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	2008 | Lottery Billioniare     We will see the first lottery with a sum of one billion EUR or USD.   posted by Rainer , on 08 SEP 2004 01:02:37 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2007 | all web Browsers will have a transrating function     to overcome differences in language and English domain world, we will be able to read websites written in all the languages in the world. or we will have HONYAKUKONNYAKU!   posted by Sayaka.K , on 07 SEP 2004 23:40:31 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2006 | Cov post grad     Coventry post grad community will take over the world.   posted by leith , on 07 SEP 2004 23:38:58 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2009 | Computer wins human at SYOGI-game     Computers overcome human brain.   posted by OHIRA Takahisa , on 07 SEP 2004 23:36:13 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2008 | olympic year!!     Beijing Olympic must be exciting!!   posted by Kotaro Murashima , on 07 SEP 2004 23:24:44 (UTC+01)   rate this: 66.67% (total 2) / 33.33% (total 1), post/view comments:   2029+ | That Old Chestnut     "Paperless Office" envisaged for year 2054 ...   posted by Klabuster, Fred , on 07 SEP 2004 23:00:38 (UTC+01)   rate this: 66.67% (total 2) / 33.33% (total 1), post/view comments:   2029+ | In The Year 2000+ ...     Never mind about the future -- I'm still waiting for those "conveyor belt sidewalks" they promised me in elementary school.   posted by Self, Karl , on 07 SEP 2004 22:55:24 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2029+ | whatever     whatever   posted by whatever , on 07 SEP 2004 21:02:22 (UTC+01)   rate this: 80.00% (total 4) / 20.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2019 | evolution     evolution happens. die frage ist muss es zur katastrophe kommen? zu gegebenheitenheiten die die menschheit geradezu zwingen, zu lernen, sich zu veraendern ... wir wissen nicht wie viele zivilationen vor uns bereits zugrundegegangen sind, den wie wievielten versuch wir heute spielen. gut. ich denke es ist die notwendigkeit einer geistigen evolution die wir gegenwaertig vorliegen haben. das ziel heisst freiheit. gelingt es nicht unseren gesllschaft so umzu gestalten dass freiheit fuer alle einzelnen möglich ist, naehern wir uns wahrscheinlich der groessten katastrophe der geschichte. das game wird dann nicht over sein, denn dieses spiel laeuft bestimmt so lange wie noetig ist - also auch noch mal 3 mill. jahre. i dont hope to see you then! love & peace your angel!   posted by ANGEL 07 , on 07 SEP 2004 18:37:20 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2029+ | sexual intercourse is not longer supported     the latest version of sexual intercours 2.0 will no longer be supported by human ltd. also english 1.0 wihch was hostikle overtaken by mircosoft will no longer be valid. please upgrade to intercommunicate 1.0 beta to secure further existence   posted by , on 07 SEP 2004 18:35:03 (UTC+01)   rate this: 75.00% (total 3) / 25.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2009 | Naut Humon will become mainstream     Naut Humon wiil be mainstream and conduct the orchestra at Linzer Klangwolke, when Linz is cultural capital of Europe in 2009. The Brucknerhaus will change its name to Humonhaus and house an earthquake installation.   posted by Henrik Fohns , on 07 SEP 2004 15:32:19 (UTC+01)   rate this: 66.67% (total 2) / 33.33% (total 1), post/view comments:   2013 | implementation     i will have some computerchips implemented   posted by calcio , on 07 SEP 2004 15:22:49 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 1) / 50.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2007 | worst comes to worst     first things first   posted by bongblast , on 07 SEP 2004 14:50:20 (UTC+01)   rate this: 66.67% (total 2) / 33.33% (total 1), post/view comments:   2009 | Popularity of Physical Video Games (PVGs) Reducing Childhood Obesity     The rise of Phyical Video Games (PVGs) has dramatically reduced childhood obesity. These new PVGs require the players to perform physical activity such as pedaling while they play the video game. Certain games reward players extra for the most pedaling. Other games just require pedaling to keep the game going. World-wide competitions take place on the web where video gamers/atheletes compete in virtual race tracks. The games require both physical endurance and video game skill to make it through the virtual course. These competitions and their support by famous atheletes have helped to make PVGs a hit with kids in the last year. Parents are pleased to see the connection of physical activity with video games. Doctors credit this fad to a significant reduction in childhood obesity and diabetes.   