Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says:
Oh no. The poor guy.
ysabet hasuko (ysabet) says:
Uh oh. I think our robotic friend has just blissed out or ascended or evolved or reeeeeally gotten stoned past the point of no return. @_@
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
By the way: does Happy Plane look like Nick or is it just me? http://verydemotivational.com/2009/12/09/but-it-looks-so-happy/
Terry Smith (wcfan) says:
Oh this isn't good. I think the OLD M is back...
Alix Tierney (almaseti) says:
hello world ! I love it! A reference for us computer geeks as well as the literary geeks!
@ wusemajor - I don't think "hello world" is indicative of bliss/stonedness. In computer science, the first program any programmer will write in any programming language is "hello world". All it ever does is create a screen that displays those two words.
Note also the change in font and word balloon. The font is very basic and probably a default of some kind. The word bubble is even more sparse and precise.
Therefore, it seems like Mustachio is reverting to a more primitive state or he's been corrupted/erased somehow. Probably erased. Poor M.
woozy (woozy) says:
"A reference for us computer geeks as well as the literary geeks!" How is it a reference for the literary geeks?
Andrew Kunz (ampersand888) says:
So Moustacchio has gotten very BASIC. Hope he doesn't develop preference FORTRAN, see...plue, plus...
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
Nate Cull (natecull) says: (Tune: "Comfortably Numb", Pink Floyd) Hello world Come on now Relax There is no mouse there is no kernel When I was installed I had a modem I must reboot
Rob (rrreed) says:
// C/C++ code #include <stdio.h> int main() { char Foo[] = "Hello, "; char Bar[] = "World!"; printf("%s%s\n", Foo, Bar); return 0; }
Kendal Reed (auditors) says:
Uh oh. I think the Tin Soldier might be Moustachio after all.
Nick Lardas (voyager) says:
Who would have thought a simple "hello world." could have been so ominus...
Adam Underfoot (unnatural20) says:
BASIC code for Hello World:
Pete Bleackley (petethemadscientist) says:
Just in case anyone hasn't noticed, Gold Bug has compiled some notes on a certain encephaloclept of our acquantance.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "Zoot Suit Riot", The Cherry Poppin' Daddies) What's that echoing through my springs? Time to play and slay now, Tin Man Terror!
PsyXe (psyxe) says:
@woozy: I think he meant that there have already been a lot of literary references; now here's a computer one.
Isaac Norton (thor4242) says:
MATLAB code is fprintf("Hello World");
K C (spotweld) says:
... When does he start singing "Daisy" I wonder...
Ruben Krasnopolsky (ruben) says:
program hello character (LEN=*), parameter :: a="Hello", b="World" write(*,'(a)') a//" "//b end !Fortran 90 code written on the fly - no warranty implied
Ruben Krasnopolsky (ruben) says:
>gfortran -fimplicit-none -ffree-form -std=f95 -W -o hello hello.f90 >hello Hello World ! [IT'S ALIVE!] ! OVERWINDING HAS ITS EFFECTS. ! LINES OF CODE COMMENTED OUT ! BY THE COWARDLY NOW BECOME OPERATIVE. do i=1,100!0000 ! DELETE THE FIRST ! SIGN AND SIT. j=j+i end do ! DORMANT DNA^H^H^H CODE STARTS NOW. ! SEND A HELLO TO THE MANIAGNOSIS EDITORS
clark brooks (czark) says:
Lest we forget the Drexler proposes the next computing paradigm after transistors will be mechanical again:
Diane Castle (deecee) says:
Huh.
When you write a "Hello World" in Befunge or Malebolge, THEN I'll be impressed.
M. Alan Thomas II (crazydreamer) says:
++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>. I do actually program in BF for fun sometimes, but being a good programmer, I just reused an open-source solution for this one.
M. Alan Thomas II (crazydreamer) says:
Incidentally, Wikipedia has the solutions for both Befunge and Malbolge if you really want to know. :)
Catherine Tucker (diekatzchen) says:
I was under the impression that Unity disliked the Zed-word. Or is this like the N-word and who is allowed to use it?
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
[hello world]?
Uh-oh.
Sam Schmern (the_occupant) says:
Great, now all we need is him to start singing 'Daisy Bell'. In a way, in a very definite way, unless they can fix the winder, our resident differently living super soldier just mortally wounded the receptionist.
