___ /\ |\ | o) Word. / \\ | \ ___ ____ _ ||_/_ ___ _ _ , (o |\\| o)_ / ___/ /|| o) / / / OO \ | \\ / __/ / _ / || / / /_ / .||. \| \/___/_/____/ |__/___/___/ db 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 |_____.----.__|\| __________ * * * * * \ << __ _ _\ __ / _ / __ >> / << /|_||_)(_ |_/|_)\_/ / || >> << /_| || __)| \| \/ \ /_ .. >> << / \ >> / * * \ * * What the heck just happened? Beats me. `__ _ , >''(/.. OO- |/ .. \| ,, Giants! //>> \V/ \V/ , ||_\ |_| oo "|| | | -||. ________ 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) v . ._, |_ ., `-._\/ . \ / |/_ \\ _\, y | \// _\_.___\\, \\/ -.\|| `7-,--.`._|| / / , /_ /' `-. `./ / |/_.' /( \ | |// \ ` | |_ / `._| |- | | =| | | ''''''''''''',,,,,,,/ ,,,. \,,,,,,,___ ' ` `--._ `. ,-. I love `. / `' \, autumn. Me too. `. ` , `. OO ~.. `. .\\. .77. `. ,/ bb \\ `-. `-. `-. ., `--._ `- \'' jg Episode 119 (Nov. 30th 2001) ' / . ` ' \ ` /__________________________________________________\ ` | ` | Can you Maybe. |' ` . | ___ ' ______ | believe it?! ` , _____ | ' ' | | | | | |' | | `~.. OO | | | ` . | | o| . |_||||_| | . | o| >> (( |_____| |_ ` ___|_|___|____________|____|___|__ |\ _ b b ________|_`._ ' ---------------------------------------------------------- ________ \ ` . _________\ ' | 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"); |\ | _ _ _||) __ | \|(/_| (_||_)(_)\| . _| Soon in a source code jg listing near you! Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Joaquim Gāndara