posted by ken1706 , on 07 SEP 2004 14:40:02 (UTC+01)   rate this: 83.33% (total 5) / 16.67% (total 1), post/view comments:   2029+ | Machines will "grow" with us     In 25 years there will be machines which will be connected to our brains directly and will be "formed" in the growth-process of the concrete brain itself - maybe another way to generate a "true" (personal) artificial intelligence. Probably this process will have to be controlled by complex machines from the outside because of the risks.   posted by Wolfgang Neuhaus , on 07 SEP 2004 11:24:39 (UTC+01)   rate this: 40.00% (total 2) / 60.00% (total 3), post/view comments:   2009 | Atom bomb at Iranian hands     Iran will accomplish its atom plan to develop the bomb.   posted by yosi , on 07 SEP 2004 09:30:34 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 2) / 50.00% (total 2), post/view comments:   2014 | Ban on land mines     The UN countries will sign a ban on production of land mines.   posted by yosi , on 07 SEP 2004 09:28:22 (UTC+01)   rate this: 75.00% (total 3) / 25.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2029+ | Cable companies will see you through your TV.     Similar to reversing the audio signal to listen to you through your TV, cable companies will reverse engineer the video signal through your screen allowing them to actually SEE you and your response to the shows/commercials you are watching. Nielsen’s current ratings system will go the way of Sony's Betamax, paving the way for productions, precisely and individually tailored to each and every viewer.   posted by Professor Seekmage , on 07 SEP 2004 08:08:27 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 3) / 50.00% (total 3), post/view comments:   2009 | UK government bans technology     The UK government severely limits the implementation of a new wireless data and communications technology on the grounds of public health, having failed to address 'public concerns', and on the basis that the precautionary principle dictates the safety of new technologies much be proven.   posted by Nico Macdonald , on 07 SEP 2004 07:27:50 (UTC+01)   rate this: 28.57% (total 2) / 71.43% (total 5), post/view comments:   2010 | Cable companies will listen to you through your TV.     The TV is comprised mainly of two sensory related technologies, specifically sound and sight. One is audio (sound) the other is video (sight). The microphone uses a membrane to detect sound vibrations from our voice and converts it to an electrical signal and is sent through the cable lines; then the speaker also uses a membrane to convert the electrical signal back to sound which we hear. Because of this, a microphone can be used as a speaker and a speaker can be used as a microphone. With the use of their addressable digital cable boxes, cable companies will pinpoint your TV and its speaker! It will be used as a marketing tool, by the cable company, to determine the "best programming for you" based on your positive/negative verbal outbursts and by politicians to best target their campaign money.   posted by Professor Seekmage , on 06 SEP 2004 23:14:40 (UTC+01)   rate this: 75.00% (total 3) / 25.00% (total 1), post/view comments:   2010 | politic is influenced by the word's biggest politic-community dol2day     politc is mainly made in the internet using communities like the biggest one - dol2day   posted by Der Glunz , on 06 SEP 2004 22:27:35 (UTC+01)   rate this: 66.67% (total 6) / 33.33% (total 3), post/view comments:   2025 | everything is sold     Music and sounds have to be bought everytime you hear them. Water and air are in the hand of private companies which battle wars to gain the best ressources. Smart people live on the moon :)   posted by Silver Surfer , on 06 SEP 2004 22:24:53 (UTC+01)   rate this: 70.00% (total 7) / 30.00% (total 3), post/view comments:   2029+ | ars director     pixel will be the next ars electronica director   posted by , on 06 SEP 2004 22:24:48 (UTC+01)   rate this: 57.14% (total 4) / 42.86% (total 3), post/view comments:   2018 | dol2day takes over the European Union     After the success in Germany the political simulation dol2day (democracy online today - http://www.dol2day.com ) becomes the new legislative organ of the European Union with its now 40 member states. All political issues are being handled in the internet while using the dol2day platform.   posted by Jens , on 06 SEP 2004 22:24:24 (UTC+01)   rate this: 62.50% (total 5) / 37.50% (total 3), post/view comments:   2005 | Liberation     Lebanon will be liberated from the syrian occupation. Peace will become true.   posted by , on 06 SEP 2004 19:59:57 (UTC+01)   rate this: 62.50% (total 5) / 37.50% (total 3), post/view comments:   2025 | artificial samadhi     living in a giant matrix - a samadhi (tank) like artificial sphere where observers and the observed, commanders and the controlled blend into each other. cloths will be conductors of body temperature and air temperature. (remote) communication will take place without acustically or manually commanding devices. expression and realisation by mere though of it. its just not clear - how to move before the beaming.   