FoxTrot by Bill Amend for December 25, 2011

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    rayannina  about 13 years ago

    I got one for my birthday. :)

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    Joseph Houk  about 13 years ago

    Someone doesn’t like SOPA, either.

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    garfield246  about 13 years ago

    I’ll be completely honest and say I don’t get this strip.

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    possiblekim  about 13 years ago

    What is with the [nerting sponsoperd devices]?

    Merry Christmas everyone :)

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    The Life I Draw Upon  about 13 years ago

    I iwonder if she would mind sharing her pad? It would be a nice way to Kindle a relationship.

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    tripwire45  almost 13 years ago

    Geekorama this morning.

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    Coyoty Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    Is Apple claiming trademark in the name iFruit now?

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    chatoyant  almost 13 years ago

    I’m reading this on my iPad which is vastly superior to my computer for just this purpose because I can enlarge anytime I need to!

    Not to slight any other Reader! I love them all. I can carry all the books I’ll ever need in one small tablet. This is the greatest age to be alive!

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    neatslob Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    The weird stuff is Objective C, the programming language for iThings.

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    tcumming  almost 13 years ago

    Looks to me like the son, Jason, had a big say in picking out whatever that thing is.Hope he still doesn’t have a grudge from Mom torturing him with her iFruit machine a while back.

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    Allan CB Premium Member almost 13 years ago
    MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

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    J Short  almost 13 years ago

    This spot for sale. I work cheap too.

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    Doctor11  almost 13 years ago

    Merry Christmas everyone! So, he’s playing it safe, there’s nothing wrong about that.

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    kab2rb  almost 13 years ago

    I have too many paperback books to read before I can get a nook or kindle. How long does the battery usually last?

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    tegm  almost 13 years ago

    Merry Christmas! I thought this comic is no longer updated, but this seems up to date in terms of technology?

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    donmeyer  almost 13 years ago

    Nope, not Objective-C, although it does have square brackets like that programming language. The dollar-sign makes it clear that it’s not. Looks like it’s intended to be a reminiscent of a scripting language like PERL or some custom markup you’d use to insert strings into a cartoon at runtime. Nothing specifically Apple related here, I agree it’s a general comment on the possible downside of e-reading in general. Oh, and it is funny of course! Merry Xmas!

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    Ermine Notyours  almost 13 years ago

    I read it as saying that Bill put his comic up for bids earlier and nothing came through.

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    KenChevy  almost 13 years ago

    Back in July ‘11 I bought the Kindle sponsored keyboard one. It shows ads when I turn it off and at other times, never in the area where the pages of the books are though. It was $25 cheaper at $114 because of the ads that never got in my way of reading that I thought it foolish to pay $25 more for less. I read over a hundred books on it and then seen where Amazon was coming out with the Kindle Fire. I got it about a month ago and haven’t picked up the Kindle keyboard one since. The Kindle Fire, being backlit is so much easier for me to read with my 64 year old eyes.

    Now, to give the Kindle Keyboard to someone for a present. LOL Oh, I forgot, I can’t do that. People don’t appreciate things anymore. That was a HARD lesson for me to learn, give people items and have them act like they had it OWED to them and then lots of times they would treat the item like it wasn’t worth anything. Nope, much better to not go through that.

    I don’t know how a person does find people who DO appreciate being helped these days instead of standing around with their hand out and saying “Give me, give me”, as if the world OWES them.

    I’ve worked hard over the years for the little I do have, and it just hurts too much to give something to someone who I think will appreciate it and later hear through the grapevine they have told their “friends”; “Look at what I conned that old guy out of” with a big smile on their face.

    I just don’t need that. I’m sure there are others of you on here who know exactly what I mean because you have had it done to you too.

    Merry Christmas everyone! May peace be with you and your loved ones.

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    Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 13 years ago

    i just thought it funny… happy, happy, happy, everyone!

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    Wonderfunny  almost 13 years ago

    I just got a Kindle. How do I get comics on it? I’m kind of obsessed with comics!

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    artybee  almost 13 years ago

    Fairportfan2 — You just blew my mind. Do you mean to say that if I’m watching a ballgame on the tube, I am seeing different ads on the electronic billboards than I’d be seeing if I were actually in the stadium? I never even thought of that.

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    arson549  almost 13 years ago

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    DerkinsVanPelt218  almost 13 years ago

    I got a converting vehicular robot figure, a feline warrior figure with enchanted blade, an electric mouse figure, and two digitally-encoded video discs of animation from the Orient.

    (Translation: Transformers Optimus Prime, Thundercats Lion-O, Pokémon Pikachu, and One Piece and Pokémon Advanced on DVD.)

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    Kevin Jordan  almost 13 years ago

    Surprised he didn’t go for an iFad to go with his iFruit…

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    fmasroor  almost 13 years ago

    I have an iPod 2nd gen. My sister has a Nook. Not fair.

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    EdFenstermacher20  almost 13 years ago

    Hope you get that sponsor soon, Bill.

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    Prof.Murder  almost 13 years ago

    My mother won one in a raffle she was in. She had no idea what it was, loves it now though.

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    nojokejoker.com  over 12 years ago

    Thats PHP! Php is a web coding language and the $ stands for a variable!

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    Phil (full phname Philip Philop)  over 7 years ago

    I agree,[InsertString_$Sponsored_device_Competitor_1_Program] has so many bad viruses!

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    MJ J  about 5 years ago

    I really prefer the (Insert String:$Sponsored_device_competitor_3)

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