The Top 9 Internet
Predictions for 2008

9> Shortly after Microsoft acquires Yahoo!, Google retaliates by buying the state of Washington.

8> Thousands of Internet servers crash due to traffic overload when Britney, Lindsay and Paris hit a crotch shot trifecta one weekend.

7> Three words: Bolivian Cheese Blogging.

6> The RIAA launches a campaign to improve their public image by offering free song downloads — of a song called “Downloading Music is Stealing, You Wretched Scum!” by Yoko Ono and David Hasselhoff.

5> The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing feature demonstrations of Macbook Air discus.

4> Google changes its corporate motto from “Do no evil” to “Meh.”

3> Medical journals publish the first confirmed cases of lolcat allergies.

2> HP/Compaq and Dell merge to form a new company named “Hell.”

and the Number 1 Internet Prediction for 2008…

1> A constitutional crisis erupts in November when nobody votes because they’re all too busy writing about the election in their political blog.

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Credits:

Selected from 28 submissions from 10 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 1, 6
Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 1, 4
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 2
Andrew Hackard, Austin, TX — 3, 9
Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 5
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 7
Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic