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Jeez, man. Why're you so eldritch tonight?
-- Crackmonkey
Ins and Outs of 2000
2000-01-09 16:33:18
Beaujolais! Noted futurist Mr. Bad has plugged the time-space coordinates into his InAndOut-o-Tron 2000 to come up with a new set of INS AND OUTS for this New Year! Look on, ye mighty, and despair!
| Out | In |
|---|---|
| Survival Research Labs | survival |
| stock options | escape options |
| South Park | Radiskull & Devil Doll |
| MP3 | Ogg Vorbis |
| search engines | Open Directory |
| platform sneakers | hillbilly boots |
| cyberporn | lovings.com |
| MySQL | PostgreSQL |
| Hollywood | Christiania |
| Polly Ester | Tjames Madison |
| Weblogs | Webzines |
| The Motley Fool | RTMark.com |
| libertarian politics | utopian politics |
| voyeurism | frottage |
| Grays | FreeMasons |
| R.U. Sirius | pony-girl fetish |
| Burning Man | Burning Man |
| Special K | s. divinorum |
| Del Taco | Naugle's |
| skunk apes | sqrats |
| PGP | GPG |
| Mission District | Pacifica |
| The Disco Era | The Gong Show Era |
| smoking | betel nut |
| WIMP desktops | Web desktops |
| Internet radio | Internet television |
| Feed | Sennacieca Asocio Tutmonda |
| online stock trading | online dogfight gambling |
| rapper slang | CB slang |
| Deuteronomy | abomination |
| IPO | POE |
| fleece vests | lab coats |
| penguins | mandrills |
| David Oates | El Snatcher |
| StarOffice | SIAG Office |
| Quebeckers | Romans |
| xDSL | packet radio |
| Kirk/Spock | Qui Jon/Obi Wan |
| air strikes on Sarajevo | air strikes on Grozny |
| Java | Java Server Pages |
| animated GIFs | MNG |
| vintage punk | vintage techno |
| sweat equity | organizing a union |
| WinAmp skins | XUL |
| IP lawyers | Open Source community evangelists |
| feldspar | gneiss |
| .com | .us |
| w4r3z s173z | eternity server |
| W I R E D | sendmail.net |
| syndication | Open Content |
| Frank Sinatra | FRANK! |
| Silicon Alley | Web-order brides |
| i18n | l10n |
| GHB | crank |
| using Web auction sites | living off Web auction sites |
| AIM | Napster |
| lunch at your desk | beer with lunch |
| Extreme sports | Extreme programming |
| Gwyneth Paltrow | Delta Burke |
| green buds | Green Party |
| camping | GLUG |
| olives | pearl onions |
| GUILE | Esperanto |
| SUVs | minis |
| Sand People | Ookla the Mok |
| Seti @ Home | distributed DOS attacks |
| Finns | Ozone |
| pre-millennialism | post-millennialism |
| BeOS | Mosix |
| Cocktail Culture | Spocktail Culture |
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