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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | In this comic, [[Black Hat]] enters a pet store run by [[White Hat]]. He wants to buy something to help him train his drone, which keeps flying into the wrong rooms. This is absurd as drones are | + | {{incomplete|A simple comic, anything missing?}} |
+ | In this comic, [[Black Hat]] enters a pet store run by [[White Hat]]. He wants to buy something to help him train his drone, which keeps flying into the wrong rooms. This is absurd as drones are not living creatures like dogs or cats, which can be trained to do tricks, or stay in the correct areas (inside his property). He also wants a shock collar for his {{w|Roomba}}, which would train it to stay inside or at least on his lawn. | ||
− | {{w|Cat | + | {{w|Cat repeller}} are devices or substances for training cats or repelling them from furniture or other areas. The Wikipedia page lacks the spray but you easily can create it at home as shown here: [http://www.instructables.com/id/Friendly-but-Effective-Cat-Repellent/ Friendly (but Effective) Cat Repellent], Black Hat is probably wasting some money when he buys it in a shop. |
− | Roomba is | + | Roomba is a branch of autonomous robotic vacuum cleaners and controlling it by electric shocks from a {{w|Shock collar|shock collar}}, normally used for dogs, is more than questionable. Those collars are legal in the US but they are banned in many European countries and others. |
− | + | Knowing Black Hat, he might be poking fun at either people's assumptions that modern robots are more advanced than they actually are, or possibly at White Hat's various inaccurate claims. It is also possible, however, that he just wants to terrify people with the idea of robot abuse/conditioning. There is also a chance that he genuinely believes he can force robots to obey him via inflicting suffering, and would prefer doing so to just using a remote control on the drone, or an ordinary vacuum rather than a Roomba. | |
− | The title text | + | The title text predicts that it will become a total flop when the Roomba probably gets rid of the collar and terrorizes the neighborhood. As a result dogcatchers from the {{w|Animal control service|animal control service}} will arrest this ''wild animal''. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *This | + | *This comic breaks a 5-comic, 9-day (August 14 - 23) eclipse streak, which included [[1876: Eclipse Searches]], [[1877: Eclipse Science]], [[1878: Earth Orbital Diagram]], [[1879: Eclipse Birds]], and [[1880: Eclipse Review]]. This is the longest of [[Randall]]'s same-topic streaks, as his other 5-comic streaks took place in one week with special Tuesday and Thursday releases. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | [[Category:Comics featuring White Hat]] | ||
[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] | [[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] | ||
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