X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,297987a41c7596b9,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-27 17:40:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.75.92.6!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episode 413 Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 02:40:26 +0200 Lines: 54 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.75.92.6 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1059352827 21089570 212.75.92.6 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:24403 You look buff today. You know how in some games, What's going on? ` repetitive tasks give experience ,,, , that you can assign to '.. OO any attribute or skill? || .\/. ________ |\ __________ dd ______________ Yeah? I invented "The XP Assigner(tm)", ` and turned 5 years of stupid ,,, , debugging sessions into '.. OO upper body strength. .||. -\/- Look at my pecs! ________ || ____ dd _______ Um, doesn't that mean you're now "Pecs" is short for much worse at programming? `,,, , "pectorals". '.. OO .||. .\/. __ || ____ dd __ You also seem to have traded ... Pecs? away your intelligence... `,,, , '-- OO .||. \/ jg || ____ dd ---- This must be the work-out NB meant in NB411. I actually got the idea for this strip from some kind of shower gel called "Experience". Shower, sports, pecs. That would've been a possible line of association, but it's not the one I followed. About the book, since some nice people showed interest, I'm still fiddling with how I should lay out the strips in book form. Probably two on a "letter" sized page (8.5" x 11"), since that's the cheapest option, but I'm working on how to make it obvious that there are two strips and not just one big one. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg