May14
Free Cloud Server.
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In panel 1 of 6, a man holds what might be a smartphone to his right ear with his right hand. In front of him the display on an open laptop computer shows a small logo composed of multiple partially-drawn cubes accompanied by the text: Free EC2 Server.
Man: Hi, I see that you’re advertising a free Amazon cloud server. Can you tell me where it would be located?
Voice from phone: Sir, if you knew its location, it wouldn’t really be a cloud server.
Panel 2 shows a woman wearing a headset and apparently seated in a chair of which only the back can be seen. Behind here is a circular panel of some sort on which the same logo, previously seen on the laptop computer, can be seen repeated horizontally
In front of her a computer monitor displays the text: Sir, if you knew its hardware specs, it wouldn’t really be a cloud server.
Voice from headset: Ah! Can you at least give me its hardware specs?
Woman: Sir, if you knew its hardware specs, it wouldn’t really be a cloud server.
Panel 3 shows the man in a larger view, still holding the smartphone.
Man: I see the pattern. Would you set me up with the free cloud server please?
Voice from phone: Certainly. May I have your credit card information?
Panel 4 shows the woman again, still wearing a headset.
Voice from headset: Let me guess. Without the credit card information it wouldn’t really be a cloud server?
Woman: Oh no sir, you’re just being silly. Of course it would still be a cloud server. However--
Panel 5 shows the man, now standing, with a phone still on his right ear.
Man: Wait! Let me guess again.
Man: Without the credit card information it wouldn’t really be free?
The final panel 6 shows a more enlarged view of the woman, still wearing the headset.
The woman holds out and forward both her arms, slightly bent, with forearms pointing slightly upwards.
Woman: Actually, without the credit card information, it would really be free.
Title: Free Cloud Server.
Man: Hi, I see that you’re advertising a free Amazon cloud server. Can you tell me where it would be located?
Voice from phone: Sir, if you knew its location, it wouldn’t really be a cloud server.
Panel 2 shows a woman wearing a headset and apparently seated in a chair of which only the back can be seen. Behind here is a circular panel of some sort on which the same logo, previously seen on the laptop computer, can be seen repeated horizontally
In front of her a computer monitor displays the text: Sir, if you knew its hardware specs, it wouldn’t really be a cloud server.
Voice from headset: Ah! Can you at least give me its hardware specs?
Woman: Sir, if you knew its hardware specs, it wouldn’t really be a cloud server.
Panel 3 shows the man in a larger view, still holding the smartphone.
Man: I see the pattern. Would you set me up with the free cloud server please?
Voice from phone: Certainly. May I have your credit card information?
Panel 4 shows the woman again, still wearing a headset.
Voice from headset: Let me guess. Without the credit card information it wouldn’t really be a cloud server?
Woman: Oh no sir, you’re just being silly. Of course it would still be a cloud server. However--
Panel 5 shows the man, now standing, with a phone still on his right ear.
Man: Wait! Let me guess again.
Man: Without the credit card information it wouldn’t really be free?
The final panel 6 shows a more enlarged view of the woman, still wearing the headset.
The woman holds out and forward both her arms, slightly bent, with forearms pointing slightly upwards.
Woman: Actually, without the credit card information, it would really be free.
Title: Free Cloud Server.
Based on a true story? I guess, based on the lack of a clear punchline.