In This Thread, call it like you see it. When these things come to pass we'll have a written record that I TOLD YOU GUYS THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
Paris Hilton is going to reinvent herself as a tough, leather jacket wearing bad-ass.
When the Large Hadron Collider goes operational in May 2008, a lot of crazy shit is going to happen.
Moar nostalgia based movies -- Transformers and TMNT paved the way for mega blockbusters based on selling you your childhood, especially if you grew up in the 80s.
EDITED to change subject from "ITT: Call it in Advance"
This thread is going to be epic win. :mrgreen:
21/12/2012 will be the date a lot of hippie new agers will be sorely disappointed.
It will also happen to be the date that I'll be throwing a massive party with the theme of "Party like it's the end of history!" and get lots of gullible pinks to spend everything they have because they'll be under the impression they're not going to need their money once "it" happens.
A Hurricane named Dean is going to hit the Texas coast by the end of the week. It will reach catagory 5 within 24 hours, but will downgrade again to 4 before actually making landfall. This is due to the cooler waters of the Mississippi River dumping in the Gulf of Mexico and erratic currents, unless it continues straight forward into the Yucatan, in which it will remain a cat 5 while it crosses the peninsula but will get torn up by the terrain. It will breach into the Pacific as a tropical storm.
Somebody, somewhere, will be horribly disappointed at how their lives turned out.
Quote from: Kaou Suu on August 20, 2007, 02:30:46 PM
A Hurricane named Dean is going to hit the Texas coast by the end of the week. It will reach catagory 5 within 24 hours, but will downgrade again to 4 before actually making landfall. This is due to the cooler waters of the Mississippi River dumping in the Gulf of Mexico and erratic currents, unless it continues straight forward into the Yucatan, in which it will remain a cat 5 while it crosses the peninsula but will get torn up by the terrain. It will breach into the Pacific as a tropical storm.
Why Dean?
I don't know, sounds like a good name.
After one of your ex's perhaps?
Some schmuck that may or may not have "breasts" will be in the oval office in 2009.
My young brother will probably be in a trench somewhere in Iran in 2010, if not sooner.
The current Van Halen reunion tour will de-rail right after their perfomance in Cleveland, Ohio.
Quote from: Lysergic on August 20, 2007, 02:55:55 PM
After one of your ex's perhaps?
Or maybe because:
(http://image.weather.com/images/maps/tropical/map_spectrop04_ltst_6nh_enus_600x405.jpg)
What do you think - 2008 US presidential election: Will the voter turnout be higher or lower than average?
Also, I predict that around the time of the primaries, we will see a democratic candidate in a feel-good music video.
I think it will be lower than average. In fact, I predict the lowest turnout for a Presidential election cycle in decades. (percentage wise of course)
And yes, I think we'll see a vast array of UNNGGG-worthy public appearances by the eventual nominees.
Meanwhile, with sagging ratings, Fred Thompson will take over the entire hour of the Law and Order episodes to run his campaign.
I agree with super low.
Although I will once again plaster my area with voter registration posters and hand out voter registration cards at work. It won't do anything, but I'll try anyways.
Game Predictions:
I predict that the long awaited Mass Effect for the 360 will be the first nail in the PS3's coffin. Metal Gear will revitalize the PS3 market a bit, but it will generally continue to succeed in Japan and fail in the US.
I bet Spore, when it finally comes out and becomes instantly popular, will be the harbinger of many more open-ended, creative style games with fractillian complexity.
I've always wanted to see an MMO which blends Second Life and World of Warcraft. Something where in addition to hack & slash, you're also participating in a community and could live in a city, fight in a war, participate in government, etc. If this is ever released, it won't be by Blizzard.
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
I think one day we'll see a web 2.0 style video game - where the game is populated with user generated content. Think myspace, but instead of making a page with info about you, you build and customize levels for your friends to explore. If this can get you laid somehow, it'll be an overnight hit.
New genres of games will eventually emerge which make use of portable systems equipped with GPS and VoIP. Games in which you have to go physically explore the world in order to play. ((Metal Gear Portable Ops for the PS3 already has something like this - the quickest way to recruit NPCs for your team is to actually wander around your neighborhood and connect to other people's wireless networks. You have a better chance of doing this if you can get closer to the signal))
Don't forget Halo 3. I think this will be a very Merry Xmas for Microsoft this year.
oh god yeah. I know quite a few people who will be suffering from sleep deprivation and severe malnutrition by October 1st.
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on August 20, 2007, 04:31:23 PM
I agree with super low.
Although I will once again plaster my area with voter registration posters and hand out voter registration cards at work. It won't do anything, but I'll try anyways.
I'm hellbent on voting. It's my fucking right as a citizen and I exercise it regularly. IMO, those who don't want to vote because "they don't care" need to GTFO. Srsly.
If you hate the president and hate what's going on...DO YOUR PART IN FIXING IT. Sure we know the popular vote means shit in the long run, and since RI only has like 4 electoral votes it's like I'm wasting my time, but who's to say the race won't come down to those 4 Democratic votes that RI boasts? Eh?
[ / the extent of Suu's patriotism ]
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 20, 2007, 04:41:33 PM
Don't forget Halo 3. I think this will be a very Merry Xmas for Microsoft this year.
Mr. Suu's B-Day/Anniversary/Christmas present this year = PS3.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:43:25 PM
oh god yeah. I know quite a few people who will be suffering from sleep deprivation and severe malnutrition by October 1st.
*raises hand* We'll beat storymode in about 3 days. Then it's time for some PVP Red Vs. Blue action!
-Suu
It's not pink! It's lightish red!
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:43:25 PM
oh god yeah. I know quite a few people who will be suffering from sleep deprivation and severe malnutrition by October 1st.
I'm pretty psyched that I get to move away from my roomies before Halo 3. I mean, I love them to death, but I like to actually see them instead of just seeing the back of their heads as the furiously game.
On the other hand, playing the Halo 3 beta was rampant fun. And I am a great passenger seat smack-talker. But by extricating myself from that situation, I will still have a life. Sort of.
Quote from: Lysergic on August 20, 2007, 02:27:17 PM
21/12/2012 will be the date a lot of hippie new agers will be sorely disappointed.
Yes, but expect to see some good TV documentaries on Terrence McKenna THE NEXT NOSTRADAMUS
His ideas will be publicly dismissed by many long before the End of the World hype gets into gear by early 2012, but at least they will have made a brief appearance in the mainstream.
At the very least, this will get some people thinking about novelty and realizing that the world
does need
new ideas. Which was probably a big part of McKenna's goal anyway.
Quote from: Kaou Suu on August 20, 2007, 04:44:51 PM
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on August 20, 2007, 04:31:23 PM
I agree with super low.
Although I will once again plaster my area with voter registration posters and hand out voter registration cards at work. It won't do anything, but I'll try anyways.
