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Help Desk Character Archives: Alex

Year	Day/Month	Episode	Storyline
1996	31 Mar	Alex is at a Loss for Words	The Beginning
1996	08 Apr	MegaSoft Suffers Cruelly From Unscrupulous Villians	The Beginning
1996	15 Apr	A Witty Punchline, With Foreshadowing	The Beginning
1996	22 Apr	Stop Paying Attention, Just Listen To My Voice	The Beginning
1996	29 Apr	Guttenberg's Dillemma	Guttenberg's Dillemma
1996	06 May	MegaSoft, Marketing and You	Guttenberg's Dillemma
1996	13 May	Apples and Oranges Defined	Guttenberg's Dillemma
1996	20 May	The Perils of the Internet	One-Off
1996	27 May	Worst-Case Scenario	Worst-Case Scenario
1996	27 Jun	The Boss	Worst-Case Scenario
1996	29 Aug	Alex Gets Promoted	One-Off
1996	12 Sep	It Works!	One-Off
1996	07 Nov	How To Get Free Software	One-Off
1996	14 Nov	Software Stress Testing	One-Off
1996	21 Nov	Alex Explains Software Licensing	Alex Explains Software Licensing
1996	05 Dec	The Obvious, Illuminated	Alex Explains Software Licensing
1996	12 Dec	Minor Details	Alex Explains Software Licensing
1996	19 Dec	73 Differences	Alex Explains Software Licensing
1997	09 Jan	A Rose By Any Other Name	One-Off
1997	16 Jan	Brushing Up	One-Off
1997	23 Jan	A Professional At Work	Training
1997	30 Jan	Training, Day 1	Training
1997	06 Feb	Training, Day 2	Training
1997	13 Feb	Training, Day 3	Training
1997	20 Feb	The Light Dawns (Day 4)	Training
1997	27 Feb	First Day At Work (Day 5)	Training
1997	20 Mar	Idle Gossip	Logos and Lawyers and Names (Oh My)
1997	27 Mar	New Name	Logos and Lawyers and Names (Oh My)
1997	10 Apr	Feedback and Fallout	Logos and Lawyers and Names (Oh My)
1997	17 Apr	Any Resemblance to Actual Events is Strictly Intentional	Any Resemblance to Actual Events
1997	22 May	Citing Your Sources	Any Resemblance to Actual Events
1997	29 May	The Scientific Method	Any Resemblance to Actual Events
1997	05 Jun	Interesting Developments	Interesting Developments
1997	12 Jun	In This Corner	Interesting Developments
1997	19 Jun	Meeting The Enemy	Interesting Developments
1997	27 Jun	A Battle of Giants	Interesting Developments
1997	09 Aug	A Failure to Communicate	A Failure to Communicate
1997	16 Aug	Justifying the Unjustifiable	A Failure to Communicate
1997	21 Aug	Smoke and Mirrors	A Failure to Communicate
1997	28 Aug	Smoke, Mirrors, and Behind the Green Curtain	A Failure to Communicate
1997	04 Sep	A Critical Omission	A Failure to Communicate
1997	11 Sep	Beyond Vapor	Beyond Vapor
1997	18 Sep	This Happened To My Brother Once	Beyond Vapor
1997	21 Nov	No, Really, This Actually Happened To My Brother	Beyond Vapor
1997	28 Nov	Alex Seems to Have a One Track Mind	Beyond Vapor
1997	04 Dec	We Don't Buy From These People Any More	Beyond Vapor
1997	11 Dec	Enter, Government, Stage Right	Enter, Government, Stage Right
1997	17 Dec	They Weren't Using This Anyway	Enter, Government, Stage Right
1997	24 Dec	Indoctrination Techniques	Enter, Government, Stage Right
1997	29 Dec	The Master Plan, and a Potential Flaw	Enter, Government, Stage Right
1999	16 Feb	Meanwhile, Back at Ubersoft	Unholy Business Practices
1999	09 Jul	Saved by Sugar	Unholy Business Practices
1999	15 Jul	Troubleshooting	Troubleshooting
1999	21 Jul	Evasive Maneuvers	Troubleshooting
1999	28 Jul	Vendor Outsourcing	Troubleshooting
1999	02 Aug	Trick Question	Troubleshooting
1999	04 Aug	Alex Explains Hardware Licensing	Troubleshooting
1999	06 Aug	Truth In Strange Places	Troubleshooting
1999	09 Aug	Corporate Survival	One-Off
1999	11 Aug	Spin Control	Unholy Business Practices
1999	13 Aug	Pyrrhic Victory	Unholy Business Practices
1999	16 Aug	Y2K Compliance	Y2K
1999	21 Aug	Y2K Urban Legend	Y2K
1999	23 Aug	Y2K Urban Legend, Part II	Y2K
1999	25 Aug	Requiem	One-Off
1999	28 Aug	Y2K Urban Legend, Part III	Y2K
1999	01 Sep	Y2K Urband Legend, Part IV	Y2K
1999	03 Sep	Shock to the System	Y2K
1999	05 Sep	Legal Strategy	Y2K
1999	08 Sep	Honesty in Motion	Y2K
1999	10 Sep	Credibility	Y2K
1999	12 Sep	A Slight Adjustment	Y2K
1999	15 Sep	Forests and Trees	Forests and Trees
1999	17 Sep	Internal Support	Forests and Trees
1999	20 Sep	Working at Cross Purposes	Forests and Trees
1999	22 Sep	Dysfunctional Quality Assurance	Forests and Trees
1999	24 Sep	Poetic Justice	Forests and Trees
1999	27 Sep	That Sinking Feeling	Forests and Trees
1999	01 Nov	Homecoming	Forests and Trees
1999	03 Nov	The Facts of Life	The Facts of Life
1999	05 Nov	False Start	The Facts of Life
1999	08 Nov	Stalling	The Facts of Life
1999	10 Nov	Phil Quits Stalling	The Facts of Life
1999	22 Nov	The Birth of Binky, Aftermath	The Facts of Life
1999	25 Nov	Son of the Birth of Binky, Part 1	The Facts of Life
1999	01 Dec	Back to Normal	The Name
1999	03 Dec	Adjusting to Change	The Name
1999	08 Dec	Company Policy	One-Off
1999	10 Dec	Minor Distractions	One-Off
1999	13 Dec	Doppelganger	Doppelganger
1999	22 Dec	Understanding Linux	Doppelganger
1999	24 Dec	Making Money	Doppelganger
1999	27 Dec	Apostrophecolon	Doppelganger
1999	29 Dec	Y2K Simulation, With a Twist	Y2K
1999	31 Dec	Prelude to Armageddon	Y2K
2000	01 Jan	Armageddon	Y2K
2000	03 Jan	Armageddon, Postscript	Y2K
2000	19 Jan	Silicon Journalism	Silicon Journalism
2000	21 Jan	Silicon Journalism, Part Two	Silicon Journalism
2000	24 Jan	Silicon Journalism, Part Three	Silicon Journalism

Poll

Endorsements

"Desperately Unfunny."

"The artwork is lame and repetitive, the 'jokes' are either inside software industry jokes or thinly disguised anti-capitalist rantings."

"Are there really 80 people who find any reference to Microsoft in a web comic funny?"

"Why has this been running since 1996? Who actually reads it? Who is the idiot who reads it every day and posts the 'good' ones up on reddit? Doesn't he realize he is wasting his time?"