#0163 Shrewd Move

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  1. Sindri

    He probably plays hello kitty online adventure :D

  2. Mike

    Wow, kitty’s got claws.

  3. uncaringbear

    I remember starting a job at an agency many years ago. I got stuck with a machine that must’ve been powered by steam. The IT guy was an absolute little @#$% too. We did not get on at all. Over the next few years, I finally got on his good side, and soon I was rocking kick butt hardware at last. So the moral of the story is get on your sysadmin’s good side, especially if they have purchasing power.

  4. Carlinman

    HA! Good one!

  5. Kaelqu

    Hmm although it was not right of him to do that to her, she shouldn’t do that to him. Two wrongs don’t make a right =P

    Nice change of power though hehe.

    • Elowyn

      Of course they do. Haven’t you ever had to work in an office?

    • HazzyrdousOne

      Actually…Two Wrongs don’t make a right….they make a down.

      at least thats what happens when I …oh..wait…that’s two rights make a down…and since wrong is the opposite of right..that would mean a wrong would be a left….but…two left’s make a down too…so right and wrong are basically the same thing….OH GOD MY BRAIN HURTS!

  6. azarizotza

    Power Play!

  7. MasonG

    I declare you to be…
    ROFLSTOMPED!!!

  8. Bloodroar

    Now she can actually do her job well!

  9. Kharigos

    I wonder why he doesn’t want her to tell he plays? Maybe he’s a female gnome in-game or something =D Also, I don’t think Patrick’s piercing was there in past comics, although I could be wrong.

    • maryvarn

      The ring is in his right nostril, which kept getting hidden by the angle of his head. And then, there was a time or two when, um, he had it out, because, um, it was irritating him. Or something.

      • MatthTheGeek

        Oh. That’s kinda a shrewed move too.

  10. columbina

    I should not approve of this reversal of tactics … and yet I do.

  11. Delakando

    AH HA! She’s a mac fan and she knew about the rarely known eight-core macs! Add two t-1 lines, use the synchronization program, move close to the blizzards server home location in california and she would have a super-computer on a system that would allow her to pwn every laggy noob in the entire game. One bit of lag and she’d already have the upper-hand against you.

  12. Delakando

    Ah actually I believe the secret system was the 16-core mac systems. <.< shhhh its very hush hush

  13. Caylynn

    Go Lisa! :D

  14. Flintte

    Ooh now Lisa’s calling the shots. Great comic, as usual =)

  15. Cogwell

    never doubt the power of a gnome. : )

  16. Eirik

    I guess non-ear piercings are more acceptable these days. Or I’m just too danged old.

    I remember a New Yorker cartoon: Two geezers in chairs, tattooed all over, pierced all over. One is saying to the other, “I see you were an idiot in the ’80s too.”

  17. Coffinshaker

    Well… the tables have certainly turned!

    So while she’s at it, maybe she could hook me up with one of those Mac Pros… mmm *drool*

  18. Cyberweasel

    Haha, he’s her b-tch now!

  19. Tokkar

    Turnabout is fair play, eh? Love it!

  20. Wild Karrde

    Nice powerplay there. =D

  21. Dan

    12gb of memory, that’s too much power for any one person. She should give 6gb of that to me.

  22. Azarizotza

    Isn’t support for anything over 8GB only theoretical? I could be wrong or just thinking about 32-bit.

    • maryvarn

      I have 16 GB in my 2008 Mac Pro. :) Most run of the mill operations don’t use it all, but I use every bit when I render in After Effects. I think it just depends on the program you’re using.

      • MatthTheGeek

        I think it depends on the OS too. I know that a standard WinXP will hardly use more than 2Gb, even if I have 4.

      • Azarizotza

        I envy you. I have a mere 4GB in my 2007 MacBOOK pro. Actually woulda been 2GB if they hadn’t screwed up the order and gave me the best 15 inch available at the time. :-p

  23. Cyberweasel

    I suspect he’s been blackmailing other people in the company, and open knowledge that he games would free them from his tyranny.

    He just seems like the type.

  24. Up to no good

    I really like how you do the hair, not an awkward bump and nice details :)

    and gettin your boss like that, awesome (im not going to say epic)

  25. Closet Gamer Girl

    Loving this storyline!! (And the comic in general, as always.) Unlike this guy, I will sometimes let on to my WoW-playing to friends when I know that they are also WoW players or otherwise sympathetic, but most of my closest friends have no idea that I play – let alone an 80 disc priest who is heavily into PvP and the occasional raid, despite my “casual” status. This is because either they are outright hostile to WoW-ers or they just wouldn’t get it in general. I don’t need to deal with ridicule, or even mild teasing, and I really don’t feel like justifying my, um, habit. Lol, looking at the way I have phrased all of this might mean I need to seek help. For my secret WoW addiction… =)

  26. Closet Gamer Girl

    p.s. I would kill for more memory at this point. WHY did I settle for 2GB?! I even told the Mac rep that I was a gamer (blowing my cover!!) and he still assured me that the DDR-3 was “self-cooling” — therefore light-years better than DDR-2 and toooootally sufficient for my WoW needs. Lies.

  27. Gary

    HA! Take that :D

  28. prion

    he’s prolly a griefer or something

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