I'm hellbent on voting. It's my fucking right as a citizen and I exercise it regularly. IMO, those who don't want to vote because "they don't care" need to GTFO. Srsly.
If you hate the president and hate what's going on...DO YOUR PART IN FIXING IT. Sure we know the popular vote means shit in the long run, and since RI only has like 4 electoral votes it's like I'm wasting my time, but who's to say the race won't come down to those 4 Democratic votes that RI boasts? Eh?
[ / the extent of Suu's patriotism ]
I vote, but I'd rather not. The reason is that if I vote and the guy I vote for wins, and then ends up fucking up things for everyone, I can't bitch really because I help put him there.
I always try to vote for which ever side I think is going to lose, so that way when our prime minister does something stupid I can bitch and go "Don't look at me, I voted for the other side!".
Really though... I don't care who wins an election. I think we're screwed no matter what.
Yeah, but you can vote for a guy, and then if he does something you don't agree with, you can still say, I didn't vote for that policy. I mean, I know people who voted for Bush who now think he should be shot. They never would have said that before he got us into this war.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 20, 2007, 05:06:25 PM
Yeah, but you can vote for a guy, and then if he does something you don't agree with, you can still say, I didn't vote for that policy. I mean, I know people who voted for Bush who now think he should be shot. They never would have said that before he got us into this war.
Yeah, but they still voted for bush and bush did shit things.
If I vote for a leader and they win, they will do shit things, and therefore I played a part for that to allow itself to happen despite that I now "realise" that it was the wrong choice.
Politics is a two man con, no matter who wins the election, the politicians get paid to be politicians and we still get screwed.
Yeah, but if you pardon the cliche "If you don't vote then you can't complain", it would be the same thing.
Vote. Someone will fuck up, and bitch about it, who knows, maybe you'll be able to vote to impeach.
Don't vote. Someone will fuck up, bitch about it, and get laughed at.
I didn't vote in 2004. Mostly because I didn't have my RI registration at the time, but even though I know that RI will ALWAYS be a Blue state, I felt like I missed out on something. I wasn't planning on voting for Bush or Kerry anyway. I just wanted to get my statistic in.
However, I did vote in 2000...In Florida...For Gore. :(
I think of it this way:
You're gonna get fucked in the ass, no matter what. Wouldn't you prefer a condom and some lube?
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:26:44 PM
I think of it this way:
You're gonna get fucked in the ass, no matter what. Wouldn't you prefer a condom and some lube?
This is the correct motorcycle.
Then after that is, which condom to choose? Ribbed or studded? Or maybe that freaky independent with the vibrating ring...
Sports Prediction:
Eric Gagne will win the award for "dumbest Red Sox acquisition of the year" barely beating out J.D. Drew
Oh, and I predict that the Yankees will eventually catch the Sox to make the rest of the year interesting.
Quote from: Kaou Suu on August 20, 2007, 05:28:06 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:26:44 PM
I think of it this way:
You're gonna get fucked in the ass, no matter what. Wouldn't you prefer a condom and some lube?
This is the correct motorcycle.
Then after that is, which condom to choose? Ribbed or studded? Or maybe that freaky independent with the vibrating ring...
VOTE LMNO IN '08 : The Trojans and Astroglide Party.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 20, 2007, 05:29:17 PM
Sports Prediction:
Eric Gagne will win the award for "dumbest Red Sox acquisition of the year" barely beating out J.D. Drew
Oh, and I predict that the Yankees will eventually catch the Sox to make the rest of the year interesting.
This is a given. And to be completely honest, knowing that the rest of your Red Sox fans will agree with me, if this DIDN'T happen, baseball would be fucking boring in September.
The Yankees will choke in the post season though, that is if they can swing the wildcard.
Right now the threat is the Devil Rays, because Boston can't hit Kazmir (and Tampa can't hit Wakefield) but they've been know to fuck up the standings every year 'round this time.
*gets to see the Rays VS Jays on Sept. 8th!*
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:29:54 PM
Quote from: Kaou Suu on August 20, 2007, 05:28:06 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:26:44 PM
I think of it this way:
You're gonna get fucked in the ass, no matter what. Wouldn't you prefer a condom and some lube?
This is the correct motorcycle.
Then after that is, which condom to choose? Ribbed or studded? Or maybe that freaky independent with the vibrating ring...
VOTE LMNO IN '08 : The Trojans and Astroglide Party.
Best party evar.
Better to vote for us than the "We'll Turn You All Into Goatse" party.
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:34:43 PM
Better to vote for us than the "We'll Turn You All Into Goatse" party.
QUIT SLINGING MUD AT MY WONDERFUL PLATFORM
Surprise buttsecks?
Quote from: Payne on August 20, 2007, 05:35:58 PM
Surprise buttsecks?
is that a prediction?
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/bin/lul.thumbnail.jpg)
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:29:54 PM
Quote from: Kaou Suu on August 20, 2007, 05:28:06 PM
Quote from: LMNO on August 20, 2007, 05:26:44 PM
I think of it this way:
You're gonna get fucked in the ass, no matter what. Wouldn't you prefer a condom and some lube?
This is the correct motorcycle.
Then after that is, which condom to choose? Ribbed or studded? Or maybe that freaky independent with the vibrating ring...
VOTE LMNO IN '08 : The Trojans and Astroglide Party.
If we vote LMNO, can we vote to change the choice of condoms and lube?
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 05:36:56 PM
Quote from: Payne on August 20, 2007, 05:35:58 PM
Surprise buttsecks?
is that a prediction?
We can only hope!
You prefer KY, perhaps?
Or are you allegic to latex?
I predict AT LEAST two more pages of innuendos and entendres ITT :D
www.babeland.com
For all your superior condom and lube (and other things too) needs.
-DC
Rocking the sex shop hoodie today :D
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 20, 2007, 05:40:18 PM
I predict AT LEAST two more pages of innuendos and entendres ITT :D
Also, yes. I believe it! THIS MAN IS A SAVANT!
I thought innuendos and entendres usually weren't, you know, overt.
true. It is pd.com afterall. As subtle as a Mack truck. :D
"WOW, NICE ...ASS!"
Professor Cramulus,
master of the single entendre.
On PD.com, "Tits or GTFO" is considered the height of subtlety!
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on August 20, 2007, 05:45:32 PM
On PD.com, "I'd hit it" is considered the height of subtlety!
Additionified.
i predict that it wont end soon enough
i predict that someone will declare this thread COMPLETE FAIL and spam it in the near future
In that case I put in a request for waffle irons.
i predict i will have a hand knitted scarf within a year
i predict a lot of weird shit will happen either way,
hadron collider or not.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
I think one day we'll see a web 2.0 style video game - where the game is populated with user generated content. Think myspace, but instead of making a page with info about you, you build and customize levels for your friends to explore. If this can get you laid somehow, it'll be an overnight hit.
this is a great idea.
do you have any idea how much cash you can make with even a badly made online game ;-)
(flatmates of my brother sure did, and boy was it ugly)
QuoteNew genres of games will eventually emerge which make use of portable systems equipped with GPS and VoIP. Games in which you have to go physically explore the world in order to play. ((Metal Gear Portable Ops for the PS3 already has something like this - the quickest way to recruit NPCs for your team is to actually wander around your neighborhood and connect to other people's wireless networks. You have a better chance of doing this if you can get closer to the signal))
not quite like this, but my new phone already has a game like this, it's rather brilliant:
it uses the camera, during the game you'll see your room (or surroundings) "through" the screen on the phone (which is rather large on the Vario2), only it's made blue and it wobbles slightly.
the game detects whether the image shifts left right up or down, so it has a vague idea of how you hold the phone and which way you move it.
what you see, is orange FISH swimming through your room. what you must do, is move the phone around (the fish will appear to move like they're really in the room) and get the fish inside the crosshair in the middle and then click the button.
it's a very simple game. but still brilliant :)
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released
May 2008see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
And there was a joyous hurrah! Except, soundwaves don't travel well through concrete and earth.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 20, 2007, 08:20:49 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
And there was a joyous hurrah! Except, soundwaves don't travel well through concrete and earth.
They do travel faster though...
Faster than in air, certainly.
i hear they travel fastest if you encode them into a truckload of DVDs, transport them over the roads and reproduce them at the place of destination.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
Ugh. And the point of this is? I thought they perfected the rules with 3.5.
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe on August 20, 2007, 09:40:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
Ugh. And the point of this is? I thought they perfected the rules with 3.5.
This is not about the rules.
This is about making money!
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on August 20, 2007, 09:41:15 PM
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe on August 20, 2007, 09:40:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
Ugh. And the point of this is? I thought they perfected the rules with 3.5.
This is not about the rules.
This is about making money!
I'll stick to the 3.5 then. No use changing what isn't broke.
The most interesting thing they have come out with recently is that Tome of Magic. I drooled over the pact and true name sections. That, and Incarnum.
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe on August 20, 2007, 09:40:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
Ugh. And the point of this is? I thought they perfected the rules with 3.5.
Yeah I thought so too.
Apparently they're still going to be using the d20 system. From what I read they're making a push to simplify the rules further. Some of the things they've mentioned:
-grappling simplified
-rogues won't be useless against undead, elementals, plants, etc
-fighters have more options
-casters don't run out of spells
they're unleashing some sort of online component too - a virtual gaming table kind of thing where you can talk over VoIP while everyone's looking at the same table and moving around pieces on it.
At the end of one of the presentations, the R&D guys got booed. But I think that would happen even if the new edition was handed to them on stone tablets from Gary Gygax himself. *snicker*
Jury is out until there's more info.
grappling simplified would be a good thing.
i can remember the running gag of every time some of us would grapple, the DM would get the rulebook and go "huzzmememehuz make an opposed blahblablabla check .. *groan* YOU AND YOUR OPONENT ARE NOW GRAPPLING"
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 09:50:39 PM
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe on August 20, 2007, 09:40:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 08:17:20 PM
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
D&D 4th Edition by 2009.
Haw
I was just informed that at GenCon this weekend, they made the announcement:
the D&D 4th Edition Player's Handbook will be released May 2008
see here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/welcome&dcmp=ILC-DND062006FP
Ugh. And the point of this is? I thought they perfected the rules with 3.5.
Yeah I thought so too.
Apparently they're still going to be using the d20 system. From what I read they're making a push to simplify the rules further. Some of the things they've mentioned:
-grappling simplified
-rogues won't be useless against undead, elementals, plants, etc
-fighters have more options
-casters don't run out of spells
they're unleashing some sort of online component too - a virtual gaming table kind of thing where you can talk over VoIP while everyone's looking at the same table and moving around pieces on it.
At the end of one of the presentations, the R&D guys got booed. But I think that would happen even if the new edition was handed to them on stone tablets from Gary Gygax himself. *snicker*
Jury is out until there's more info.
1. Grapling is simple enough
2. Rogues shouldn't be able to sneak attack stuff that doesn't have dicernable anatomy.
3.Fighters already have more than enough options (bonus feats, anyone?)
4. Casters not running out of spells makes them too powerful.
debatable
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I predict Paul Reubens (Pee Wee) cashing in on the Nostalgia money I mentioned earlier.
And on that note, I'd guess that there's going to be a Thundercats movie eventually. Thundercats wasn't a cash cow like Tranformers was, but as a nostalgia market it has quite a bit of staying power.
I'm also calling another lunatic fringe religion emerging in the coming years.
If I had to take a stab at it... I'm almost certain that internet worship will become a 'valid' religious choice as the information age continues to unfold.
Rev. Uncle BadTouch's book is almost finished, and I bet that will eventually bring some new blood into Discordia.
Alternate Reality Games will grow as a means of marketing.
Get ready for Stephen Hawking to be posthumously deified.
After they totally burn out (again), the Olsen Twins will try to pursue serious acting careers.
Someone's gonna punch Geraldo Riveria in the face. Well I don't think that's actually going to happen, but my fingers are crossed.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 11:28:08 PM
And on that note, I'd guess that there's going to be a Thundercats movie eventually. Thundercats wasn't a cash cow like Tranformers was, but as a nostalgia market it has quite a bit of staying power.
:eek:
O M G (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966320.html?categoryid=13&cs=1)
Prof R teh Sykick!!1!!!
Also, I predict that no matter who wins the next American election, Iraq is still fucked.
Also, even more "freedoms" and "rights" will slowly but surely be taken away from under our feet. First America will do it and then get Australia paranoid about whatever as well and we'll follow suit and get a whole bunch more useless laws thanks our brown nosing leaders.
I predict you are all fucked.
The Scottish Empire is comin to get ye.
Within the next 3-4 years.
Quote from: Payne on August 21, 2007, 04:52:41 AM
I predict you are all fucked.
The Scottish Empire is comin to get ye.
Within the next 3-4 years.
Bring it on you haggis eating skirt wearing nancies!
(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb163/wompcabal/flyingdonkey.jpg)
What an ass!
I will get a fucking payraise before the year is up because I kick copious amounts of ass or I will be killed trying to get a payraise. Either way, I will lol.
I predict that the next cell-phone video of a drunk former Television personality will feature the guy who played Mr. Belvedere.
Quote from: Payne on August 21, 2007, 04:52:41 AM
I predict you are all fucked.
The Scottish Empire is comin to get ye.
Within the next 3-4 years.
Which is ironic, because I will hopefully be invading Europe in the next few years. It's like we're trading places!
