Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 25th October 2001

Dilbert//4576, first published 25 years ago on Thursday 25th October 2001

Tags

tour of accounting random number geneartor randomness

Official transcript

Headline: Tour of Accounting. Dilbert is wiping spit off of himself with a towel. A troll tour guide says, "Over here we have our random number generator."

The troll places its hands on a slab of rock and relays the message of "nine nine nine nine."

Dilbert asks, "Are you sure that's random?"

The troll responds, "That's the problem with randomness. You can never be sure."

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

TOUR OF ACCOUNTING OVER HERE WE HAVE OUR RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR.

NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE NINE ARE YOU SURE THAT'S RANDOM?

THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH RANDOMNESS: YOU CAN NEVER BE SURE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "Random Number Generator"

Summary:

The comic strip, originally published in, features Dilbert and his coworkers using a random number generator to select a winner. However, they are surprised to find that the generator keeps producing the same number, 9, over and over again. This leads to a humorous exchange between Dilbert and his coworker, who is skeptical of the generator's accuracy. The coworker asks if Dilbert is sure that the generator is truly random, and Dilbert responds that he is, but the coworker remains unconvinced. The strip pokes fun at the idea of relying on technology to make decisions, and the potential for human error or bias in the process.

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