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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|Created by a Smart Device. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | [[Randall]] thinks it would be funny to imagine virtual assistants as clumsy people, rushing to the phone and tripping over things to answer the user's query. He wants to hack the world's smart home devices to program them so that any time you invoke them, you hear the virtual assistant running down the stairs, slamming doors, to answer panting and out-of-breath. | |
− | + | He makes it clear that he doesn't want to create a {{w|botnet}} with them, perhaps in reference to the infamous [[wikipedia:Mirai_(malware)|Mirai]] attacks of 2016, whose creators pled guilty in court a week before the comic was posted. | |
− | The title text | + | The title text continues with this idea: Randall has programmed this feature such that if you ask the assistant to disable the feature, rather than refrain from playing the clip, the virtual assistant apologetically promises to be quieter next time. Humorously enough, the assistant seems incapable of answering without causing a ruckus, as you'd just hear the same sounds as before, but slightly quieter, and with a more apologetic virtual assistant. |
− | + | Sounds of things falling over and breaking off-screen is a {{tvtropes|OffscreenCrash|comedic trope}} used in movies. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT!!! delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | :[Megan stands next to a small table with a small device sitting on it producing a sound.] | ||
− | : | + | :Megan: Okay Google - |
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:Google Home: THUMP-THUMP-THUMP | :Google Home: THUMP-THUMP-THUMP | ||
− | :Google Home: CRASH | + | :Google Home: CRASH THUD! |
− | :Google Home: CLICK | + | :Google Home: CLICK THUMP THUMP |
:Google Home: [sink running] | :Google Home: [sink running] | ||
− | :Google Home: ZIIIIIP! | + | :Google Home: ZIIIIIP! CLICK |
− | :Google Home: THUMP THUMP | + | :Google Home: THUMP THUMP CLICK |
:Google Home: SLAM! | :Google Home: SLAM! | ||
:Google Home: THUMPATHUMPATHUMPA | :Google Home: THUMPATHUMPATHUMPA | ||
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:[Text below the panel:] | :[Text below the panel:] | ||
− | :I want to hack the world's smart home devices, but not to create a botnet or | + | : I want to hack the world's smart home devices, but not to create a botnet or anything - I just want to make them play this sound clip every time you invoke them. |
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Virtual Assistants]] | [[Category:Virtual Assistants]] |