-DC
Pees a little every time she looks at her master's program of choice... :eek:
incontinent discordians, ITT
Quote from: Lysergic on August 21, 2007, 04:40:04 AM
Also, I predict that no matter who wins the next American election, Iraq is still fucked.
Also, even more "freedoms" and "rights" will slowly but surely be taken away from under our feet. First America will do it and then get Australia paranoid about whatever as well and we'll follow suit and get a whole bunch more useless laws thanks our brown nosing leaders.
Wait, I thought these were supposed to be predictions, not laws of nature.
I PREDICT 9.8 !
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe on August 21, 2007, 06:09:34 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on August 21, 2007, 04:40:04 AM
Also, I predict that no matter who wins the next American election, Iraq is still fucked.
Also, even more "freedoms" and "rights" will slowly but surely be taken away from under our feet. First America will do it and then get Australia paranoid about whatever as well and we'll follow suit and get a whole bunch more useless laws thanks our brown nosing leaders.
Wait, I thought these were supposed to be predictions, not laws of nature.
For Lys, Laws of Nature ARE predictions.
I'm not even sure if he still believes in gravity anymore.
I predict that Cascadia will successfully secede from the union and rule the world with a velvet paisley fist.
Quote from: Payne on August 21, 2007, 06:14:25 PM
Quote from: Buddhist_Monk_Wannabe on August 21, 2007, 06:09:34 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on August 21, 2007, 04:40:04 AM
Also, I predict that no matter who wins the next American election, Iraq is still fucked.
Also, even more "freedoms" and "rights" will slowly but surely be taken away from under our feet. First America will do it and then get Australia paranoid about whatever as well and we'll follow suit and get a whole bunch more useless laws thanks our brown nosing leaders.
Wait, I thought these were supposed to be predictions, not laws of nature.
For Lys, Laws of Nature ARE predictions.
I'm not even sure if he still believes in gravity anymore.
Never thought it was there in the first place.
Gravity doesn't exist, the world just SUCKS.
:rimshot:
emo puns are unfunny, just sayin.
Fine, allow me to get all Zen on you then:
I may pick up a stone, and let it go, and it will hit the floor, and I can keep doing this to prove to myself that every time I let the stone go, that it's guaranteed to hit the floor.
But what happens if there comes a day where the rock falls into the air?
Emo version still as unfunny? :P
it depends on what colour air we're talking about here
Quote from: Lysergic on August 22, 2007, 03:49:50 PM
Fine, allow me to get all Zen on you then:
I may pick up a stone, and let it go, and it will hit the floor, and I can keep doing this to prove to myself that every time I let the stone go, that it's guaranteed to hit the floor.
But what happens if there comes a day where the rock falls into the air?
Emo version still as unfunny? :P
yes. It's the law of puns. Once unfunny, always unfunny. There is no saving it.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 22, 2007, 04:09:47 PM
yes. It's the law of puns. Once unfunny, always unfunny. There is no saving it.
this is not true, you know it.
if you repeat an unfunny pun in the correct way it shall become a running gag.
but this is an advanced strategy which must be exercised with care.
That's true. But I think this one is dead.
so did you hear the one about the emo space cowboy explorer that tried to settle on a black hole?
No.
1567 jelly beans
No.
BABABABUMPI called it. It's happening right now.
MAN it bugs me when this happens. I could have been profiting off these ideas somehow.
Quote from: Professor Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 04:39:00 PM
I think one day we'll see a web 2.0 style video game - where the game is populated with user generated content. Think myspace, but instead of making a page with info about you, you build and customize levels for your friends to explore. If this can get you laid somehow, it'll be an overnight hit.
I found three of these last night.
The first is called Mockingbird.
http://playmockingbird.com/
It's not very interesting right now, and you need to pay ten bucks to buy the actual level designer tool. I suspect no one will do that, because a competitor will release a similar free version any day now. Basically you can make you own little mini games. They can be puzzle, action, shooter, etc, and you can paste in images of your friends (etc) as the sprites in the game. The WOMP Cabal is intrigued, but isn't gonna pay.
then there's http://www.metaplace.com/
which is in its alpha testing phase. Signups are closed, but it looks a bit more customizable than mockingbird, and a bit more integrated with the actual web. It also has a higher emphasis on social interaction - you can have multiple people in your game at the same time, chatting and cooperating (or competing!)
QuoteWe speak Web fluently. Every world is a web server, and every object has a URL. You can script an object so that it feeds RSS, XML, or HTML to a browser. This lets you do things like high score tables, objects that email you, player profile pages right on the player -- whatever you want. Every object can also browse the Web: a chat bot can chatter headlines from an RSS feed, a newspaper with real headlines can sit on your virtual desk, game data could come from real world data... you get the idea. No more walled garden.
finally there's Storytron at http://www.storytron.com/faq.html
very little information is available right now, but it looks like you'll be able to build worlds for "interactive storytelling". A lack of screenshots is a bit dissapointing, but this merits a bit more investigation.
Also, you called it on Mass Effect.
I'm going to predict Obama as the next president and Hillary as his VP since no one else has. And someone will try to assassinate him in 2010.
Cram, always ALWAYS seek to find a way to sell an idea if it's good enough and you think it has a niche. About 15 years ago, my husband wanted to start researching how to make a single medical database for all hospitals to use, and lo and behold, here they are, cropping up. That could've been his watershed moment all those years ago, instead, it was a brainfart.
*has nothing to predict*
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 11, 2008, 04:47:58 PM
I'm going to predict Obama as the next president and Hillary as his VP since no one else has.
Never. He'll pick Chuck Hagel.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 13, 2008, 04:41:03 AM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 11, 2008, 04:47:58 PM
I'm going to predict Obama as the next president and Hillary as his VP since no one else has.
Never. He'll pick Chuck Hagel.
That would be awesome.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 13, 2008, 04:41:03 AM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 11, 2008, 04:47:58 PM
I'm going to predict Obama as the next president and Hillary as his VP since no one else has.
Never. He'll pick Chuck Hagel.
I'm pulling for Evan Bayh, but I'd settle for Hagel.
I'd like to see Harold Ford Jr. as the VP candidate, but asking America to vote TWO black men into the White House might be asking them a bit much. Maybe Jim Webb.
NASA will announce that they have found the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.
Petroleum will be replaced by sand as a major fuel source.
In 2012 the world will not end.
When the LHC goes active, nothing crazy will happen.
Obama will win the presidency, some jackass will try to assassinate him. The assassin will be killed.
I will quit drinking.
We will continue to use gasoline despite better options and rising costs.
The south will not rise again.
They will make a live action Dragon Ball Z movie. It will be fucking horrible.
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on May 14, 2008, 04:30:33 AM
In 2012 the world will not end.
When the LHC goes active, nothing crazy will happen.
Obama will win the presidency, some jackass will try to assassinate him. The assassin will be killed.
