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If you outta’ mans, I feel bad for you son.
Yes, I know “99 Lives” is more of a Mario thing, or a Contra 4 DS glitch thing, and the Konami Code only gave you 30 lives in Contra, but I couldn’t resist. My lyrical flow mustn’t be stifled.
I love the idea of an NES pad powered security system that can only be cracked by geeks or nerds. I wouldn’t consider it all that secure, since there are hojillions of us out there, but the idea is pleasing all the same. Maybe you could just have a box full of awesome free candy in your dorm room, and the only way to open it was to divide X-Men action figures into the Gold and Blue teams, or type in at least 3 aliases for Aragorn.
Let’s hear your ideas for “Geek/Nerd locks” in the comments. Some of your fellow Fancy Bastards have already weighed in on the FB Forum.
It should also be noted that the sign on Josh’s apartment door usually reads “Delivery Boys Come in the Back Door.“
Tags: gaming, konami code, nes security system, nintendo, video games
December 16th, 2008 at 1:26 am
King's 10-strings are easy. If you want real security, try
Arm Drag, Back Drop, Full Nelson Slam, Reverse Atomic Drop, Sit-out Gutwrench Powerbomb, Muscle Buster
December 16th, 2008 at 1:27 am
"I will milk every dro pof blood from your body!"
"How appropriate, you fight like a cow…"
December 16th, 2008 at 2:31 am
6-digit code consisting of: The docking port number from New Hope; The answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything; and the total number of Cylons in BSG: RMG.
Answer: 944212.
I am FULL of AWESOME.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:47 am
Besides… Bois are boyish looking girls… and Josh is NOT into that.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:13 am
i guess firefox wigged out for a bit, it fixed itself.
December 16th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Is it possible to have too much geek? You're dangerously close if it is
December 16th, 2008 at 5:42 am
I was about to make a WoW reference here but I had to punch myself in the face to stop myself.
Great comic =)
December 16th, 2008 at 6:10 am
Brilliant Comic
December 16th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Ditto, but substitute City of Heroes for WoW. *facedesk*
December 16th, 2008 at 7:19 am
The name of the Captain of the Enterprise C represented in binary using a Morse code entry device.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:35 am
It does not.
Delivery MEN Come in the Back Door.
December 16th, 2008 at 7:41 am
or is it "Bois"?
December 16th, 2008 at 7:46 am
*Pokes head in from teh Twitter….
Some kind of D20 security system, that requires an entrant to score a critical hit to enter…Kind of random, but effective 19 times out of 20!
December 16th, 2008 at 4:04 am
1) why are the comments acting weird in this entry (wordpress instead of intensedebate?!?)
2) I hate the word “Bois” more than I hate Heroes. Fuck, even more than Smallville. Seriously.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I hate the word "Bois" more than I hate Heroes. Fuck, even more than Smallville. Seriously.
December 16th, 2008 at 9:42 am
what are you viewing with? I think they default to wordpress on the iPhone.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:08 am
How about answering the correct reply to the Monkey Island insult sword fighting?
For extra security, use the ones for Carla.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Okay, whack a PS pad on there and make people have to accurately enter the code for King from Tekken's ultimate 10-hit combo move.
I am rubber, you are glue! LOVE Monkey Island!
December 16th, 2008 at 10:49 am
I'd just have a box of unsorted Heroclix and demand they build a 300pt comic accurate theme team, without crossing universes. But I'd only put one actual complete team in the box, because I'm that little bit more cruel than I need to be.
Alternatively just use a tile system to sort X-Men villains into order of threat.
December 16th, 2008 at 10:53 am
PC keyboard and the god mode cheat from mechwarrior 2 mercenaries?
December 16th, 2008 at 10:56 am
–. .- .-. .-. . – -
ubernerds FTW
December 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Ah, a man with _taste_!
As 'twere.
Or TWHS.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:26 am
I like that Josh's hall and door are various shades of fuchsia and pink.
December 17th, 2008 at 1:19 am
Similar setup to Josh, only it's a keyboard with a sign that says 'Hack the Gibson'.
If you touch the keyboard, a shotgun fires at you through the door.
December 17th, 2008 at 2:33 am
I dunno. I always suspected that Josh lived in "Apartment 3G".
December 17th, 2008 at 4:30 am
I think I would just have the Sphinx gate from NeverEnding Story at my door.
December 17th, 2008 at 5:29 am
It's a voicelock. You must sing, word-for-word, the Lumberjack song from Monty Python's Flying Circus. That or "Springtime for Hitler" from "The Producers"
December 17th, 2008 at 7:10 am
It might just be the 2 am fumes, but I think this comic is one of the best ones for portraying the group dynamic:
Josh is being cruel
Eli is being Mexican and straightforward
Joel is coming up with silly schemes
and Denise isn't in it.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:02 am
"and Denise isn't in it. "
LOL
December 17th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Thanks! WOW probably wouldnt be an effective lock since EVERYONEEVERINTHEWORLD plays it. Might as well leave the door open.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:04 am
Thanks, Chris.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:05 am
Im going to take your word for it.
Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore was the first officer of that ship.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Ive really been going for bright and bold backgrounds lately. I didnt think about it until it was done, but if we ever see that door again, Im sure it will be a different color.
December 17th, 2008 at 8:07 am
"type all the aliases used in Hackers"
December 17th, 2008 at 8:07 am
hah. Its a play on his longtime tag "dopefish3D"
I almost put apartment DF3D but it didnt make any sense.
December 17th, 2008 at 9:17 am
I would use Summer Glau as River as my security device. You would have to make sense of her nonsensical ramblings to gain entry.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:16 am
Why not include the galactic coordinates for your room in a sort of stargate-lock that will only grant entry to those who key in the correct sequence?
Seriously, I'm having a hell of a time guessing Stargate coordinates in Second Life. Someone needs to come up with a directory that doesn't suck.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
…and when you didn't need a security device….
December 18th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Hmm.. either the speed of light (in metric!) as a password or…
You have to correctly enter in the DOS Sound Blaster environment variables… or…
Answer the unending Wolfenstein 3D question: "How many eyelets are on the boots of B.J.Blaskowitz?"
December 19th, 2008 at 3:12 am
Dividing X-Men into Blue and Gold teams could prove to be quite challenging since the line-up changed a bit through the years, but I love the idea. It could work if the lock was magnetically controlled and different action figures had different magnets to activate the lock. Damn I wish I had infinite time on my hands.
December 31st, 2008 at 1:43 am
put in a musical keyboard and make them play the tune from Close Encounters of the 3rd kind
by the way I'd like to sarcasticly thank your for ruining Heroes for me… I used to tune out and just watch the neat effects and imagine what it would be like if I had powers, but now that you've pointed out the horrid crime against humanity writing it's like a LCD monitor you loved until your buddy points out the dead pixels and now thats all you see when you look at it.