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BUDDHA: C.B. = INTERNET
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Subject: BUDDHA: C.B. = INTERNET
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 11:05:40 +1000
Courtesy of Nigel Ward from HotWired via AusRave. Apologies to all concerned...
HotWired can be found at: http://www.hotwired.com/
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To: ausrave@sysx.apana.org.au
From: scot <scot@sysx.apana.org.au>
Subject: [AR] ripped off from hotwired (howtired)
C.B. = INTERNET
18-Wheeler = PowerBook
Breaker one-nine = Log on
Handle = Screen name
Trucker = Netsurfer
Good ol' boy = Hacker
Stick shift = Mouse
Antenna = Modem
"Hey there, good buddy" = :-)
Burt Reynolds = Bill Gates
Interstate = Infobahn
Channel 19 = America Online
Coors = Jolt Cola
Country & Western = Techno
'The Dukes of Hazzard' = 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
Gilley's = Cyber Cafe
Radio Shack = CompUSA
Billy Carter = Newt Gingrich
Frequency = Bandwidth
F.C.C. = Netiquette
'Guns & Ammo' = 'Wired'
Truck stops = Bulletin boards
Highway patrol = Room moderators
Sheriff Buford T. Justice = The Unabomber
Nashville = Silicon Valley
Firebird jacket = Pocket protector
Flippin' the bird = Flaming
'B.J. and the Bear' = TV's 'Weird Science'
Betty Ford ("First Mamma") = Courtney Love (LilacsOO@aol.com)
Rand McNally truckers' atlas = Netscape
Truck-stop hooker = Cybersex
Sally Field 'Smokey & the Bandit' = Sandra Bullock in 'The Net'
Tollbooths = Phone bills
Put the hammer down = ISDN line
'Convoy' by C.W. McCall = 'Microserfs' by Douglas Coupland
"Keep on truckin'" = "May the Force be with you"
"I'm Gone" = "Game Over"
Dolly Parton = Tank Girl
Mechanical Bull = Myst
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