Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Johnny the Mediocre Human

Comics from Duke in the '90s

Comics about computers

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Popularity rank 21 #320. How computer literacy can be stopped

November 24, 1998

JOHNNY: So, William, how can this plague of computer literacy be stopped?
WILLIAM: Well, we've already started to fight it on a large scale.

WILLIAM: The year 2000 bug is our MASTERPIECE. We estimate it needlessly scares 10,000 PEOPLE EVERY MINUTE! We're also developing a keyboard that shoots KNIVES at you while you type. VERY annoying...

WILLIAM: We need you to work on a GRASSROOTS level: accidentally erasing your TERM PAPERS, failing CPS 1, acting as though computers are run by MAGICAL ELVES.

WILLIAM: We need you to be as IGNORANT as possible!
JOHNNY: I think I've unwittingly put your plan into action YEARS ago!

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Popularity rank 22 #317. Message from William

November 19, 1998

STU: New message, Johnny, from William Stanley.
SOUND: sniff

JOHNNY: OH! Our old roommate! Your owner! The CPS major who's in the "Duke in Cyberspace" program and exists now only as a series of digital bits! Why's it taking so long?
NOTE: Expository panel

STU: He attached his entire soul and being as a file.
JOHNNY: Oh. WOW.
SOUND: sniff sniff

JOHNNY: He could've just sent a quick "hello"...
STU: I hope his soul converts to Word...

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Popularity rank 23 #304. STU and ACES

November 2, 1998

STU: Anyone there? Johnny? Ben? Hello?
SOUND: sniff sniff

SOUND: sniff sniff sniff

SOUND: CLICK beep boop beep beep beep beep beep... riiiiing..... riiiiiing....
SOUND: sniff

PHONE: CLICK Welcome to ACES, the Duke University Automated Computer Enrollment System. During your call, you...
SOUND: sniff
STU: Talk dirty to me, baby....

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Popularity rank 24 #191. Leaving STU

December 9, 1997

STU: Tell everyone hello for me, sir....
WILLIAM: STU, you KNOW I'd take you if I COULD, but I'm FLYING and...

STU: Oh, PISH POSH, sir, I'll be FINE here. I'll download some picture of TURKEY, tidy up the F: DRIVE.

WILLIAM: The annual Christmas break guilt trip.
STU: I mean you'll be back in, what? 25.100 or so days? Not that I'm COUNTING...
SOUND: sniff sniff

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Popularity rank 25 #187. You know what’s funny?

December 3, 1997

WILLIAM: You know what's FUNNY? Since STRINGS are just ARRAYS of characters, and ARRAYS are just assigned blocks of MEMORY, you can just use POINTER arithmetic to TRAVERSE STRINGS. Even in C++!

LABEL: Big dork.
LABEL: Not big dorks.

WILLIAM: WELL, it's not "HA HA" funny, I suppose...

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