. --- 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 || --- *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... --- 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 --- 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. --- 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 ..# .>>. [__]_-||- _ .|(. || | | db _|_ /| "Semi-colon"? Semi-colon? Whatever. Ha ha! Idiot! , _ ` __ ..~ (_| OO ..# .<<. [__]_.||. _ -|(. jg /| | | db _|_ || --- The intricate differences between Mandy and Linda. I personally think this one is rather good. --- Weird stairs. `..~ _ .<<. _ |\ || \_ | \_______\\_ | | | | | |_\\_ | | | | | | |_\\_ | | | | | | | |_\\_ | | | | | | | | |_\\_ | | | | | | | | | |_\\_ | | | | | | | | | | |_\\ | | | | | | | | | | | |_\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| | | | \ \ | | | \ \| | | \ \ | | \ qq \| | \ .||. \ | jg \_____ OO ________\| --- A tribute to Escher. -- http://www.ite.mh.se/~joaal98/ascii ___ __ _ _ _ ________ _ / \\\ He's cool. \ \| `.| `.| `\ \ \ \ `.' \ [.[.]-\\ , \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ _, \ /_ /|/ /\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (jg) {-} |= \__/`._|\_\_\_,_\__|\_\_\ \_\ #// (\