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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | The {{w|Amazon Kindle}} is a device that allows people to read books via ebook format. The comic was published three weeks after | + | The {{w|Amazon Kindle}} is a device that allows people to read books via ebook format. The comic was published three weeks after Amazon released the Kindle 2, which included the ability to read {{w|Wikipedia}} articles via the 3G connection that was included with the device. |
| − | [[Cueball]] remarks that "ebooks are for chumps", but goes on to explain the real reason for purchasing a Kindle. Since it has free cellular web access, he could navigate through any city (presumably with 3G access), assisted by | + | [[Cueball]] remarks that "ebooks are for chumps", but goes on to explain the real reason for purchasing a Kindle. Since it has free cellular web access, he could navigate through any city (presumably with 3G access), assisted by Wikipedia and Wikitravel. |
| − | [[Megan]] | + | [[Megan]] scratches off the Amazon Kindle logo to reveal that the device is actually ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (fictional)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}''. This fictional electronic encyclopedia is described in the real-life franchise of the same name. Those works recount the tale of a travel editor who works for and owns a copy of the ''Guide'', which provides travel tips throughout the galaxy, including an entry for {{w|Mostly Harmless|Earth}}. The comic suggests that Amazon simply re-brands copies of the ''Guide'' as Kindles. |
| − | The title text refers to the great utility of having the ability to access Wikipedia for free on an easy-to-carry device. The speaker states that should this utility ever become disabled, he would stage a drunk protest on the lawn of {{w|Jeff Bezos}}, the CEO | + | The title text refers to the great utility of having the ability to access Wikipedia for free on an easy-to-carry device. The speaker states that should this utility ever become disabled, he would stage a drunk protest on the lawn of {{w|Jeff Bezos}}, the CEO of Amazon.com. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: One reason: | :Cueball: One reason: | ||
| − | :[Text is above the frame in which Cueball wanders a city with the | + | :[Text is above the frame in which Cueball wanders a city with the device and with small bubbles forming above his head to indicate him being intoxicated.] |
:Cueball (narrating): <u>Free</u> cellular web access. Even if I spend months broke and drunk in a strange city, I'll still be able to use Wikipedia and Wikitravel to learn about anything I need. | :Cueball (narrating): <u>Free</u> cellular web access. Even if I spend months broke and drunk in a strange city, I'll still be able to use Wikipedia and Wikitravel to learn about anything I need. | ||
| − | :[Megan takes the | + | :[Megan takes the kindle from Cueball] |
:Megan: Why does that sound familiar? | :Megan: Why does that sound familiar? | ||
:Megan: Gimme that. | :Megan: Gimme that. | ||
| − | :[Zoom in on the top of the | + | :[Zoom in on the top of the device where the name is written:] |
:Amazon Kindle | :Amazon Kindle | ||
| − | :[Zoom out to Megan who scratches at the top of the | + | :[Zoom out to Megan who scratches at the top of the device.] |
:Scrape, scrape, scrape | :Scrape, scrape, scrape | ||
| − | :[Zoom back to the damaged top of the | + | :[Zoom back to the damaged top of the device where a layer has been scraped off. This partly reveals a new name, where the first letter and the last two letters are only partly visible:] |
:Hitchhiker's Guide | :Hitchhiker's Guide | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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