false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167343824m/22218.jpg 22218 1 It's back to Columbia Internet, "the friendliest, hardest-working, and most neurotic little Internet Service Provider in the world," for our third installment from the hit online comic, <i>User Friendly.</i> The cast: Quake-obsessed techies, self-absorbed sales staff, well-meaning execs, and assorted almost-humans. The background: too little office space, warring operating systems, and eternally clueless customers. Tag along as geeks go camping, Mike finds a new use for silly putty, and Stef decides to beef up his Quake skills with the Acme Forced-Feedback Enemy-Denial Smackdown Ergonomic Game Chair. If you've read the first two <i>User Friendly</i> editions from O'Reilly, you don't need an introduction to Greg, Jeff, Miranda, the Dust Puppy and the others. But if you haven't, welcome to the world of the hard-core geek, where humor--especially at one's own foibles--can be a survival skill. Since this is true of most work environments, chances are you won't have to know Unix or be able to log in as "root" in order to get the joke. Illiad's community is truly global--the comic's one-million-plus readers log on from Israel, Brazil, Iceland, New Zealand, and Greece, among other far-flung locations. All kinds of people seem drawn to the strip-- from 8-year-old girls to 81-year-old women--a large, diverse, and very loyal community. 23274 8 2001 The Root of All Evil total:8|5:4|4:2|3:1|2:1| 8 33 18 0 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 07:05:03 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 07:05:03 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 13:16:08 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:45:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 25 16:03:35 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 16:03:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 02 22:47:37 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 22:47:37 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 05:19:17 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 05:19:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 29 00:21:45 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 00:21:45 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 21:13:56 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 21:13:56 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 20 13:33:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 13:33:01 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jul 07 12:24:39 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 12:24:39 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jun 25 07:14:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 07:14:48 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jun 21 07:04:04 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 21 07:04:04 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Tue May 27 22:05:34 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 22:05:34 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 30 17:44:27 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 13:20:20 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri Mar 14 12:20:18 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 12:20:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Dec 30 01:54:07 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 01:54:07 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sun Oct 14 10:49:44 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 10:49:44 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Sun Aug 19 18:08:25 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 18:08:25 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Mon Jul 09 09:21:03 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 09:21:03 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=22218