I will quit drinking.
We will continue to use gasoline despite better options and rising costs.
The south will not rise again.
They will make a live action Dragon Ball Z movie. It will be fucking horrible.
:mittens:
Things are going to get worse and disappointing enough that we will look back on these years as "the good ol' days".
My coffee cup will be empty.
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on May 14, 2008, 04:30:33 AM
In 2012 the world will not end.
When the LHC goes active, nothing crazy will happen.
Obama will win the presidency, some jackass will try to assassinate him. The assassin will be killed.
I will quit drinking.
We will continue to use gasoline despite better options and rising costs.
The south will not rise again.
They will make a live action Dragon Ball Z movie. It will be fucking horrible.
THAT was fucking awesome, Fnordie. :mittens:
On 11-11-11 the earth will lose it's gravity and we'll all gain superpowers.
100 years ago, The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11 (November 11, 1911) was the biggest cold snap in U.S. history. Many cities broke record highs early that afternoon. By nightfall, cities were dealing with single-digit temperatures on the Fahrenheit scale. This is the only day in many midwest cities' weather bureau jurisdictions where the record highs and lows were broken for the same day.
This hokey site http://www.crystalinks.com/11.11.html (http://www.crystalinks.com/11.11.html) suggest all sorts of shit is going down.
It claims that: November 11 - 11/11/11.. promises to accelerate consciousness toward 2012.
Supposedly, 2012 links to the Mayan Calendar end time at 11:11 UT, Universal Time. (December 12, 2012).
Also, Yasser Arafat died on 11-11, it's Veteran's Day (end of WWI), and it's my birthday. On 11-11-11, I'll be 29. Or 2 and 32
So mote it be! Or some shit.
Will everyone become hypnotized too?
2012 - some jerk will complete the calander for the next thousand years (following the simple instructions they mayans left on how to continue it on), and the world will live on :roll:
I predict that one day, Daruko will wake up half-naked and hung over in a cold, filthy gutter behind a run-down bowling alley on the south side of Chicago, and will be visited by the ghost of Kerry Thornley, who will give Daruko the answer to the question that has defined his existence for three or more decades. The answer, of course, will be "five tons of flax," and Daruko will wonder why he hadn't picked up on that the first time he read the Principia.
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on May 14, 2008, 04:30:33 AM
In 2012 the world will not end.
When the LHC goes active, nothing crazy will happen.
Obama will win the presidency, some jackass will try to assassinate him. The assassin will be killed.
I will quit drinking.
We will continue to use gasoline despite better options and rising costs.
The south will not rise again.
They will make a live action Dragon Ball Z movie. It will be fucking horrible.
I DONT BELIEVE THAT ONE
He was drunk when he wrote that.
On every day that matches a pattern (i.e. 09/09/09, 08/09/10, or 23/05/07) there will be a great uprising of idiots and a multitude of conspiracy theories will flow from their mouths.
A wailing and gnashing of teeth will be discribed but never actually heard.
Toddlers will run diaperless through the streets. This will be the sign of the End of Days, the heralding of our new Dark Masters, or a really funny prank.
...all of which proves that Pope Gregory was a major spaggot.
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 06:03:02 PM
On every day that matches a pattern (i.e. 09/09/09, 08/09/10, or 23/05/07) there will be a great uprising of idiots and a multitude of conspiracy theories will flow from their mouths.
A wailing and gnashing of teeth will be discribed but never actually heard.
Toddlers will run diaperless through the streets. This will be the sign of the End of Days, the heralding of our new Dark Masters, or a really funny prank.
:mittens:
I'm scared to call anything negative because I would get paranoid and worry over it.
I'm scared to call anything neutral because I would waste my entire life ensuring that it happened just so I could come back to this thread and have no one care.
I'm scared to call anything positive because then it won't happen and I'd have to stop believing in unicorns.
Quote from: NWC on May 14, 2008, 07:18:23 PM
I'm scared to call anything negative because I would get paranoid and worry over it.
I'm scared to call anything neutral because I would waste my entire life ensuring that it happened just so I could come back to this thread and have no one care.
I'm scared to call anything positive because then it won't happen and I'd have to stop believing in unicorns.
Fear is a disabler, as you are plainly experiencing. You should stop fearing those things.
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 07:27:28 PM
Quote from: NWC on May 14, 2008, 07:18:23 PM
I'm scared to call anything negative because I would get paranoid and worry over it.
I'm scared to call anything neutral because I would waste my entire life ensuring that it happened just so I could come back to this thread and have no one care.
I'm scared to call anything positive because then it won't happen and I'd have to stop believing in unicorns.
Fear is a disabler, as you are plainly experiencing. You should stop fearing those things.
ok, I call that once you read this post you will realize that it was it was a joke.
I'll never stop believing in unicorns.
Quote from: NWC on May 14, 2008, 07:29:32 PM
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 07:27:28 PM
Quote from: NWC on May 14, 2008, 07:18:23 PM
I'm scared to call anything negative because I would get paranoid and worry over it.
I'm scared to call anything neutral because I would waste my entire life ensuring that it happened just so I could come back to this thread and have no one care.
I'm scared to call anything positive because then it won't happen and I'd have to stop believing in unicorns.
Fear is a disabler, as you are plainly experiencing. You should stop fearing those things.
ok, I call that once you read this post you will realize that it was it was a joke.
I'll never stop believing in unicorns.
Almost a good prediction--I wasn't being serious either. But I was only a little early, so we'll just call it good.
Quote from: NWC on May 14, 2008, 07:29:32 PM
Quote from: Padre Pataphoros on May 14, 2008, 07:27:28 PM
Quote from: NWC on May 14, 2008, 07:18:23 PM
I'm scared to call anything negative because I would get paranoid and worry over it.
I'm scared to call anything neutral because I would waste my entire life ensuring that it happened just so I could come back to this thread and have no one care.
I'm scared to call anything positive because then it won't happen and I'd have to stop believing in unicorns.
Fear is a disabler, as you are plainly experiencing. You should stop fearing those things.
ok, I call that once you read this post you will realize that it was it was a joke.
I'll never stop believing in unicorns.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article4116471.ece
I know the unicorn is old news but I fucking called it.
this thread is awesome
Quote from: Suu on August 20, 2007, 03:00:56 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on August 20, 2007, 02:55:55 PM
After one of your ex's perhaps?
Or maybe because:
(http://image.weather.com/images/maps/tropical/map_spectrop04_ltst_6nh_enus_600x405.jpg)
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/31/content_9743468.htm
It is almost the exact moment of the pics time-stamp as I type this.
I love hurricane season.
Why the hell haven't I done like I used to, track the misanthropy of the hurricane season for everyone here? Let people know when the big one with massive damage is coming so we can all watch cause we hate humans?
The father of Sarah Palin's daughter will be revealed to be Ted Stevens.
