computer-2
Original: computer-2 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title (above the panels): KNOW YOUR COMPUTERS
Panel 1 (top left):
Caption: QUANTUM COMPUTER: A COMPUTER AVAILABLE ONLY IN SMALL DISCRETE QUANTITIES.
(A laptop floats above the floor with a small arrow labeled "1" pointing at it.)
Panel 2 (top right):
Caption: CLASSICAL COMPUTER: A COMPUTER RUN USING A FRENCH HORN, VIOLIN, AND CONTRABASSOON.
(A french horn and a violin with musical notes drifting between them.)
Panel 3 (bottom left):
Caption: PERSONAL COMPUTER: A COMPUTER THAT IS VERY SOCIAL.
Woman: YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD LISTENER MAGNAVAC-703.
Computer: IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE SO INTERESTING.
Panel 4 (bottom right):
Caption: SUPERCOMPUTER: A COMPUTER THAT BELIEVES ITSELF TO BE OF A SUPERIOR RACE.
Computer (a laptop): HI, I'M A MAC.
Votey:
Text (handwritten, in a wobbly hand-drawn frame): AN IMPERSONAL COMPUTER IS JUST ONE RUNNING LINUX.
Panel 1 (top left):
Caption: QUANTUM COMPUTER: A COMPUTER AVAILABLE ONLY IN SMALL DISCRETE QUANTITIES.
(A laptop floats above the floor with a small arrow labeled "1" pointing at it.)
Panel 2 (top right):
Caption: CLASSICAL COMPUTER: A COMPUTER RUN USING A FRENCH HORN, VIOLIN, AND CONTRABASSOON.
(A french horn and a violin with musical notes drifting between them.)
Panel 3 (bottom left):
Caption: PERSONAL COMPUTER: A COMPUTER THAT IS VERY SOCIAL.
Woman: YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD LISTENER MAGNAVAC-703.
Computer: IT'S EASY WHEN YOU'RE SO INTERESTING.
Panel 4 (bottom right):
Caption: SUPERCOMPUTER: A COMPUTER THAT BELIEVES ITSELF TO BE OF A SUPERIOR RACE.
Computer (a laptop): HI, I'M A MAC.
Votey:
Text (handwritten, in a wobbly hand-drawn frame): AN IMPERSONAL COMPUTER IS JUST ONE RUNNING LINUX.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic titled "KNOW YOUR COMPUTERS," each panel defining a type of computer with a pun. Panel 1, "QUANTUM COMPUTER: A computer available only in small discrete quantities" — a laptop floats in midair with a tiny arrow labeled "1" pointing to it (a pun on discrete/quantized quantities). Panel 2, "CLASSICAL COMPUTER: A computer run using a french horn, violin, and contrabassoon" — a french horn and violin with musical notes between them, punning on classical music. Panel 3, "PERSONAL COMPUTER: A computer that is very social" — a woman tells a desktop tower computer, "You're such a good listener Magnavac-703," and it replies, "It's easy when you're so interesting." Panel 4, "SUPERCOMPUTER: A computer that believes itself to be of a superior race" — a laptop announces, "Hi, I'm a Mac." Votey (bonus panel): handwritten text reads, "An impersonal computer is just one running Linux."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.