Dilbert cartoon first published on Sunday 27th April 2014
Dilbert//9143, first published twelve years ago on Sunday 27th April 2014
Tags
business ethics, deception, new business strategy, laptop, coffee shop, public access, wifi, hackers, strategy document, sell secrets, competitors, business strategy, break in
Official transcript
Dilbert: Wally, I want you to create a new business strategy for the company. Then use your laptop in a coffee shop that has public access to wi-fi. Hackers will get into your computer in minutes and steal your strategy document. With any luck, the hackers will sell those secrets to our competitors. Obviously, we would never use any strategy you created, so our competitors will be misled. Wally: So... you want me to do a bad job on an assignment and then go drink coffee? Boss: Can you handle that? Wally: I like my odds. Dilbert: Why do you want a copy of our business strategy? Wally: It'll save a step.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
WALLY, I WANT YOU TO CREATE A NEW BUSINESS STRATEGY FOR THE COMPANY.
THEN USE YOUR LAPTOP IN A COFFEE SHOP THAT HAS PUBLIC ACCESS WI-FI.
HACKERS WILL GET INTO YOUR COMPUTER IN MINUTES AND STEAL YOUR STRATEGY DOCUMENT.
WITH ANY LUCK, THE HACKERS WILL SELLI THOSE SECRETS TO OUR COMPETITORS.
OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD NEVER USE ANY STRATEGY YOU CREATED, 50 OUR COMPETITORS WILL BE MISLED.
SO... YOU WANT ME TO DO A BAD JOB ON AN ASSIGNMENT AND THEN GO DRINK COFFEE?
CAN YOU HANDLE THAT?
I LIKE MY ODDS.
WHY DO YOU WANT A COPY OF OUR BUSINESS STRATEGY?
ITLL SAVE A STEP.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Comic Strip Title: "Hacker's Secret to Success"
Summary:
The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled man with black hair and a grey suit, engaging in a conversation with Wally, a bald man with glasses and a grey suit. The conversation revolves around a new business strategy for the company, which Dilbert proposes to create in a coffee shop with public Wi-Fi. However, Wally cautions against this approach, citing the risk of hackers stealing the strategy document.
Despite Wally's concerns, Dilbert persists in his plan, and the two men visit a coffee shop where Dilbert creates the strategy on his laptop. Unbeknownst to Dilbert, a hacker has infiltrated his computer and stolen the document. The hacker then approaches Wally and offers to sell the stolen strategy to the competitors.
Wally declines the offer, citing his desire to handle the situation himself. The comic strip concludes with Dilbert expressing his admiration for Wally's ability to save a step, implying that Wally has successfully navigated the situation without resorting to the hacker's offer.
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