We all know it’s true that power can be corrupting. So why didn’t anyone think that those rich people in control of Wall St. and the banking industry wouldn’t be so corrupt as to destroy most of our economy? Well, in every office out there there’s someone who is also in charge of finances, and today’s comic shows that they can also have their own agenda, which is coronation.

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Hey, we’ve added some new iPhone apps to our Webcomics Central app service. If you have a webcomic you can have one made for free from us. If you are a fan of webcomics (and why would you be here if you weren’t?) you can go to our download matrix and sample some of the other comics that are part of the service. In an amazing burst of speed and luck we have 5 more apps hitting the store soon, with many more on the way.

In today’s comic it appears that many people are having another type of burst–those in the toilet. You ever notice that people always seem to wait to crap until they get to work. A built in extra break time is the obvious reason. Of course you can also duck doing work this way also. Which leads to a “cover your ass” moment that Onezumi uses to inform the others in her meeting…

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Well, I can finally tell you all what I have been busting balls on:

I started a con and I’m looking for some good volunteers, panelists, and participants! We have limited numbers of free tables for webcomics that are willing to promote us and do at least 3 panels. Our Artist’s Alley is going to be the best in the business.

http://www.InterventionCon.com

September 10-12 2010 in the Hilton Washington DC/ Rockville. We have THE ENTIRE HOTEL. There will be a NYC style industrial dance, educational panels, fun panels, parties, vendors, a full game room with both video and board games, LARP, and more.

A Convention with Webcomics, Videos, Gaming, Vendors, Music, and You. Join the forums here.

Facebook fan page here.
Twitter: here.

This is just the beginning. I don’t have enough room to tell you everything that I have in the works for this year.

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Today’s comic allows us to get a view of company executives from a source outside of the human perspective. Seth Uhlu, though obviously having his own agenda for humanity at least realizes that enriching himself at the expense of his “minions” does not really further his goals. How many of you think this is true of your current very human bosses?

Thought so.

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Green Initiatives at companies are overall a positive thing. Who wouldn’t want that to happen? However, all of us must have that lingering feeling that something like today’s comic must have taken place. Given all of the other dumb things that most companies do, to do a good thing they almost have to start off with something so bad that the good thing will take forever just to get them back to “zero”.

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How many of you have ever been a CSR? I bet too many. I hated every second of it when I worked those jobs. Given the absolute drudgery I experienced at the job, I can really sympathize with Assmunky in today’s comic. Even if the actual reality of unemployment isn’t necessarily more money than working at that job, it always felt better to not be working at a life draining place.

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Why does it seem that every corporate memo or statement has to try to reflect some deep spiritual or overarching philosophical connection to the welfare of it’s workers? Come on already, we know companies only care about how much money they can make from raping our decaying corpses. It always seemed like more of an insult when a company tries to act like any of it’s policies are designed to go beyond their basic mission of cash grabbing (and by that I mean the top people in the company stuffing cash into their own pockets). It’s foolish, I’d rather it just be said outright. Honesty is more important that falseness to me. But maybe, like it’s said, most people “can’t handle the truth” and would be decimated to realize they are living in a world of selfish fucks who could easily flip things to help people, but simply don’t.

Yes, this is an issue that bothers me…a lot.

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Today’s comic is primarily based around the fun revelation that HP obviously has all of it’s software testing for it’s face tracking webcam software done by whities. A Youtube video surfaced that showed that black faces appear to be completely unrecognized. When you develop software QA personnel (Quality Assurance testers) are a vital part of making sure that your final product works the way it should. When you make poor decisions on the testers and the Use Cases (scenarios that the final product should succeed in passing when finished) you can end up with inadvertent situations like this one. It’s not limited to software–Thalidomide is a drug that caused huge cases of malformed children after pregnant women used it–but it was only tested with men before being released to consumers. In my experience QA is one of the areas least funded in an organization–foolishly companies think that they can cut back on this part of development and get away with it. Well, guess what, you can’t. You’ll always end up paying for it with your reputation or serious cash if people die or get hurt. But then again, the executive who gets a huge bonus for cutting costs doesn’t have to pay….so who actually loses?

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Hybrid car owners can be some of the most annoying people in the universe. Yes, you’ve bought an expensive car. But do you know why it’s better for the environment? I bet most don’t. It’s actually not for the gas mileage, which is good but not spectacular. While it would be great if everyone could have one of these to help cut down emissions, if everyone did–they’d be seen as crappy. Right now it’s hard not to see these as status symbols, which is why it’s pretty common for executives to have them, not employees. I’m sure you’ve all thought of your boss as this great humanitarian who’s always looking out for what’s best for the planet and it’s people. Yeah, I’m sure that sounds like what you all have encountered, so I’m sure we’re way off base with today’s comic.

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Psychological studies show that there is a powerful effect that can occur when you randomly reward behavior. That is, when the reward appears not as a direct result of the same set of actions, but totally randomly. This can undercut the animal and make it more submissive since it never knows when the reward will be coming, nor does it know if it’s actions were “correct” to get the reward. This is a great tool and should always be used in business, as is evident in today’s comic.

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