Comments on: Which Dilbert cartoon was it?

Question: Which Dilbert cartoon was it?

gummo — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:12:24 -0800

There was a Dilbert cartoon a while back about a really stupid client not knowing what they want, etc... Anybody know which one? Or able to find that one? Thanks.

By: maxreax

maxreax — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:25:59 -0800

That's, like... every Dilbert cartoon, ever. Can you be more specific?

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:33:32 -0800

Yeah, I know it..! Oh wait, I must be thinking about the one where the boss thought a really irrational new policy was totally reasonable. Never mind.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:45:52 -0800

Was this part of the story arc where Wally was being lazy?

By: voidcontext

voidcontext — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:48:10 -0800

Dilbert.com and start paging back through them. Do you know about how long ago it was?

By: GeekAnimator

GeekAnimator — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:57:19 -0800

My coworker has a sunday strip pinned up on her desk where the girl, Alice, is trying in vain to pin a client down about software requirements. The punchline has the guy saying "Can you write the software to tell you my requirements?" Does that sound familiar?

By: not that girl

not that girl — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:58:11 -0800

Does the one you're thinking of feature Dilbert saying to the client, "You will have to do some actual work, you know," and the client replying, "That's crazy talk"?

If so, it's a really good one and my partner (a computer programmer) says it was posted at his former workplace for a really long time. Oh, and he says, "Good luck finding it!"

He thinks that one is from before April, 2003.

By: GeekAnimator

GeekAnimator — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:01:01 -0800

Here's the cartoon I'm thinking of from this impressive but oddly laid out (and infringing?) archive.

By: SuperSquirrel

SuperSquirrel — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:04:08 -0800

Is it the one (or in the same series) where Alice has a meltdown and says that the software can do anything she designs it to do? A friend has that frame as an avatar on another board, so it's fresh in my head. She's had it as an avatar for at least a year...

By: gummo

gummo — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:22:48 -0800

The one I marked was the one I was looking for. Thanks. If anybody knows that one mentioned about about the "crazy talk" one, that sounds appropriate too.

By: gummo

gummo — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:25:11 -0800

Found the 'crazy talk' one on that archive.

http://pag.csail.mit.edu/~adonovan/dilbert/show.php?day=21&month=3&year=2003

By: cebailey

cebailey — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:39:43 -0800

I work in Software Requirements, and I have that one up on my wall...

By: Rock Steady

Rock Steady — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:54:16 -0800

That's just hilarious and amazing that GeekAnimator got it on the first shot, based on that incredibly common descriptor of a Dilbert strip. Good job GA!

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:43:12 -0800

What about a fairly recent one involving a venture capitalist who wants only to fling bags of money at Dilbert?

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 15:54:19 -0800

GeekAnimator's answer is the one I would have answered myself - my team has that one posted on the wall, and I thought of it as soon as I read the question.

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