Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 9th December 1999

Dilbert//3890, first published 27 years ago on Thursday 9th December 1999

Tags

website various sponcers pay for eyeballs link to us owe ourselves billion dollars technology

Official transcript

Dilbert, Ming,the new web employee, and the boss are sitting at a table. Ming has a sheet of paper on the table. Ming says: "I linked our web site to various sponsors who pay us for eyeballs."

Ming says:"Those sponsors link to other web sites who link to us."

Ming says to the boss:"The net-net at the end of the day is we owe ourselves a billion dollars."

The boss thinks: "eyeballs?", while expressing disgust.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

I LINKED OUR WEB SITE TO VARIOUS SPONSORS WHO PAY US FOR EYEBALLS.

THOSE SPONSORS LINK TO OTHER WEB SITES WHO LINK TO US.

THE NET - NET AT THE END OF THE DAY IS WE OWE OURSELVES A BILLION DOLLARS.

EYEBALLS?

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