Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for September 16, 2013
Transcript:
Danae: Hey, Jeffrey...does anyone else know you accidentally started the coming robot apocalypse by bringing back that drone from the future? Jeffrey: No...why? Danae: Well... I sorta mentioned it in an e-mail. Jeffrey: oh, that's bad. Danae: Why? Jeffrey:'Cuz you might get pinged. Danae: pinged? Jeffrey: Seriously pinged. Danae: Oh, please...how serious can something be if it's called a "ping"? Jeffrey: Well... Noise: PING Building reads: NSA Sign reads: Move along, nothing to see here
herdleader53 about 11 years ago
Wait till she gets “ponged”.
Linguist about 11 years ago
This is what’s know as Pinged – Ponged Diplomacy !
einarbt about 11 years ago
Just as well that Dilbert’s mum got rid of the government agents.
wrwallaceii about 11 years ago
By the way just what does NSA stand for?Not So American?
geneking7320 about 11 years ago
In the 3rd panel Jeffery reminds me of Bill Gates [side profile].
Superfrog about 11 years ago
I guess we’re all on the pinged list now.
ellisaana Premium Member about 11 years ago
Building is a lot more non-descript than that, but you can’t park next to it.
LeslieBark about 11 years ago
Could be worse—she could have been pinged by Warehouse 13. Hmmm, would the robot from the future be an artifact, or maybe Lucy, the talking horse.
jreckard about 11 years ago
I gotta change my ring tone.
jack fairbanks about 11 years ago
blow all forward tubes, prepare to dive
milania about 11 years ago
Oh, not this creepy kid again!
Raygun about 11 years ago
She pinged and now she will be whacked. Only the NSA has no idea who they are up against. This could be a two week run!
carlzr about 11 years ago
The NSA headquarters looks hilarious. Miller is such a good artist.
Can't Sleep about 11 years ago
NSA was originally supposed to monitor only international calls – anything coming into or leaving the US. But Bush/Cheney’s USA/Patriot Act changed that.
sbchamp about 11 years ago
Ever hear of ‘cookies’?Back to your stone knives and bearskins!
sbchamp about 11 years ago
Carnivore!Stanley Jobson approves, eats bon bon…
sbchamp about 11 years ago
National Sanity Arrangers
dabugger about 11 years ago
I don’t think they should worry, there are ‘off the wall’ legislators who have been communicating with their ufo friends for ages…..
dogday Premium Member about 11 years ago
At a restaurant with a group of friends yesterday the NSA came up and we were joking about it. Thing is, once you learn to laugh at something you’ve dismissed it. Be a shame to lose sight of this one.
Enoki about 11 years ago
So… The NSA starts the robot revolt when they try and recruit them as spies…
ramonesfan about 11 years ago
Thank you, Wiley Miller. I hoped our country would move in a healthier direction after Nixon left office, but here we are 40 years later, and things are worse than ever.
QuiteDragon about 11 years ago
“If not then why are you upset that the NSA is tracking you in order to protect you?”
Um, Amazon can’t make you disappear?Linguist about 11 years ago
I usually don’t respond to your off the wall comments any more than I do to those on the “other” side of the political minefield but I want to set you straight on something. The NSA was around long before the Bush & Cheney years. Prior to Homeland Security’s umbrella take over of agencies after 9/11, the NSA was the ultimate spy center. It was unnoticed and unheralded. Its power was only feared by some who were “in the know”. There exist, outside of fiction and fantasy, smaller, unknown agencies that work under the congressional radar but none had the sweep ( pun intended ) of the spooks at NSA.And yes, my comment on this forum might elicit a “ping” but I’m neither that egocentric nor paranoid to care or even give it credibility.
gleeviolette about 11 years ago
I dunno… the NSA vs Danae? I’ll bet my money on her.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member about 11 years ago
Has it occurred to anyone that if someone brought a robot drone back from the future that the government ought to know about it? Or has W.M. just been too busy reveling in his own self-superiority?
dflak about 11 years ago
My wife works with refugees many with Arabic sounding names. Her emails sometimes read like the Terhan telephone directory. She calls her sister overseas each week. Yup we’ve been pinged.
According to my wife, usually about 30 minutes into the conversation there is a ping on the line that’s when one of them says, “Time to talk about menepause again.”
BRO6164 about 11 years ago
This one goes directly to my “favorites” queue.
pawpawbear about 11 years ago
My wife and I were in the public PX. (WallyWorld) We looked at an item that we were considering. We didn’t do anything but pick it up and set it back down. Next thing I’m being covered up by ads for this very item. Banners on the websites I visited and in the daily deals they send out. I get all of this because I refill prescriptions online. They don’t hVe my financials so I’m good.
geneboecker about 11 years ago
Move along.that’s not the drone you were looking for.
Gokie5 about 11 years ago
WUH-oh!
Ernest Lemmingway about 11 years ago
CISPA: the PATRIOT Act of the Internet.
.Danae’s a fine example of why it’s important to know how certain things work. Otherwise the tech user will end up being used by the tech.
AKHenderson Premium Member about 11 years ago
Do they know about that other robot drone from the future?.http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/heroes-of-doctor-who-k9-john-leeson-the-time-warriors.jpg
tigerchik32 about 11 years ago
I heard the NSA once banned Furbys from their offices because they were scared they could record conversations, What a bunch of paranoids! ( To anyone in the agency that is reading this… Go find someone else to spy on, you goofballs!)
sesack4th about 11 years ago
ya think?
rowena28 Premium Member about 11 years ago
If she mentioned Jeffrey’s culpability in an email, wouldn’t he be worried about himself getting in trouble, not her?
Caddy57 about 11 years ago
Leave it to Danae to start something!
MartyLikeIts1991 over 3 years ago
Oof… prepare for a missile bombardment on your home