Old-school Nerdy Comics 441
savetz writes "20 years before User Friendly, Doctor Fun, and Dilbert, about the only place a geek could go for a fix of nerdy comic goodness was ... Radio Shack. Tandy Computer Whiz Kids was a comic book series that was distributed for free at Radio Shack stores. It featured overeager kids stopping bad guys with their TRS-80s and acoustic modems, sweetly naive information about computers, and constant shilling of Radio Shack products. They're now on the Web."
Update: 04/19 03:44 GMT by J : We're having a bit of DB trouble tonight... bear with us.
Would... (Score:5, Funny)
The computer that said no to drugs (Score:4, Funny)
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Not for long!
Check out the ads (Score:5, Funny)
"Not only does the 128K Color Computer 3 offer twice the memory, twice the speed, and even better graphics than our popular Color Computer 2, it's also compatible with the Tandy hardware accessories and software designed for the popular Color Computer 2 -- you may never outgrow it!
Heheheh
Just Say No, Computers (Score:2, Funny)
I'm glad my athlon doesnt use illicit substances...although my 680x0 machines have had substance abuse problems
Its a JOKE people
Late news? (Score:2, Funny)
*Now* I understand why I keep hearing people complain about Slashdot being slow to post news stories!
They're now on the Web (Score:2, Funny)
Whiz Kids - Worst Comic Title Ever (Score:3, Funny)
Your computer can say no to drugs too! 10 INPUT A$;IF A$="Do you want some smack, ludes, coke, weed, acid, X, cough syrup, morphine, cocaine, oxycodone (Percodan®), methylphenidate (Ritalin®), and dextroamphetamine (Dexedrine®), heroin, marijuana, LSD, PCP, cocaine, acetaminophen with codeine (Tylenol® No.3), paregoric, hydrocodone with acetaminophen (Vicodin®), diazepam (Valium®), alprazolam (Xanax®), propoxyphene (Darvon®), and pentazocine (Talwin®)?" THEN PRINT "NO!"
20 PRINT "GOOD WORK, KIDS! REMEMBER, DRUGS ONLY *DRAG YOU DOWN*! HAHA! HAHA!"
30 END : REM BUY A GODDAMN TANDY!
Finally!! (Score:4, Funny)
The Rest of the Story... (Score:5, Funny)
However, his life took a turn for the worse, when one of the network administrators discovered his secret cache of kitty porn, thousands of images of underage cats in compromising positions. He was hanging on to his job by a thread when the technology sector crashed, and he was the first to go. Currently, Alec works the midnight-to-8AM shift at Kinko's, where he can indulge his predilection for feline pornography between customers.
Shanna was not nearly as lucky as Alec, having been seduced by an assistant manager at the local Radio Shack, where she bartered sexual favors for boxes of floppy disks and packs of resistors and capacitors (she liked the pretty color codes). When she found out she was pregnant at age 16, the manager tried to induce a miscarriage using a battery-operated remote control monster truck toy. Shanna nearly bled to death in the mall's food court.
Fortunately, she received medical attention just in time, and went on to live a long, happy life as a camgirl, living off of gifts from her Amazon.com wish list sent by middle-aged male admirers. She was recently hired by the National Beef Council as a consultant, aiding them in their quest to feed cheeseburgers to anorexic teenage girls.
And now you know the rest of the story.
This is Paul Harvey...good day!
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This is great! (Score:2, Funny)
"What is your name?"
? Sean
"Hi Sean"
God she cursed me to nerddom when I was that young. Damn you Grandma.
I think I'll have to go write that in perl now and see how far my skills have not progressed.
I used to go to Radio Shack all the time as a child and play "Pitfall" and "Duke Nukem" on the tandy's lined up. And now all they do there is try to sell me a cell phone. *sigh*
Re:20 years before... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The computer that said no to drugs (Score:5, Funny)
The computer that said no
now thats a horror comic for the ages
Re:The computer that said no to drugs (Score:5, Funny)
User Friendly never was this good : (Score:2, Funny)
Shanna : If we study hard now, we'll be able to get better jobs later.
ROTFLMAO!!!