Dilbert cartoon first published on Saturday 28th May 2011

Dilbert//8078, first published fifteen years ago on Saturday 28th May 2011

Tags

business panics worry hackers firewall escape pod firwall

Official transcript

Boss: Hackers got through our firewall. CEO: Launch escape pod! Two questions: What is a firewall? And who designed my escape pod?

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

HACKERS GOT THROUGH OUR FIREWALL.

LAUNCH ESCAPE POD!

TWO QUESTIONS: WHAT IS A FIREWALL? AND WHO DESIGNED MY ESCAPE POD?

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

The comic strip is titled "Two Questions: What is a Firewall? And Who Designed My Escape Pod?"

Panel 1: Introduction

• The boss asks a hacker who got through their firewall to launch an escape pod.
• The hacker complies, and the boss is launched into space.

Panel 2: The Escape Pod

• The boss is shown sitting in a chair, surrounded by debris, with a rocket ship underneath him.
• He is holding a balloon with a dollar sign on it.

Panel 3: The Firewall

• The boss asks two questions: "What is a firewall? And who designed my escape pod?"
• The hacker responds with a smiley face and a winking emoticon.

Humor and Commentary

• The comic strip uses humor to comment on the lack of security measures in place to protect against hackers.
• It pokes fun at the idea that a firewall is not enough to prevent a hacker from getting through and suggests that the escape pod was not designed for human use.

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