Is 3000 the new 2000?

drewpropsdrewprops
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
As in....hey, it's a Speed-o-matic 2000?



Should that now be a Speed-o-Matic 3000?



What's the deal? How do we represent the far-flung future nowadays? I'm thinking that we skp ahead to 5000 and have done with it. Has this already been ironed out and I never got the word?



Probably.

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 8
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    We're off of numbers now. Everything is "X"



    OS X

    Windows XP

    X Files



    The Bass-o-matic 2000 would now be the Bass-o-matic eXtreme.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    stunnedstunned Posts: 1,096member
    X-Box

    X-ray

    X-men

    X-Mas



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 3 of 8
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott:

    <strong>We're off of numbers now. Everything is "X"



    OS X</strong><hr></blockquote>...but in your first example, the X is a number.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    True, but I think there will come a time when it will be pronounced 'ex' rather than 'ten.' Then it wont be a number per se, just representative of the next generation Mac OS.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Hmm... all sorts of thousand numbers are used. Like Gruntmaster 6000. I wonder if they'll ever get to the millions, just to be extra big?
  • Reply 6 of 8
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    What about the Gruntmaster Six-ex-Three



    "Honey, from now on, everything will be spelled with letters." (which episode.. gets 2 credits!) <img src="graemlins/smokin.gif" border="0" alt="[Chilling]" />
  • Reply 7 of 8
    thuh freakthuh freak Posts: 2,664member
    [quote]Originally posted by Scott:

    <strong>The Bass-o-matic 2000 would now be the Bass-o-matic eXtreme.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    pardon me, but wasn't the bass-o-matic, of snl fame, numbered the '76. i dont have the tape on hand, but i'd more than like to review it. oh, what the hell, i'm off to wathc 'the best a dan akroyd'. i'll be back later to confirm. aw heck, i think i have belushi's best of too. crap, i got a bunch of the old snls. looks like i won't be sleeping. c'est la vie.



    edit: it was the Super Bass-o-Matic 76.



    [ 01-01-2003: Message edited by: thuh Freak ]</p>
  • Reply 8 of 8
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Yea. The Bass-o-matic was a blender for fish.
Sign In or Register to comment.