Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 9th January 2004

Dilbert//5382, first published 22 years ago on Friday 9th January 2004

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smokers harness energy unused computers create electricity outside everyday slope

Official transcript

The smokers in this building take hundreds of trips outside to smoke everyday.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE SMOKERS IN THIS BUILDING TAKE HUNDREDS OF TRIPS OUTSIDE TO SMOKE EVERY DAY.

WE CAN HARNESS THAT KINETIC ENERGY TO CREATE ELECTRICITY TO POWER THEIR UNUSED COMPUTERS.

PANT * PANT TOO MUCH SLOPE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Harnessing Kinetic Energy"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with a distinctive hairstyle, engaging in a conversation with his boss. The conversation revolves around the idea of harnessing kinetic energy to power unused computers.

• The boss suggests that smokers in the building could generate electricity by taking hundreds of trips outside to smoke every day.
• Dilbert is skeptical, pointing out that the amount of energy generated would be negligible.
• The boss then proposes an alternative method, using a seesaw to generate electricity by having people walk on it.
• Dilbert is unimpressed, remarking that the amount of energy generated would still be too small to power their computers.

Overall, the comic strip pokes fun at the idea of finding innovative ways to generate electricity, highlighting the impracticality of some solutions.

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