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It took this long to get an official timeline? Hmm. Makes me think that maybe there's some of this going on.

It might not be so bad

...that's like making a list of everything that isn't green!

... so you just won't do it! Is that it?

whats a PHB?... seen it a lot and have no idea what one is..

Pointy-haired boss. It's a character from the Dilbert comic strip, that in certain circles has come to be the generic term for any clueless manager.

Pointy Haired Boss - it's from Dilbert - look at the Boss's hair

Pointy Haired Boss - it's from Dilbert - look at the Boss's hair

Underground Comics:
Daniel Clowes
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Ghost World (The Comic)
David Boring
20th Century Eightball
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Robert Crumb
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Book of Mr. Natural
The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat
Complete Crumb (several volumes)
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Harvey Pekar
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American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar
The New American Splendor Anthology
Our Cancer Year
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Maus: A Survivor's Tale (by Art Spiegelman)

Comic Culture:
Ghost World (the Terry Zwigoff movie based on the Daniel Clowes comic of the same name)
Crumb (a biography of underground comic artist Robert Crumb)
American Splendor (a biography of underground comic artist Harvey Pekar)

Online Comics:
Dilbert
Calvin and Hobbes
Ziggy
Sexy Losers (hentai parodies, Not Safe For Work)
This Modern World ("Fair and Balanced" political cartoons with a clear liberal slant)
The Editorial Cartoons of Clay Bennett (2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist)
Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index (2003 Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist)

Anyone who knows of more good, free online comics links, or of some little know starving underground artists with godlike skills, feel free to add to this list! (note: excessive use of adjectives due to attempt of avoidance of the overwhelmingly troublesome, inflammatory, odious, objectionable, innefective, senseless, inappropriate, obtuse, antisocial, disjunctive, annoying, obnoxious, irritating, monotonous, wearisome, dull, dispirited, lackluster, uninspired, babble bubble bobble, puzzling, bewildering, headache-inducing, useless, stupid, lame slashdot usefulness filter.)

Actually, it is worse than that. It takes all those PhDs to figure out that you can count really high if you just keep counting...

Dilberthas a good take

I have one word for you Dilbert

Especially the books

I have one word for you Dilbert

Especially the books

Seek advice.

See todays dilbert for an insiteful look at shipping jobs off-shore.

Wow, is that auto-generated or do you come up with this on your own? -- Or maybe a new encryption algorithm?
Reminds me of Dilbert's Mission Statment Generator

LOL, that reminded me of this gem from Dilbert newsletter #43:

True Tales of Induhviduals

Here are some true tales of Induhviduals as reported by DNRC members.

One of my teammates was giving a presentation to our department about an exciting development. He clicked to bring up the next slide and announced with great enthusiasm, "and walla, there it is!!" On the slide in huge letters was the word "Walla." The audience was stunned at first, not knowing if it was suppose to be a joke on the spelling of the word "voila" or not. Then he turned to a member of our department who was from France and said, "You know, walla! Walla!!"

Coincidentally, earlier that week he had mentioned to our team that he wanted to go into management.

Pointy Haired Boss - as found in Dilbert.

Generally used to indicate the archetypal half-witted middle-management type.

Start-of-day calisthenics

Singing the company song

Dressing up as your favorite animals

I believe the correct word for the number may be frooglepoopilion.

Gee, no wonder the product didn't do better with such forward thinking plans:

I suddenly feel like I'm reading the Dilbert archive and not Slashdot. Are you sure this wasn't supposed to be moderated +5 Funny?

I am MORDAC, The Preventer of Information Services!

...at least, everyone in my office thinks so...

Hmmm, this appeared two days ago.

Why the lack of links to dilbert.com?

Funny how there always seems to be a relevant Dilbert.

> Since we are starting to analyze statistics provided by the RIAA at this point, I should mention that they have a nasty tendency to only release data which they can put a proper spin on.

How is this different from anyone else. Statistics are not a tool for analyzing data, you silly fool.. Statistics are a tool for enabling people to legaly lie! I'm sure Enron had all sorts of rosy statistics, and black lines going up on charts. For refereneces to using positive spin to lie, please see this website

I think this explains things fairly well

For the most part, the stations get it. Do NOT align your shows with other stations so that you're vying for the same demographic. This was dilbert's failure, and this is why it tanked.

If / when this Tron-clone show fails, I hope it's not because of their poor choice on where to have it.

today's Dilbert

If you assume that it will take the satellite company a couple years to come up with a fix for the security break, and a frooglepoopillion people get satellite for free, it will easily surpass their damage estimate.

Also, its not going to be just $500/month. Since he is gonna have to take their payment plan, they will probably tackle interest on top of it.

Personally, I see it as IT's task to commit to quickly building inexpensive sources as well as to professionally network effective information while maintaining the highest standards.

or maybe:

strive to assertively pursue diverse meta-services because that is what the customer expects.

I'm sure these books are just generated by automatic management speak generators.

Frooglepoopillion!

Time to go grab some falafel...

Vox

hey i realise there's a dilbert for every occasion. but this is um, not quite spooky, but close

Until reading this I was fairly neutral about the GM issue.

On one hand I thought greenpeace were a load of insane hippies who are in need of a damn good kicking, but I was also suspicious of the motives of the biotech companies. I was, however, prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Now I know. Greenpeace are right! Those bastards mean to destroy us all, and I have proof!!!

Today's Dilbert seems apropos.

Isn't that what Dilbert is for?

Schlumberger does the same with their employees and they walk out in masses too.

I laughed out laud when I heard Schlumberger does the better to keep key employees, what they don't say is they only keep they managers who fit within the dilbert principle nicely.

Want an example here is your answer:

Houston did have a problem.

So, the pointy haired boss is going to jail?

Looks like this company is in trouble.

It happens to the best of us.

For those who aren't familiar with Elbonia, it's a reference to Dilbert. Dilbert's company outsources to the slave labor in Elbonia.

It works. Trust Wally.

According to George Costanza, the best way to fake it is to look and act annoyed. And, quite honestly, it works. Just sigh a lot and run your hands trough your hair (or lack thereof). People always think that you're working hard if you're annoyed.

Practical demonstration here

If there is one thing George showed me it is that angry people look busy...

Also for everyone who though Dilbert was like life in an office take a look at The Office

Learn from the best, learn from Wally.

-jfedor

Pointy Haired Boss

Pointy Haired Bosses. You should read Dilbert sometime. :-)

Cheers,

Costyn.

Guess what in the video game industry you don't actually play the god damn games you just code monkey it up for the designers

Well actually you do "play" games but you dont want to. This is video game testing:

DONT go into video game testing unless you LIKE earning a minimal wage to buy you a 9x9 appartment in SoCal (prison cells are 10x10), work 10-12 hour shifts near the game release time, and eventually end up in one of these environments.

Hang your head in shame!! You call yourself a geek??

PHB stands for the "Pointy Haired Boss", of dilbert fame.

The idea *will* go into production once the marketing department hears about it.

Don't you read Dilbert?

Here's the Dilbert strip.

I don't have a specific reference, but this technical reference at a respected academic publication may provide some leads as to this early computing innovation.