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8 unusual facts about Dilbert


ComputerWeekly.com

The site also features the light-hearted Downtime blog which includes a daily Dilbert.

Dilbert

Bill Griffith, in his daily strip Zippy the Pinhead, used his strip as a forum to criticize Adams' artwork as simplistic.

Corporate Shuffle by Richard Garfield — 1997; A Dilbert-branded card game similar to Wizard of the Coast's The Great Dalmuti and the drinking game President

In 1997, Scott Adams masqueraded as a management consultant to Logitech executives (as Ray Mebert), with the cooperation of the company’s vice-chairman.

In the Family Guy episode "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington", Peter comments that the business world is funny.

Dilbert's Desktop Games

Dilbert's Desktop Games is a collection of Dilbert-related games for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98SE, & Millennium Edition.

Internal mail

Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy! is the title of a Dilbert book and contains a great deal of humour about modern office life through the eyes of a computer engineer.

Mordac

Mordac, "Preventer of Information Services", a character in Dilbert


Bonjour paresse

Because of their similar attitudes towards the workplace, Maier has been frequently compared to Dilbert creator Scott Adams.

Comet Cursor

At its height, over 350,000 websites, including those of Warner Bros., Comedy Central, the comic strip Dilbert, and the Star Trek franchise, were using the company's technology to alter the cursor image for their visitors.

Confusopoly

A combination of confusion and monopoly or oligopoly, Dilbert's author Scott Adams defines confusopoly as "a group of companies with similar products who intentionally confuse customers instead of competing on price".

Formicarium

The fact that the term "ant farm" is covered by a trademark received notoriety when Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, used the phrase in one of his comic strips.

Internet humor

There are definite examples of humor restricted by copyright law on the internet; examples include the Dilbert cartoons of Scott Adams or the newspaper columns of Dave Barry.

PhpGrabComics

It supports grabbing today's strip from several sites, such as Dilbert, Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts and Il manifesto.

The Dilbert Future

The Dilbert Future (1997) is a book published by Scott Adams as a satire of humanity that breaks the net motivations of humanity down into stupidity, selfishness, and "horniness", and presents various ideas for profiting from human nature.

Travis Powers

‘’’Travis Powers’’’ is a Sound Designer/Supervising sound effects editor and Composer who has worked on several animated television series, including The Simpsons, Futurama, Dilbert, The PJs, The Critic, The Tracey Ullman Show, Mission Hill and King of the Hill.

Who Moved My Cheese?

Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams said that patronizing parables are one of the top 10 complaints he receives in his email.

Windham, New York

Scott Adams, writer of the Dilbert comic strip, grew up in Windham, and graduated valedictorian from Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School.

Yahoo! Messenger

In addition to instant messaging features similar to those offered by ICQ, it also offers (on Microsoft Windows) features such as: IMVironments (customizing the look of Instant Message windows, some of which include authorized themes of famous cartoons such as Garfield or Dilbert), address-book integration and Custom Status Messages.


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