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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This comic came out 2 weeks after the beta version of the at that time not yet released {{w|Windows 7}} got leaked on the internet, and 2 days after a trojan-infected version got leaked as well. [[Megan]] is observing [[Cueball]] use a laptop on which he has installed the Windows 7 beta. However, the alleged Windows 7 beta is showing nothing but a picture of {{w|Adolf Hitler}} and Cueball is unable to do anything. This could hint at the version containing malware. Cueball then presses {{w|Control-Alt-Delete}} (the well-known Windows Secure Attention Sequence which opens Task Manager or displays a list of options which includes 'Shut Down' and 'Restart') as suggested by Megan, but {{tvtropes|AdolfHitlarious|only manages to make the picture's eyes flash}}.
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In this comic, [[Megan]] is observing [[Cueball]] use a laptop on which he has installed the Windows 7 beta. However, the alleged Windows 7 beta is showing nothing but a picture of Adolph Hitler and Cueball is unable to do anything. Cueball then presses Control-Alt-Delete (the well-known Windows Secure Attention Sequence which opens Task Manager or displays a list of options which includes 'Shut Down' and 'Restart') as suggested by Megan, but only manages to make the picture's eyes flash.
  
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The fourth panel shows Megan commenting that this Windows 7 beta is better than {{w|Windows Vista}}, to which Cueball agrees. The joke is that Megan deems a mostly non-functional and vaguely sinister OS, which is likely malware, better than Windows Vista, which was generally perceived as one of the worst Windows OSes.
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The fourth panel shows Megan commenting that this Windows 7 beta is better than Windows Vista, to which Cueball agrees. The joke is that Megan deems a mostly non-functional OS better than Windows Vista, which had problems that were mocked in Apple Mac OS TV commercials.
  
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The title text is a disclaimer stating that [[Randall]] has not tried the beta at the time this comic was written, but what he has heard about it he regards as at least mildly positive. However, he also {{tvtropes|DamnedByFaintPraise|damns it by faint praise}}, referring to it as hardly Hitler-y at all, a statement that could raise warning flags, as one would not generally expect an operating system to be able to be described as Hitler-y to any degree at all. "Hitler-y" is implied to mean pertaining to or having qualities similar to Adolf Hitler, the late German Nazi Party leader and perhaps the most notorious instigator of mass-murderer in history.
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The title text is a disclaimer stating that [[Randall]] has not tried the beta at the time this comic was written, but has heard positive opinions about it.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
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:[Megan is standing behind Cueball sitting at a desk using his laptop.]
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:[Megan is standing behind Cueball sitting at a desk using his laptop]
 
:Megan: What are you doing?
 
:Megan: What are you doing?
 
:Cueball: Trying the Windows 7 beta.
 
:Cueball: Trying the Windows 7 beta.
 
:Megan: Why is it showing a picture of Hitler?
 
:Megan: Why is it showing a picture of Hitler?
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:[The laptop's screen is shown with Adolf Hitler's face on it, drawn in regular ''xkcd'' style with no facial features other than his hairstyle and mustache.]
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:[The laptop's screen is shown with Adolph Hitler's face on it]
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:Cueball: I don't know. I can't get it to do anything else.
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:Cueball: I don't know. I can't get it to do anything else.
 
:Megan: There's no UI?
 
:Megan: There's no UI?
 
:Cueball: No, just Hitler.
 
:Cueball: No, just Hitler.
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:[Return to the original scene, except Megan is now scratching her head in confusion.]
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:[Return to the original scene, except Megan is now scratching her head in confusion]
 
:Megan: Did you try Ctrl-Alt-Delete?
 
:Megan: Did you try Ctrl-Alt-Delete?
 
:Cueball: It just makes Hitler's eyes flash.
 
:Cueball: It just makes Hitler's eyes flash.
 
:Megan: Huh.
 
:Megan: Huh.
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:[Scene remains basically the same, except Megan is no longer scratching her head and Cueball is no longer typing on the laptop.]
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:[Scene remains basically the same, except Megan is no longer scratching her head and Cueball is no longer typing on the laptop]
 
:Megan: Well, it's better than Vista.
 
:Megan: Well, it's better than Vista.
 
:Cueball: True.
 
:Cueball: True.
  
 
{{comic discussion}}
 
{{comic discussion}}
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
 
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]]
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[[Category:Comics featuring Adolf Hitler]]
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[[Category:Hitler]]
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[[Category:Computers]]
 
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[[Category:Cueball Computer Problems]]
 
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[[Category:Comics featuring politicians]]
 

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