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Panel One: Drawing of two stick figures next to a tree. One stick figure sits on the ground in front of the tree and the other is standing and touching the tree.
“Whoa. What’s this?”
“What’s what?”
“This tree has a USB port.”
Panel Two: Drawing of both stick figures standing next to the tree. One stick figure is holding a laptop with a USB cable connected to the tree.
“Try connecting to it, I guess.”
“It’s offering up a drive with one file on it.”
Panel Three: Close-up of stick figure holding the laptop.
“What’s the file?”
“An e-book. “Shel_Silverstein_-_The_Giving_Tree.azw”
“Never heard of it. Let’s take a look!”
Panel Four: Close up of stick figure holding the laptop. The laptop displays an error message.
“DRM error.-You have not purchased rights to view this title.-Lending is not enabled.”
Panel Five: The two stick figures are silhouetted next to the tree. One holds the laptop with dangling USB cable under her arm.
“Huh. Oh well.”
“Let’s go see what Mike is up to.”
Panel Six: The tree stands silhouetted all alone.
Hover text: In the new edition of The Giving Tree, the tree uses social tools to share with its friends all the best places to buy things.
Comic by xkcd.com. Described by BlindGadget.
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