This one originally ran as a guest comic for Steve “Dueling Analogs” Napierski, and did pretty well for him making the rounds on Reddit and the like.  I couldn’t let him have all the fun, not to mention I wanted it somewhere in The System’s archive. An old addage says “the more things change, the more they stay the same”.  In this case, “the more things change, the more buttons you have to memorize”.  Sometimes less is more, simpler is better.

Oh, and what’s that? You want a print? It’s even for sale in the store, Hilariawesome.com!

Yesterday’s comic, The System 333: Full Gadget Ratio has been doing quite well for itself. It made it to the front of Reddit for a hot second, has spread around pretty well on Twitter, etc. However, a bunch of people more mathy than I, thinking I’m secretly trying to be XKCD (hint: XKCD has yet to do a comic about crop marks and bleed), are having some trouble with the equation. Fair, since I spend too much time on the graphic and little on making the equation work. Case in point:

Why take so much time on the graphic only to have such a poorly thought out equation?

I’m not normally one to obsess over others’ comments on the comic, but they have a valid point. Systemics, let’s give this chart an equation to be proud of! Given the variables at hand, help me come up with something better. Use whatever units of measurement you feel appropriate and all the information at hand, and post them here in the comments. I’ll update this chart and give credit where due the best I can. In fact, I’ll be picking at random one of the people who helps in the comments to get a FREE PRINT of this comic from our store, HilariAwesome.com!

UPDATE: It’s been a while, I know. Congrats to Systemic Harris who submitted an awesome entry that will be reflected in the original post, and will also be receiving a print of this comic! Check out the original comic to see the mathy update.

After coming off of a con weekend, this is about how I feel.  I think I’m zen, like I’ve somehow conquered the ability to sleep, until about 3pm.  Then it all catches up.  Apparently it hits this guy (let’s call him Geoff) a little earlier, or he eats a late lunch.  Your call.

Remember, today is the last day of the HilariAwesome.com Grand Opening Sale Thingy! Save money on the new Bike Sniper shirt, HELL Vetica, Jimmy the Murderdog, and prints of every comic in the archive (including this one)!

Howdy Systemics!  Boy, do I have some news for you.  Quoted from my new online store, HilariAwesome.com:

After months of procrastination and panic, […] the BETA launch of HilariAwesome! This is great news for you, as all products are marked down from their normal prices while we work out the kinks. Until 10/26, prints are marked from $10 down to $7. Shirts from $20 down to $17. So look around, and spread the word while we make HilariAwesome your destination for the Venn Diagram of hilarious and awesome. LINK.

Up on the site is Jimmy the Murderdog, HELLVetica, a new Biking Shooter shirt in PREORDER (after many requests), and finally big beautiful prints of every comic in the archive.  As it mentions, the site is still in BETA so please help me test it out, find the problems, and make it an amazing experience for you and everyone else. Thanks! Now go buy stuff.

Feeling trepidatious? Here are pics of the store and of the new “Bike Shooter” shirt. Click to make biggy.

UPDATE: Available now at Hilariawesome.com, my online store!

It’s true.  I’m making T-Shirts.  Soon as I get the store up, I’ll show them to you. Meanwhile, post your typeface / font puns below.  Also thought of for this strip:

• Never an Aksidenz.
• We make tracking.
• Kern and Burn.

Because when you’re not bored and shaving something, you’re bored and growing a beard.

Btw, this comic? Now on an awesome shirt! Check out it, and other designs, at my online store HilariAwesome.com.