Showing up for a Scrabble game with that kind of spelling, I might even call it “overconfidence”. Which is technically playable, but you’d have to do it in at least three pieces.
At this point it’s a query worth musing: Given how many were produced, are they worthless (yes). Given how many have been pulped at this point are they rare (also possibly yes)?
I dunno, my equivalent bookshelf includes K&R’s “The C Programming Language”, the Bat Book, the CNE Study Guide for Novell Netware 3.12, “OS/2 2.11 Unleashed”, Peter Norton’s “Programmer’s Guide to the IBM PC”, “The Z80 Microprocessor”, and the user’s manual for an Exidy Sorcerer.
I believe it. I never did read the whole thing. I just used it as a reference for specific issues. I haven’t even cracked it in years… I’m still using sendmail, but my distro has gotten a lot better about having config files for the config files so that I don’t have to dig around in the guts of sendmail.cf myself.
I once wrote my own database-backed personal finance software because I figured it would be easier than getting gnucash to compile.
I have a Unix System V textbook in my bookcase. I’ve never cracked it open. Also Linux for the Compete Idiot which I have read but haven’t referenced in almost a brace of decades. Then there are a couple Adobe products texts, probably for Illustrator and InDesign, but I’m too lazy to get up and read the titles. I advanced beyond them a long time ago. These days the internet produces answers a lot quicker than I can look it up in a book.
Yep, her “confidence” is really something. If the beverages are really poisoned, Evilottie will come just to dance on their composes. She already has the right costume for a danse macabre.
Note the half-finished glass sitting next to Dean. If it’s poisoned, it clearly isn’t fast-acting. Unless Dean’s somehow immune. It could be drugged, though. If Dean were acting oddly, would we notice?
Those shoe treatment products (I hope they are for shoes) are worryingly high on the shelf hierarchy. I assume waterproof shoes are an important facet of Dean’s life. Interesting that he skipped out on wax. Ahhhh.. that would have been Kiwi polish, and that might offend Glum. I assume that the shelf above contains travel adapters for the entire electrified world.
I had to zoom in somewhat to aid my tired eyes. I initially thought the flat tin was for Dapper Dan pomade, and then read the label as snibbets… Dubbin took me by surprise.
No.
No.
NO!
Not looking. Not going to look. No.
I remember those eels at Whitechapel. The boy Ellis has a lot to answer for, him and his – shudders – delta.
Traumatised! Traumatised I am.
I’m impressed at Glenn’s Resolve. The man continues to suprise me in a good way.
And if you click the link on my profile part 2 of my giant days retrospective is UP BOY. A friend of mine sponsored it thankfully so I could still do it. This time I get into the first 8 boom issues, the Lissa Treiman run plus friday night lights and susan sexing with a boy.
Showing up for a Scrabble game with that kind of spelling, I might even call it “overconfidence”. Which is technically playable, but you’d have to do it in at least three pieces.
“Confide” first, then “nce” then “over”
The coding books in the shelf are so old school; I love them
At this point it’s a query worth musing: Given how many were produced, are they worthless (yes). Given how many have been pulped at this point are they rare (also possibly yes)?
I regret not hanging onto the DOs 1.0 book I had many years back…
I dunno, my equivalent bookshelf includes K&R’s “The C Programming Language”, the Bat Book, the CNE Study Guide for Novell Netware 3.12, “OS/2 2.11 Unleashed”, Peter Norton’s “Programmer’s Guide to the IBM PC”, “The Z80 Microprocessor”, and the user’s manual for an Exidy Sorcerer.
I should go dig out my OS/2 books for nostalgia’s sake
I have to admit I never finished my copy of “TCP/IP Stack o’ Trash”
The Bat book drove me to write my own mail server in the belief that it would be easier starting from the raw RFCs than reading that whole damn thing.
I was right.
I believe it. I never did read the whole thing. I just used it as a reference for specific issues. I haven’t even cracked it in years… I’m still using sendmail, but my distro has gotten a lot better about having config files for the config files so that I don’t have to dig around in the guts of sendmail.cf myself.
I once wrote my own database-backed personal finance software because I figured it would be easier than getting gnucash to compile.
K&R will never go out of style – it’s a model of how to write a concise and accessible guide to a programming language.
