Dilbert cartoon first published on Wednesday 19th July 2000

Dilbert//4113, first published 26 years ago on Wednesday 19th July 2000

Tags

global communications de orbiting satellites swimming pools deadly flame balls speeding toward earth

Official transcript

Pointing to a picture the Boss says, "We'll be shutting down our global comunications business and de-orbiting our satellites."

Dilbert raises his hand and says to the Boss, "Question: Wouldn't that create dozens of deadly flame balls speeding toward earth?"

The Boss replies, "That's why we're aiming for cities that have lots of swimming pools."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

WE'LL BE SHUTTING DOWN OUR GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS BUSINESS AND DE-ORBITING OUR SATELLITES.

QUESTION: WOULDN'T THAT CREATE DOZENS OF DEADLY FLAME BALLS SPEEDING TOWARD EARTH?

THAT'S WHY WE'RE AIMING FOR CITIES THAT HAVE LOTS OF SWIMMING POOLS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Global Communications Shutdown"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a meeting between a group of executives and a man holding a satellite. The executives are discussing the possibility of shutting down global communications and de-orbiting satellites.

Key Points:

• The executives are considering a drastic measure to eliminate a problem caused by deadly flame balls speeding toward Earth.
• The man holding the satellite is concerned about the impact on cities with swimming pools.
• The comic strip is a humorous take on the potential consequences of such an action.

generated by llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct

Accompanying textual content, such as title, tags and transcripts, is shown here if we have it. Not every comic has all of these, and they seem to be a bit hit and miss even on the official website.