"That's right, I gave her a series of tubes!"
(http://francesellenspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/elvis-impersonators.jpg)
=
(http://www.lookalike.com/lookalikes/images/michael-jackson-cr.jpg)
I think that started like, 20 years ago.
Also, another republican politician will be caught having an affair within the next 6 months.
Aesop Rock will make another album in about 2 years, it will be fucking amazing.
They will release another Elder Scrolls game within the next 1-2 years, it will be one of the best games ever made.
There will be a resurgence in the popularity of bicycles over the next 5 years.
OLEDs will be "The Next Big Thing".
Quote from: Fred Noodle on May 14, 2008, 04:48:32 PM
Quote from: Ten Ton Mantis on May 14, 2008, 04:30:33 AM
In 2012 the world will not end.
When the LHC goes active, nothing crazy will happen.
Obama will win the presidency, some jackass will try to assassinate him. The assassin will be killed.
I will quit drinking.
We will continue to use gasoline despite better options and rising costs.
The south will not rise again.
They will make a live action Dragon Ball Z movie. It will be fucking horrible.
I DONT BELIEVE THAT ONE
Yeah, I don't either but I've been right so far.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on August 20, 2007, 04:22:59 PM
I think it will be lower than average. In fact, I predict the lowest turnout for a Presidential election cycle in decades. (percentage wise of course)
Quote from: Darth Cupcake on August 20, 2007, 04:31:23 PM
I agree with super low.
:lulz: Hindsight is 20/20, eh?
In my defense, um, okay I have nothing.
In 2010 half of California will fall in the ocean and as a result of the massive earthquake 2 volcanoes will erupt and destroy Washington State. The price of wine and apples will skyrocket.
Quote from: Hawk on July 01, 2009, 07:27:19 PM
In 2010 half of California will fall in the ocean and as a result of the massive earthquake 2 volcanoes will erupt and destroy Washington State. The price of wine and apples will skyrocket.
:( Provocateur.
Nicholson dies in 2009.
Micheal jackson's estate and children are fought over in a court case/cases that set new records for publicity..
Quote from: fomenter on July 01, 2009, 11:37:36 PM
Micheal jackson's estate and children are fought over in a court case/cases that set new records for publicity..
Since Michael Jackson is 99% plastic he will be melted down and turned into leggos so children can play with him for a change.
Quote from: Hawk on July 01, 2009, 07:27:19 PM
In 2010 half of California will fall in the ocean and as a result of the massive earthquake 2 volcanoes will erupt and destroy Washington State. The price of wine and apples will skyrocket.
That would be the worst day ever. I kind of hate California but apples and wine are two of my favorite things. Also, I heard Washington was alright.
Quote from: Hawk on July 02, 2009, 12:21:01 AM
Quote from: fomenter on July 01, 2009, 11:37:36 PM
Micheal jackson's estate and children are fought over in a court case/cases that set new records for publicity..
Since Michael Jackson is 99% plastic he will be melted down and turned into leggos so children can play with him for a change.
I've heard that he's actually going to be plasticized with his already plasticized chimp and put into the michael jackson museum...no
no shit
Quote from: Slanket the Destroyer on July 02, 2009, 01:59:33 AM
Quote from: Hawk on July 01, 2009, 07:27:19 PM
In 2010 half of California will fall in the ocean and as a result of the massive earthquake 2 volcanoes will erupt and destroy Washington State. The price of wine and apples will skyrocket.
That would be the worst day ever. I kind of hate California but apples and wine are two of my favorite things. Also, I heard Washington was alright.
:D
They have lots of apple orchards in upper NY State. Probably don't make a lot of wine though.
Go to North Fork Long Island for the wine.
Some...none of it prolific or very notable, it seems. I've heard stirrings, though. Seems EVERYONE wants to make wine now. If you have a stable enough environment and can get a tradition and methodology going...well, sometimes you might actually get a decent bottle or two.
Hey, snobby left coast chick...
http://www.liwines.com/
DNT
http://www.travelks.com/s/index.cfm?SSSID=5
We have visited several of these wineries and have found many pleasant surprises.
Yes, in .
Quote from: Zenpeanut on July 02, 2009, 08:55:00 AM
Quote from: Hawk on July 02, 2009, 12:21:01 AM
Quote from: fomenter on July 01, 2009, 11:37:36 PM
Micheal jackson's estate and children are fought over in a court case/cases that set new records for publicity..
Since Michael Jackson is 99% plastic he will be melted down and turned into leggos so children can play with him for a change.
I've heard that he's actually going to be plasticized with his already plasticized chimp and put into the michael jackson museum...no
no shit
Plastinated? BTW, someday plastination will make sexdoll fans wonder if they're really necrophiles now.
Quote from: Lysergic on June 30, 2009, 11:19:59 AM
(http://francesellenspeaks.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/elvis-impersonators.jpg)
=
(http://www.lookalike.com/lookalikes/images/michael-jackson-cr.jpg)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1KOcBYGjM&feature=haxa_popt00us13
(http://bicoastalbaseball.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/i-called-it.jpg)
fictionpuss = dk
my prediction
fictionprick tries to find a way to claim victory by social experiment
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on July 19, 2009, 08:42:39 PM
my prediction
fictionprick tries to find a way to claim victory by social experiment
There is no victory until we all stop thinking in those primitive terms.
However, it's already been claimed in that boring ass-thread that I tried to claim a "social experiment" victory, so you fail at calling it. Unless you're using a superior form of time, that is. Not that I blame you for not reading through all that circle-jerk wank.
Quote from: fictionpuss on July 19, 2009, 09:20:03 PM
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on July 19, 2009, 08:42:39 PM
my prediction
fictionprick tries to find a way to claim victory by social experiment
There is no victory until we all stop thinking in those primitive terms.
However, it's already been claimed in that boring ass-thread that I tried to claim a "social experiment" victory, so you fail at calling it. Unless you're using a superior form of time, that is. Not that I blame you for not reading through all that circle-jerk wank.
DEAD KENNEDY I'VE MISSED YUO
arifelis
Quote from: fictionpuss on July 19, 2009, 09:20:03 PM
Quote from: Thurnez Isa on July 19, 2009, 08:42:39 PM
my prediction
fictionprick tries to find a way to claim victory by social experiment
There is no victory until we all stop thinking in those primitive terms.
However, it's already been claimed in that boring ass-thread that I tried to claim a "social experiment" victory, so you fail at calling it. Unless you're using a superior form of time, that is. Not that I blame you for not reading through all that circle-jerk wank.
that would require me reading your threads
and trust me that is not going to happen anytime soon
so it seems I was already right
I'm actually 99% sure he is an alt of TaserKitten.
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 19, 2009, 11:56:08 PM
I'm actually 99% sure he is an alt of TaserKitten.
