Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 24th July 2011

Dilbert//8135, first published fifteen years ago on Sunday 24th July 2011

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gadgets scientific equipment data center lights out eliminate problems moving cables power cords ruining everything speakerphone humans are germs science

Official transcript

Voice: The data center is evolving into a "lights out"

operation. Employees will no longer be allowed in the data center. We hope to eliminate all of the problems that humans cause by moving cables, unplugging power cords, and ruining everything with their dirt and static. Dilbert: He makes it sound as if the data center is alive and we humans are nothing but germs. Alice: By the way, who called this meeting and who's on the speakerphone? Dilbert: Are you... the data center? Noise: CLICK. Dilbert: I have a bad feeling about this.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE DATA CENTER IS EVOLVING INTO A "LIGHTS OUT" OPERATION.

EMPLOYEES WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED IN THE DATA CENTER.

WE HOPE TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HUMANS CAUSE BY MOVING CABLES, UNPLUGGING POWER CORDS, AND RUINING EVERYTHING WITH THEIR DIRT AND STATIC.

HE MAKES IT SOUND AS IF THE DATA CENTER IS ALIVE AND WE HUMANS ARE NOTHING BUT GERMS.

BY THE WAY, WHO CALLED THIS MEETING AND WHO'S ON THE SPEAKERPHONE?

ARE YOU...

THE DATA CENTER?

CLICK I HAVE A BAD FEELING ABOUT THIS.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Comic Strip Title: "Lights Out"

Summary:

The comic strip "Lights Out" by Scott Adams features Dilbert, a bespectacled engineer, and his coworkers discussing the impending shutdown of their data center. The employees are informed that the data center will no longer be allowed in the office, prompting Dilbert to ask who called the meeting and who is on the speakerphone. The conversation takes an unexpected turn when the data center itself responds, expressing its desire to be eliminated due to the problems it causes, such as moving cables, unplugging power cords, and ruining everything with dirt and static. The data center claims to be alive and human-like, but with germs instead of feelings. The employees are left stunned, and Dilbert sarcastically responds, "I have a bad feeling about this." The comic strip humorously explores the idea of technology becoming sentient and the consequences of its actions.

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