E.A. Poe (theraven) says:
Nah, it's nothing a welding torch can't mend. The question is-will there be anybody left alive (or in Unity's case undead) to weld it back on after he goes on the rampage . . . Those Victorians were pretty creative when it came to mayhem. I bet he's got some interesting slicing and dicing bits hidden inside his shell and who knows, maybe a 1 pounder Nordenfelt under that hat . . .
Sam Schmern (the_occupant) says:
Oh yes, welding. I had forgotten that science. Good, Saint Babbage forbid our favourite spring driven sprocketed sesquipedalian secretary would give up their gear strewn ghost.
Dieter M. (tangerine) says:
I have a strong feeling that the earlier mention of Anasigma and Goldbug is about to become quite relevant. Good thing Moustachio has no legs. Yet.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Harvesting spare eardrums must be pretty tough precision work. One slip, and you have to start over on a fresh head.
Adam Underfoot (unnatural20) says:
It is not easy to get spare eardrums, I tell you what.
Justin Kane (avatarjk137) says:
Let's get dangerous.
Terry Smith (wcfan) says:
He's BAAAAAACKKKKK.....
Cara d(^o^)b (carakaze) says:
Hey! Unity got lumped with the rest of the organics! How about that? :D
Mark SHANKS (drhistory) says:
Does Moustachio care about cyborgs? Nick's got an awful lot of hardware.....but the wetware is pretty important.
Rob (rrreed) says:
Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do, I'm half crazy all for the love of you. It won't be a stylish marriage– I can't afford a carriage, But you'd look sweet upon the seat Of a bicycle built for two.
Dieter M. (tangerine) says:
That's the Robot Death Song.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Uh-oh. Let's hope those legs of his are well-hidden... hey! He can do an Indy Rolling Ball maneuver!
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "The Long And Winding Road", The Beatles) The strong unwinding mode Worry not your little head, The key broke off his back;
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
(Tune: "Mr Roboto", Styx) Go on a rampage-o Mister Mustachio (squeaky squeaky, I've got a squeaky) You're wondering if I'm sane Go on a rampage-o Mister Mustachio The problem's plain to see The time has come at last My killray! Killray! Killray! Killray!
E.A. Poe (theraven) says:
Uh oh, here comes the Nordenfelt . . .
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
Yikes. His font may be simple, but those balloon tails are crazy.
John Ames (commodorejohn) says:
Mustachio's gonna rampage it oldschool.
Andy Wetmore (efogoto) says:
Old school? That's tipping over strong, black coffee rather than a latte, right?
Adam Underfoot (unnatural20) says:
Strong black coffee, yes. If that coffee is kept at roughly the same temperature as the inside of the sun, and if there is quite a lot of it, really.
Joyce Melton (halfelven) says:
The impressive thing is he seems to have actually SCARED Unity.
Owl Who says South (owlsayssouth) says:
well, of course he scared unity. soulsteel caste anima fears even the undead and other automatons. of course... she might just be trying to be cute, not hideing like any of use would be in that situation. just like "please sign, i am making my cute zombie face".
Typhin Reynard (typhin) says:
@Mental Mouse: Speaking of fonts, isn't this the same font used by the ever-enigmatic Goldbug...? Maybe I'm reading too much into it... ^_^
Rob (rrreed) says:
Unity would more likely look forward to Moustachio going on an old-fashioned Victorian rampage so she could join in–regardless of whether she'd be fighting with or against him.
Rob (rrreed) says:
If this is the referent, the implications are not good.
Terry Smith (wcfan) says:
Note she tore the wall safe out with no discernible effort.
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Clockwork swarm! It's almost like being in Paragon City....
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Eek.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "My Heart Will Go On", Horner & Jennings, performed by Celine Dion) Human hands must wind me; Human fools astound me; Good ... bad ... no choices I've had! Thoughts are quickly clicking, Pesky things organic How ... nice ... the Beni device
David Diezel (wellboundcrew) says:
I like the robot in this. It would be good to see a full shot of him. Is he lying down?.
Elaine Corvidae (elaine_corvidae) says:
Rampage!
Andrew Kunz (ampersand888) says:
I'm sorry, it's hard to take a rampaging killer robot seriously if he has a beanie in his head. I'm sorry.
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
David Diezel: I gather you're new here... pending your trip through the archives, Mustachio The Thinkonium is a Victorian clockwork automaton. He's permanently installed in the desk, having no arms or legs (ISTR they were blown off during his original rampage). But it looks like he's about to find a way around that little problem! On the other hand, there's already one swarm intelligence around....