Who?
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on July 19, 2009, 11:56:54 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 19, 2009, 11:56:08 PM
I'm actually 99% sure he is an alt of TaserKitten.
Who?
You know, TaserKitten, we had to all of his posts when he posted those pics of what he did with the xylophone.
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 20, 2009, 12:37:14 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on July 19, 2009, 11:56:54 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on July 19, 2009, 11:56:08 PM
I'm actually 99% sure he is an alt of TaserKitten.
Who?
You know, TaserKitten, we had to all of his posts when he posted those pics of what he did with the xylophone.
Oh, the one where he in the?
A Healthcare bill will be passed this year, and it won't do a damned thing.
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on July 20, 2009, 01:39:22 PM
A Healthcare bill will be passed this year, and it won't do a damned thing.
NOT TRUE!
It will provide hundreds of Democrats with hours worth of bullshit to pack their next campaign ads with!
Republicans, too!
Quote from: vexati0n on July 20, 2009, 01:59:45 PM
Quote from: Rev. What's-His-Name? on July 20, 2009, 01:39:22 PM
A Healthcare bill will be passed this year, and it won't do a damned thing.
NOT TRUE!
It will provide hundreds of Democrats with hours worth of bullshit to pack their next campaign ads with!
Republicans, too!
Good call.
Also, it becomes a buzzword for the TV talking heads.
I predict that Google's antics with Android and Chrome will further confuse any beginning programmers who are trying to determine what an operating system is, and yet will not affect Microsoft in any way. I predict that Bing will be shut down in a month or two with no fanfare whatsoever, only to be relaunched with a different name amid much fanfare in a few more months. Furthermore, it will be the default search engine for IE 12.
I predict that Python will have built-in support for at least six different forms of collaborative multithreading, none of which will work any better than their existing pylinda, and that these advances will be lauded as the best thing since sliced arrays by python fans, and begrudgingly accepted by python developers due to how common multicore systems are.
I predict that people will continue to use Perl, and that Larry Wall will not reveal that it is a prank until he woos over the Ruby and Python crowd with "Beautiful Perl 5.0 On Rails With Spam".
I predict that Ubuntu will be replaced as open source darling of windows users with another distro which is indistinguishable from it.
I predict that MPlayer will take another five years to choose a final release for 1.0.
I predict that Windows 8 will come in six different levels of usability, with the lowest being the ability to run a single DOS program with mouse support and the highest being roughly equivalent to windows vista. All versions will be distributed on the same disk, and they will be leased rather than sold. If you stop paying the rent for windows, they will downgrade you. It will require four 64-bit cores and a terabyte of disk space, as well as twelve gigs of ram, just to run the installer. It won't support your scanner.
I predict that Tab and Coolah will release energy shots, and that Amp will release six new flavours of energy shots. Redbull will counter by releasing quadruple-size energy shots. Everyone will prefer the energy shots to the energy sprays. No one will buy Coca Cola's caffinated hand sanitizer, and their licorice-flavoured energy drink marketed as a weight loss supplement for prius drivers will fail.
Someone will attempt to make a film version of The Invisibles, it will be terribly hyped, and when it is released it will have the dual effect of making Live Free Die Hard look like a masterpiece and filling PD with Matrix fanboys. Grant Morrison will give a press release about how awful it is, and then will later get some kind of award.
Every Twilight book in existence will be made into a film. The final film will be done with the approximate budget of Repo Man (not adjusted for inflation) and will have at least a ten-thousand percent return, mostly among the teenage children of the teenage fans of the first film.
Quote from: LMNO on July 02, 2009, 04:33:35 PM
Hey, snobby left coast chick...
http://www.liwines.com/
DNT
This. Rhode Island also has a damned good winery out in Newport, but they won't ship out of state.
Fortunately, most of New England is known for more important things like beer and cider, and not that snooty stuff that California thinks makes them important. ;)
(I <3 u Jenne!)
Quote from: Enki≈〗〖 on July 20, 2009, 03:59:20 PM
I predict that Google's antics with Android and Chrome will further confuse any beginning programmers who are trying to determine what an operating system is, and yet will not affect Microsoft in any way.
I predict Operating Systems as we know them, as a way to store and access files, is a dead concept - as all anyone cares about is the data inside the files, not the containers themselves. Google Wave + Gears will blur the line between off/online further, and when they finally get their AI project working we'll all be seemlessly assimilated.
Quote from: fictionpuss on July 20, 2009, 04:10:22 PM
Quote from: Enki≈〗〖 on July 20, 2009, 03:59:20 PM
I predict that Google's antics with Android and Chrome will further confuse any beginning programmers who are trying to determine what an operating system is, and yet will not affect Microsoft in any way.
I predict Operating Systems as we know them, as a way to store and access files, is a dead concept - as all anyone cares about is the data inside the files, not the containers themselves. Google Wave + Gears will blur the line between off/online further, and when they finally get their AI project working we'll all be seemlessly assimilated.
I disagree, but mainly because I am primarily a systems programmer and not a web programmer. People who are more concerned with frontends than backends often conflate terms in ways that seem ludicrous to systems programmers but make a lot of sense to users. If I tried to explain the concept of an OS to a non-programmer, they would either run away confused or end up learning to code just to figure it out, but that's because I've written OSes.
That said, because I feel that I should in this situation exert my right to be a pedantic elitist asshole, I should correct you. An OS is not a filesystem. I would argue that an OS can be best modeled as a combination library and abstraction layer, with the library routines allowing non-systems-programmers to do their daily work without having to worry about the machine itself, and the abstraction layer (typically) attempting to afford some minimal protection from incompetent/malicious programmers. To talk about an OS in terms of users seems silly, since users rarely interact with the OS proper (more or less never since the days of MS-DOS, and MS-DOS is that way only because the shell was built into the kernel).
Quote from: Enki≈〗〖 on July 20, 2009, 08:36:59 PM
Quote from: fictionpuss on July 20, 2009, 04:10:22 PM
I predict Operating Systems as we know them, as a way to store and access files, is a dead concept - as all anyone cares about is the data inside the files, not the containers themselves. Google Wave + Gears will blur the line between off/online further, and when they finally get their AI project working we'll all be seemlessly assimilated.
I disagree, but mainly because I am primarily a systems programmer and not a web programmer. People who are more concerned with frontends than backends often conflate terms in ways that seem ludicrous to systems programmers but make a lot of sense to users. If I tried to explain the concept of an OS to a non-programmer, they would either run away confused or end up learning to code just to figure it out, but that's because I've written OSes.
Well users tend to be the ones who end up paying the wages of systems programmers. You already have bioses which have linux boots embedded inside, and bioses seem to be encroaching on more and more territory that used to be the domain of OSes. Your view of how those trends will merge, if at all, is likely clearer than mine.
