Seems like IBM got to the patent application process patent before Apple did.

Reminds me of Charlie Brooker's "Black Mirror"

-People buy electronics so they'll have something to look at instead of their lives.

so true

also, how long should it take to receive our emails with the superhero comics? I sent an email a few days ago.

Note from Scott: It should have come immediately. I will resend.

You're not fat, Scott.....just big boned

First new art in a while? (not criticizing)

Ha, screw you Apple BS patents!

It really does look like that in the last panel. Nicely done :)

I hate when I'm playing something and the screen goes black to a loading screen and I can see myself there all ugly. I close my eyes during load times, now.

I may be the only person with this dirty of a mind, but when I glanced at the last panel, I expected the white, gloopy 'enterprise' to be...something else.

http://misterfweem.blogspot.com/2010/07/paul-yarrow-news-raider.html Paul Yarrow, news raider (not that sissy singer) approves, and will likely be photobombing iPads everywhere very soon, striking back for all the unsightly on the Earth!

I carefully angle my netbook screen to avoid this very problem. Or, failing that, I go read Basic Instructions.

(Btw, I also sent my email--today--but haven't received a reply ... hope nothing's wrong.)

I'll have Scott check out what's up with his Gmail auto-reply; it should have bounced a response straight back to you. The filter is pretty uptight about the subject line being exact. ~Missy

Watching old episodes of Star Trek:TOS is really the only use I have found for my tablet also. :)

Reason #16,934 why I'm happy not to own a devilbox or satanslate.

Mine shows me that I'm ugly, too.

Yes, it's long past time for the pendulum to swing back away from glassy screens to matte anti-glare surfaces. Even if you're not ugly, don't you want to see the movie you're watching, instead of the open window behind you?

"WORST DESIGN EVER"

totally read it in CBG's voice

There is a slightly interesting story of evil as to why every device is an unusable mirror. Electronics companies used to coat every screen with an expensive anti-scratch, anti-glare paint. Someone invented better screens that do not scratch nearly as much, and are equally hard to coat. During testing of new coatings, someone noticed that people invariably picked up the shiny, reflective, unreadable, uncoated control units more than any of the the others. A couple sales tests followed, and it was confirmed. Coatings hurt sales, and making the screen more reflective increases sales. The competition picked up immediately, and bean counters everywhere concurred. Cheaper IS better, at least in the eyes of morons who buy things in stores. Whether people like to look at themselves, or whether they are just magpies doesn't matter. We are stuck with it now, because the bean counters will not allow the cost back into the devices.

The last panel was so funny that it made me spit out my coke. You owe me a coke, Scott!

Well the screen could have been made with a matte finish. Like some laptops have. But then the iPad would be 42% less shiny and thus, 42% less attractive!

Hah! Another one that I think should rank up their with your very best work, Scott! The line, "People buy electronics so they'll have something to look at instead of their lives." is pure genius (and pure truth, I think as well).

When I encounter a blank (black) screen that is mirroring my face, I end up purposefully making goofy faces.... perhaps in a subconscious effort to avoid thinking about my many flaws.

You are both a philosopher and scholar today sir! Bravo!

PipeTobacco

Totally read "Worst Design Ever" in Comic Book Guy's voice, immediately followed by the TOS sound found here: http://basicinstructions.net/ask-capt-pike/

I get the joke, and it's funny, but the first thing I thought when I saw the last panel; "Which Enterprise is that? The curvature of the nacelle pylons and the size of the deflector dish make it appear to be The Abram's version."

I am a Trekkie.

LoL now that you've said it, I won't be able to forget it. Nice one Scott.

Heh, I'm watching Star Trek as I read this, although not on my tablet...

I also have not gotten my e-mail after donating last week :<

Just sent you the link. Sorry about that! (Not sorry that you're watching Trek, though.) ~Missy

I bet they could make a killing if they put up ads for nose-hair clippers when the screen goes dark.

Panel four reminds me of this comic.