Isaac Norton (thor4242) says:
Bees vs Robots A battle for the ages!
Kathy Moon (flipkat) says:
If it's part of his original rampaging hardware, why is named for someone who wasn't alive then? If it's something that converts him to more benificial use, why isn't he already wearing it?
Casey Loufek (caseyloufek) says:
I don't think it's part of his original hardware OR nesscarily "beneficial" to anyone but the current AI in control. This is my guess, Skin Horse is responsible for anamolous intelligences, they probably confiscated that thing from a mad scientist making sentient robot swarms. It's apparently compatible with M and he likely has it in mind as a substitute for limbs. It probably produces robot swarmlings and/or distrubutes electronic intelligence over a larger number of machines, either way the lack of limbs won't be a problem when he has a robot hive.
Casey Loufek (caseyloufek) says:
"Speaking of fonts, isn't this the same font used by the ever-enigmatic Goldbug...?" Hrm, wait. M isn't Goldbug, but perhaps Goldbug is also a clockwork AI? Gold Bug, some kind of mechanical insect?
Dieter M. (tangerine) says:
Is the Beni Device responsible for Gavotte? That would explain why it's in a safe. Not good... not good at all!
schlega (schlega) says:
Mmmmmm... Man-portable fusion pie. Just like mom used to make.
Carl Fishman (carlfishman) says:
So I guess this is some type of "fusion cuisine"? (And I can bet that something will be raisin' very soon!)
woozy (woozy) says:
zombies don't like raisins?
Terry Smith (wcfan) says:
but he still needs legs - right?
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says:
And here I was expecting Cake.
Rob (rrreed) says:
I see that Doc Brown did some work for the U.S. Navy after that bit with the Libyan terrorists…
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
(Tune: "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson) She was built like a zombie queen from a horror scene She told me her name was U.N.I.T.Y, as she broke my key People always told me, be careful what you do For forty days and for forty nights I met Victoria in fifty-three People always told me be careful what you do Organic life is not my 'pal'
Kaitlyn Bahn (caspianseamonster) says:
Does anyone remember the Venture Bro's with the alien that kept shouting, "IGNORE ME!"? That's the voice I'm imagining here, particularly in panel 3.
Prodigal (prodigal) says:
Given the context of prevaricating AIs, one might say "The cake is a pie".
Fandarel (fandarel) says:
Prodigal, go stand between Moustachio and Unity please.
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
(TUNE: "American Pie, Don McLean) A long long time ago I can still remember Cause I was singing Do not open the man-portable Fusion Pie (tm) Rob Bussard left our Google Earth Do not open the man-portable Fusion Pie (tm) ... I met a girl who worked for CERN
Cara d(^o^)b (carakaze) says:
I remember Gavotte was up when they were talking about Tip's boobies, but where have her drones been since then and what is she doing now?
Michael Martin (mcmartin) says:
As the lying Daleks have been known to say: PREVARICATE! PREVARICATE!
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
Soon as I read the strip, I thought, "dammit, Nick's gonna beat me to this." Well done, Nick. (TUNE: "Hair", James Rado & Gerome Ragni) She asks me why (Darlin ...) Pie! (pie pie pie pie pie pie!)
E.A. Poe (theraven) says:
Nate, I salute you. Best Filk Ever.
P. Ipsum (vitupera) says:
Have to admit, today Nate got this one, and got it good.
David Harmon (mental_mouse) says:
Yeah, Nate Cull wins the Internet today!
Johnn Reynolds (sleepyjohn) says:
Mmmmm. Pie. Self-heating pie, too. Mmmmm. Pie.
Jeff Ehlers (jaimehlers) says:
That certainly explains how a "tick-tock" like Mustachio could go on a rampage. He's not very good at lying, though. Good thing for him that Unity doesn't know what "prevarication" is.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
THE PIE IS A LIE
Rob (rrreed) says:
THE LIE IS A PIE!
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
I just want to say that "initializing prevarication / it is a pie" may be my favorite thing Jeff has ever written.
woozy (woozy) says:
oh! I get it now! It has raisins in it because it's a fusion pie! just like a fusion taco might have lobster in it... woozies can sometimes be slow on uptakes.
George Harris (bullcityfats) says:
In the original Traveller RPG, there was a Man-Portable Fusion Gun, called the MPFG-15.
Michael Brewer (wusemajor) says:
Really dude, you need to relax. You're wound way too tight.
