The number one anagram for “Information Superhighway”: New utopia? Horrifying sham.
Predictor: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Prediction, in context:An online humor column at the Electronic Frontier Foundation site lists the following as “The Top Ten Anagrams for ‘Information Superhighway”: 10. Enormous, hairy pig with fan 9. Hey, ignoramus – win profit? Ha! 8. Oh-oh, wiring snafu: empty air 7. When forming, utopia’s hairy 6. A rough whimper of insanity 5. Oh, wormy infuriating phase 4. Inspire humanity, who go far 3. Waiting for any promise, huh? 2. Hi-ho! Yow! I’m surfing Arpanet! And the number one anagram for “Information Superhighway”: 1. New utopia? Horrifying sham
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Electronic Frontier Foundation
Title, headline, chapter name: Top Ten Anagrams for ‘Information Superhighway’
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.eff.org/Net_culture/Folklore/Humor/anagrams_for_iway.topten
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney