2010-01-21
Original: 2010-01-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title banner: IT TIP: MATCH YOUR PRICING TO THE AGE OF YOUR CLIENT
Panel 1:
A young woman with glasses sits cross-legged on the floor holding a screwdriver, looking up. An elderly man stands to the right.
Elderly man: WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER BOX?
Young woman: IT'S YOUR BINARY... TOO MANY ZEROES, NOT ENOUGH ONES.
Elderly man: CAN... CAN I GET MORE ONES?
Young woman: HOO... NOT FOR CHEAP YOU CAN'T.
Votey:
The young woman with glasses, looking concerned.
Young woman: OOH, CRUD. YOUR UNIX IS LEAKING PERL.
Panel 1:
A young woman with glasses sits cross-legged on the floor holding a screwdriver, looking up. An elderly man stands to the right.
Elderly man: WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY COMPUTER BOX?
Young woman: IT'S YOUR BINARY... TOO MANY ZEROES, NOT ENOUGH ONES.
Elderly man: CAN... CAN I GET MORE ONES?
Young woman: HOO... NOT FOR CHEAP YOU CAN'T.
Votey:
The young woman with glasses, looking concerned.
Young woman: OOH, CRUD. YOUR UNIX IS LEAKING PERL.
Alt text
An orange title banner reads 'IT TIP: MATCH YOUR PRICING TO THE AGE OF YOUR CLIENT.' In the main panel, a young woman with glasses sits cross-legged on the floor holding a screwdriver, doing tech support for an elderly man standing beside her. He asks, 'What's wrong with my computer box?' She replies, 'It's your binary... too many zeroes, not enough ones.' He earnestly asks, 'Can... can I get more ones?' and she says, 'Hoo... not for cheap you can't.' The joke is the technician inventing fake, expensive-sounding fixes to upsell a clueless elderly customer. Votey: the same woman, looking concerned, adds another bit of fake tech jargon: 'Ooh, crud. Your Unix is leaking Perl.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.