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  Dilbert
       
           A cartoon computer worker drawn by Scott Adams
          , who works in Silicon Valley.  The
          cartoon became so popular he left his day job.  The cartoon
          satirises typical corporate life, especially that which
          revolves around computers.
       
          See also: BOFH.
       
          http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/)" rel="nofollow">Home (http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/).
       
          (1996-10-11)
       
       

  Dilbertn. Name and title character of a comic strip nationally
     syndicated in the U.S. and enormously popular among hackers. Dilbert is
     an archetypical engineer-nerd who works at an anonymous high-technology
     company; the strips present a lacerating satire of insane working
     conditions and idiotic management practices all too readily recognized
     by hackers. Adams, who spent nine years in cube 4S700R at Pacific Bell
     (not DEC as often reported), often remarks that he has never been able
     to come up with a fictional management blunder that his correspondents
     didn't quickly either report to have actually happened or top with a
     similar but even more bizarre incident. In 1996 Adams distilled his
     insights into the collective psychology of businesses into an even
     funnier book, "The Dilbert Principle" (HarperCollins, ISBN
     0-887-30787-6). See also pointy-haired, rat dance.
  
  

  
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