I have a Unix System V textbook in my bookcase. I’ve never cracked it open. Also Linux for the Compete Idiot which I have read but haven’t referenced in almost a brace of decades. Then there are a couple Adobe products texts, probably for Illustrator and InDesign, but I’m too lazy to get up and read the titles. I advanced beyond them a long time ago. These days the internet produces answers a lot quicker than I can look it up in a book.
You are clearly not enough of an idiot. So that’s good.
That one book I misread the first time as “SQL Server Unleaded”.
Yep, her “confidence” is really something. If the beverages are really poisoned, Evilottie will come just to dance on their composes. She already has the right costume for a danse macabre.
Where have we seen that bottle before?
Oh.
Oh crap.
Note the half-finished glass sitting next to Dean. If it’s poisoned, it clearly isn’t fast-acting. Unless Dean’s somehow immune. It could be drugged, though. If Dean were acting oddly, would we notice?
Does the bottom of that bottle look like a skull face?
Very well spotted at this resolution!!!
I saw the title and was worried John was laying off a couple of his characters.
I don’t think John had ever kept us in more suspense than this strip.
I’m suddenly thinking of the scene at the end of the first Blackadder series. 🙁
This encounter may get Dean killed, but it’s a risk they’re willing to take. And encourage.
Right now, they’re the ones at risk. Think very carefully about where Dean got that bottle he’s about to pour for them.
Say nothing to Dean about Evilottie was a big mistake. Now all of them may be poisoned just because of that.
Don’t stick your fingers inside the glasses! Use a tray!
Oh, it’ s okay. The poison will kill the germs
Those shoe treatment products (I hope they are for shoes) are worryingly high on the shelf hierarchy. I assume waterproof shoes are an important facet of Dean’s life. Interesting that he skipped out on wax. Ahhhh.. that would have been Kiwi polish, and that might offend Glum. I assume that the shelf above contains travel adapters for the entire electrified world.
I had to zoom in somewhat to aid my tired eyes. I initially thought the flat tin was for Dapper Dan pomade, and then read the label as snibbets… Dubbin took me by surprise.
Chekhov’s dubbin?
Glermn shouldn’t be offended any more than every NZer since the brand was originally Australian and now owned by US company S C Johnson
What if it’s NOT a sharpener but puts them to sleep? The next step being tied up as hostages or sacrificed as innocents…
I hope we get to see Glimm play some proper Kiwi words like FOSSICK, RORT, HOON, POTTLE and TRUNDLER (all of which are in SOWPODS, worry not).
A friend went to an eel cafe in NZ and fed the eels minced beef from a pottle. I think about this word (in this context) all the time.
Is that… like a cat cafe? If so, I am very concerned about the good people of Aotearoa.
https://www.jesterhouse.co.nz/tame-eels/ here you go
No.
No.
NO!
Not looking. Not going to look. No.
I remember those eels at Whitechapel. The boy Ellis has a lot to answer for, him and his – shudders – delta.
Traumatised! Traumatised I am.
It’s NOT a ruddy delta!
Okay, Jester House just made my bucket list.
I’m very happy to organise this year’s ORTBO at Jester House.
Nightmare fuel. Er… food. Either or.
I am shocked and appalled at the omission of JANDLE
Tsk, that would be disallowed- it’s JANDAL.
The RSS feed is working again, hooray!
I’m impressed at Glenn’s Resolve. The man continues to suprise me in a good way.
And if you click the link on my profile part 2 of my giant days retrospective is UP BOY. A friend of mine sponsored it thankfully so I could still do it. This time I get into the first 8 boom issues, the Lissa Treiman run plus friday night lights and susan sexing with a boy.
I’ve always referred to it as a “tightener”.
Really nervous anticipating what Bad Charlotte plans to do this evening.
Makes me wonder what happened to turn her into a full-on psychopath.
Pretty sure that’s LISP manual on the top shelf.
Lisp is certainly present in the balloon partially obscuring the shelves.
Lots of Irrelevant and Stupid Parentheses
I blame the current state of the world on the Devs that couldn’t bother to put a leash to the SQL servers.
I still want to see an epic battle between the chibi variants of our protagonist and antagonist.