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alex_young
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Area 5150: 8088 MPH gets a successor
Area 5150 is a great double entendre. Area 51, well, aliens and all of that, and 5150 is the involuntary commitment code on California for mental holds.
theandrewbailey
on Aug 10, 2022
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Pretty sure 5150 refers to the IBM model 5150, the original PC, not to a law.
anyfoo
on Aug 10, 2022
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Without any doubt, yeah. 8088 MPH was a play on the Intel 8088 and 88mph from Back to the Future as well.
elihu
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It's also a model of guitar amplifier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peavey_5150
smcameron
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And the name of a Van Halen album and song. The intro part of the song is pretty fun to play. I need to relearn it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8Ncoenewg
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