quantum-computer
Original: quantum-computer on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A woman (gesturing, hands raised): JUST TO CLARIFY, I MEANT "QUANTUM COMPUTER" IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A DISCRETE QUANTITY OF COMPUTERS.
A man holding a cardboard box (labeled with an arrow/dial symbol): BUT-
Woman: NO REFUNDS.
Caption (below panel): It was surprisingly easy to get $100 million from NASA.
Votey:
The woman's face, looking dismayed/awkward.
Text (handwritten): The bits are also "quantum"
A woman (gesturing, hands raised): JUST TO CLARIFY, I MEANT "QUANTUM COMPUTER" IN THE SENSE THAT IT'S A DISCRETE QUANTITY OF COMPUTERS.
A man holding a cardboard box (labeled with an arrow/dial symbol): BUT-
Woman: NO REFUNDS.
Caption (below panel): It was surprisingly easy to get $100 million from NASA.
Votey:
The woman's face, looking dismayed/awkward.
Text (handwritten): The bits are also "quantum"
Alt text
A man in glasses holds a cardboard box marked with a dial symbol, facing a woman who raises her hands defensively. The woman says, "Just to clarify, I meant 'quantum computer' in the sense that it's a discrete quantity of computers." The man starts to protest, "But-" and she cuts him off: "No refunds." A caption below reads, "It was surprisingly easy to get $100 million from NASA." The joke: she sold NASA a literal quantity of ordinary computers by playing on the term "quantum." In the votey (aftercomic), a hand-drawn close-up of the woman's dismayed face is captioned, "The bits are also 'quantum'" — doubling down on the pun.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.