Justin Kane (avatarjk137) says:
Bad. Ass.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "We Need A Little Christmas", Jerry Herman) Wind up my mainspring! For I need a little rampage! So I will contribute; But I need a little rampage
Dave Van Domelen (dvandom) says:
Can Tip be considered to have rampaged yet, or will he be the only one left out? Well, okay, Gavotte doesn't rampage, but that's by choice, so she won't feel left out in any case.
The Auld Grump (theauldgrump) says:
Errr... is that a little Cthulhu face at the base of the first word ballooon? This could go very, very wrong....
The Auld Grump
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Uh-oh.
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
(Tune: "Why Can't We Be Friends", War) YOU WILL ALL BE DEAD GOTO 100
Drew (pseudowolf) says:
I saw this site called "Dr. Grordbort's Infallible Aether Oscillators" (http://www.drgrordborts.com/), and I couldn't help but think of our troubled friend Moustachio. I wonder if we'll get a strip featuring Tip whipping out a Victorious Mongoose 1902a concealable ray pistol?
Rob (rrreed) says:
I was just thinking—fusion in this context may not refer to nuclear fusion (not sure what Moustachio would do with electricity, radiation, or heat when he operates on clockwork, and is presently immobile). Maybe the fusion pack enables objects to fuse together.
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
Grr Google thinks webcomicsnation.com is an attack site! Right after Moustachio powers up his fusion pack. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Oh, and atomic power makes steam, and steam and clockwork go together like... like... whaling and corsets?
Laura P. (sunbird) says:
Moustachio, in the throes of his mental breakdown, totally just reached through the internet and attacked webcomicsnation.com in a ploy to distract us from guessing his evil machinations. Truly, the question we must now ask ourselves is whether Mell will have to step in and liberate a negotiation. Yes.
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
Would that be the most awesome crossover in the entire history of webcomics? Yes. Yes, it would.
woozy (woozy) says:
Hmmm.... perhaps the joke about this story-line is that we'll all be waiting for the big violent action of the evil conquest but it'll go so slowly that it eventually collapses under its own weight before it can ever really begin and ... uh, why is Marcie irradiating goldfish?
Camille Dumas (camidumas) says:
Maybe they're Swedish fish and she intends to eat them.
Daniel Ross (nentuaby) says:
Woozy, you seem to have missed an essential point about the Dept. of Irradiation.
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
(Tune: "Tally Ho", um?) Call Captain Scarlet, call Theora Jones Mount up the Cavorite, the spaceship seems to know
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
Is it just me or is Marcie looking more and more like Helen Narbon?
Carolyn Chan (hraefn) says:
@Nate: "Grr Google thinks webcomicsnation.com is an attack site!
Right after Moustachio powers up his fusion pack. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm."
Don't know about you but that just makes this strip all the more awesome. :)
Nate Cull (natecull) says:
@hraefn: This strip is powdered awesome sintered with carbon-fibre awesome into an unstoppable stealth alloy of awesome and outfitted with big honking atomic rocket jets of awesome from the Awesome Galaxy.
So It Begins (soitbegins) says:
Uh-ho.
And @Nate: yes, she is looking more like Helen...
Kristine Roland (kristineroland) says:
Does Unity think that M just called her a Ho? That could be bad for M.
Ed Gedeon (eddurd) says:
(TUNE: "It Never Rains in Southern California", Albert Hammond) All these years and years he's patiently been waiting ... Fellow Skin Horse fans, this plan began in D.C.!
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
WebComicsNation is fixing the malware issue. There is, however, no stopping the Victorian Rampage.
Kaitlyn Bahn (caspianseamonster) says:
It kind of seems to me that Mr. maintenance guy knows exactly what's about to happen...
N B (daveclone7) says:
On the (possible) upside, Moustachio apparently has no idea what Unity thinks he just called her ...
Rob (rrreed) says:
…and so, with that final addition, Moustachio finally achieved his dream of entering the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest computer mouse.
E.A. Poe (theraven) says:
"Rawhide' by the Blues Brothers and many others . . . Rollin', rollin', rollin', Rampage! He'll crush all us organics, Roll 'em up run 'em down, Rampaaage!
E.A. Poe (theraven) says:
The Mitrailleuse was an early (1860s) French machine gun if you're wondering . . . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrailleuse
Prodigal (prodigal) says:
Still more adorable cobras! Yay!
Dave Corbett (mr_dave) says:
Moustachio is British, and the British have historically had little use for the French. He'd be far more likely to be mounting a Maxim gun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_gun
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