I have yet to have anyone pay for my work in systems programming. Chances are I will have to get a lucrative job as a janitor or a garbageman to support my OS development and compiler writing habits ;-).
I would, however, argue that an OS can still be considered an OS even if it's on firmware. In the DOS days, the BIOS provided far more OS elements than DOS did. Some of the Macintoshes were planned to have Mac OS on PROM.
For what it's worth, if I remember correctly, the LinuxBIOS project wasn't to put the Linux kernel onto firmware, but to write an open source BIOS that lacks all the crap that modern OSes don't use. There *are* projects that stick Linux kernels onto firmware (and at least one by microsoft that sticks a cut down version of windows onto firmware), but I didn't get the impression that that was what you meant.
Quote from: Enki≈〗〖 on July 20, 2009, 09:16:08 PM
I have yet to have anyone pay for my work in systems programming.
I predict that Enki≈〗〖 will be paid by someone to do contract systems programming work within the next 3 years.
Gov/Military/Infrastructure in many countries all seem to be adopting Linux/OSS at a fantastic pace. Great rates + casual deadlines (a year late? Not a problem) + interesting work ftw. I have no business doing custom kernel hacks, well - I do because I'm contracted to and I find it interesting, but I'm not the top choice by a long shot.
I predict that one of the first claims of intellectual property right violations by 3D-printers will be about people printing and/or downloading Warhammer-like miniature figures.
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 02:14:00 PM
Paris Hilton is going to reinvent herself as a tough, leather jacket wearing bad-ass.
No.
QuoteWhen the Large Hadron Collider goes operational in May 2008, a lot of crazy shit is going to happen.
No. So far as YOU know.
QuoteMoar nostalgia based movies -- Transformers and TMNT paved the way for mega blockbusters based on selling you your childhood, especially if you grew up in the 80s.
Yes.
Quote from: Lies on August 20, 2007, 02:27:17 PM
21/12/2012 will be the date a lot of hippie new agers will be sorely disappointed.
Yes.
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 11, 2008, 04:47:58 PM
I'm going to predict Obama as the next president and Hillary as his VP since no one else has. And someone will try to assassinate him in 2010.
Yes no no.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on May 13, 2008, 04:41:03 AM
Quote from: Iason Ouabache on May 11, 2008, 04:47:58 PM
I'm going to predict Obama as the next president and Hillary as his VP since no one else has.
Never. He'll pick Chuck Hagel.
Yes no. :argh!: (gross prophet margin, there.)
DOD shall stop renting office space at LHC, admitting the concept was just diversion :lulz:
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on November 28, 2013, 06:05:24 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 02:14:00 PM
Paris Hilton is going to reinvent herself as a tough, leather jacket wearing bad-ass.
No.
DOUR wins.
(http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/paris-hilton-as-vmas-miley-cyrus-halloween.jpg)
My rescue's K9 brain plasticity will allow it to expand it's working memory beyond immediate context clues :horrormirth:
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 11:28:08 PM
debatable
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I predict Paul Reubens (Pee Wee) cashing in on the Nostalgia money I mentioned earlier.
Yep He's back in Pee Wee form.
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 11:28:08 PM
And on that note, I'd guess that there's going to be a Thundercats movie eventually. Thundercats wasn't a cash cow like Tranformers was, but as a nostalgia market it has quite a bit of staying power.
Yep and series.
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I'm also calling another lunatic fringe religion emerging in the coming years.
Tea Party.
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If I had to take a stab at it... I'm almost certain that internet worship will become a 'valid' religious choice as the information age continues to unfold.
More of an all pervasive monster that puts its tentacle in your head.
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Rev. Uncle BadTouch's book is almost finished, and I bet that will eventually bring some new blood into Discordia.
Debatable, the spread of his book wasn't quantified, no idea how it did either way and I wouldn't take his word for it.
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Alternate Reality Games will grow as a means of marketing.
Farmville and candy crush. You were right but it was more like what you get with the jinn and the wish.
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Get ready for Stephen Hawking to be posthumously deified.
Alive and well fortunately.
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After they totally burn out (again), the Olsen Twins will try to pursue serious acting careers.
Define serious.
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Someone's gonna punch Geraldo Riveria in the face. Well I don't think that's actually going to happen, but my fingers are crossed.
No idea.
Quote from: AFK on July 20, 2009, 01:39:22 PM
A Healthcare bill will be passed this year, and it won't do a damned thing.
I made an appointment for my first dental checkup in FOUR YEARS.
I get to have a physical exam.
I get to have my prescriptions refilled.
This particular healthcare bill certainly wasn't perfect, but my state implemented it well and it is a big fucking deal for me, and making a huge, HUGE difference in my life. So fuck your "prediction".
I know I'm not talking to anyone, but I just felt like saying it.
Quote from: Tiddleywomp Cockletit on November 28, 2013, 08:17:22 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on November 28, 2013, 06:05:24 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 02:14:00 PM
Paris Hilton is going to reinvent herself as a tough, leather jacket wearing bad-ass.
No.
DOUR wins.
(http://blog.zap2it.com/pop2it/paris-hilton-as-vmas-miley-cyrus-halloween.jpg)
Paris Hilton dressed like Miley Cyrus? I love this on so many levels.
Why the fuck didn't I think of that? Shit.
Effective anti-aging longevity treatment within 3 years, initially for the global ruling class, then slow rollout. Unexpected side-effects (medical and social) 5 to 10 years later.
I'm gonna pick that low-hanging fruit:
Woman president.
Christie takes it in 2016, Hillary ragequits politics forever.
Nope. America isn't ready to elect a fat president. We still haven't forgotten how it turned out last time.
Dammit. OK, new one:
Chris Christie goes on a very public weight-loss campaign which effectively doubles as a headstart to his 2016 presidential campaign.
Quote from: Jet City Hustle on November 30, 2013, 07:29:35 PM
Dammit. OK, new one:
Chris Christie goes on a very public weight-loss campaign which effectively doubles as a headstart to his 2016 presidential campaign.
Lap band surgery with endless TV spots a la Al Roker. :x
Donald Trump will be reelected despite having been formally indicted.
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 02:14:00 PM
When the Large Hadron Collider goes operational in May 2008, a lot of crazy shit is going to happen.
CRRRRAAAAAMMMMMMMM!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on April 11, 2020, 07:15:17 AM
Quote from: Cramulus on August 20, 2007, 02:14:00 PM
When the Large Hadron Collider goes operational in May 2008, a lot of crazy shit is going to happen.
CRRRRAAAAAMMMMMMMM!
Yeah, but 2008 didn't have shit on this.
I'll give Cram The Coming Weird Times, though.
was I wrong??
I literally predicted Harambe
I think we've reached a sort of Weirdness critical mass. there's no going back.There's no stopping the chain reaction. The Weirdness Reactor has cone into critical meltdown.