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Penny Arcade - Comic - Proprietor
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Proprietor
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Animal sacrifice was still a significant improvement over the hoops we had to jump through to get video before Sony got their Stygian branch going properly. Just be sure the cable is made of silver (or was it cold iron... I forget which one repels demons) or the video will kill you after seven days. Or was that a ghost? Maybe you need to salt the keyboard?
Honestly, just transfer it to a computer, compress the files, then bury it for three days in holy ground. Dealing with these infernal file standards was a real headache in the 90's, 1 in 3 IT professionals were lost to demonic incursion.
It was during this time that RadioShack stepped up recruitment for its cult-like organization. Which sacrificed only the most promising and faithful of seasonal initiates when the full Moon passed between the Tandy Towers of its corporate HQ at 100 Throckmorton Street. To appease their demonic masters and produce that most infernal piece of A/V wizardry, spoken of only in whispers, the 8mm to VHS converter.
You need to use Cold Iron cables for that, but the conductivity is shite compared to standard copper, so you either need to keep the cables very short or run them through liquid nitrogen that has been blessed by a priest.
And only newbie IT need to salt their keyboards, those with at least 3+ year experience should already have enough high sodium residue built up naturally in their keyboard from eating junk food on the job.