posted by doris j f spielthenner , on 06 SEP 2004 19:58:38 (UTC+01)   rate this: 60.00% (total 3) / 40.00% (total 2), post/view comments:   2029+ | Genonemicron     Intense biospheric exposure to GMO's cause mutations in all organic things, triggering an evolutionary bonanza which is hard to predict and impossible to insulate against. Meanwhile, megacorporations will finally have done away with voting and governments alltogether as the ultra-rich of the world engage in a vicious purge of the super-rich and take ultimate control over society by claiming ownership to all DNA forms. People must apply for birth licenses, must pay yearly royalties on the "intellectual property" inherent in their children's Gene's, and the highest value contraband will be in "prohibited genetic material." Whole "contraband species" will be banned, especially those displaying abnormal evolutionary endowments. Genetic ID scans will be everywhere as the Ultra-Elite guard their power with incredible paranoia from the threat of ultra-evolved contraband specimens whom are able to consciously change their cell structure at will. The poorest Humans will be engineered to look like and process human waste.   posted by Stephan Larose , on 06 SEP 2004 19:32:37 (UTC+01)   rate this: 57.14% (total 4) / 42.86% (total 3), post/view comments:   2011 | Microsoft filed for bankrupcy     Microsoft had to file for bankrupcy as the company was incapable of recuperating after the desastrous introduction of Microsoft ShortTail. Bill Gates, head of the once mighty software foundry, resigned only minutes before the official declaration of bankrupcy. In an immediate reaction, authorities froze the private accounts of Bill Gates as well, as he will be held liable with all his assets for the massive losses. Microsoft was unable to resolve the most burning secuirty issues in its most recent operating system release thus loosing millions of enterprise and private customers to its toughest opponents in the OS-market, MacOS XII and Linux.   posted by Michael K. , on 06 SEP 2004 17:27:01 (UTC+01)   rate this: 57.14% (total 4) / 42.86% (total 3), post/view comments:   2029+ | 40 % women in computing sciences     In 25 years from now, a percentage of 50% and plus of professors in computing sciences will be women. This will increase diversity of technologies for a diverse information society.   posted by Isabel Zorn , on 06 SEP 2004 15:06:01 (UTC+01)   rate this: 76.19% (total 16) / 23.81% (total 5), post/view comments:   2029+ | .     Dream is alive. NEWS will be VINTAGES, and maybe i can love there.   posted by YUKAKO , on 06 SEP 2004 14:30:30 (UTC+01)   rate this: 55.56% (total 5) / 44.44% (total 4), post/view comments:   2014 | sex is finaly free     sex is finaly free   posted by , on 06 SEP 2004 14:05:44 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 2) / 50.00% (total 2), post/view comments:   2020 | Turing test passed thousands of times daily     Possibly brute force, but we will all interact without thinking about it with speaking and listening machines.   posted by Claus Dahl , on 06 SEP 2004 13:07:19 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 2) / 50.00% (total 2), post/view comments:   2029+ | State of Zen     We will reach a higher understanding of ourselfes and our world, and it doesn't need to be religious. Just more consious - I hope... And the timeframe? Well as you see I do not quite believe in it myself. 2029+ = the long now.   posted by Fohns , on 06 SEP 2004 10:14:38 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 5) / 50.00% (total 5), post/view comments:   2017 | mobile phone 7 tracking ID system embedded in bodies at birth     Biotech and wetware will evolve alongside mobile technologies, our desire for perpetual contact and parental fear for child safety. Chip type devices will be grafted in to wrist and thumb bones. Dialup obviously voice activated with special settings for prelinguistic communication between parents and babies. Later, thouse left wing parents who fought the trend will be found guilty of irresponsible parenting. Those of us who grew up with land lines will feel threatened but the mobile generation will revel in easy perpetual access to one another and develop thumb stroke as opposed to keystroke comms   posted by hannah , on 06 SEP 2004 10:07:53 (UTC+01)   rate this: 50.00% (total 2) / 50.00% (total 2), post/view comments:   2007 | Iraq a Bastion of Hope     The Iraqi Interim gov't held elections in '05, bringing it's own brand of constitutional republicanism to the Middle East. Iraq influences reform movements in Iran, Syria, and Saudia Arabia. Terrorist groups begin to lose their followings.   posted by Josh , on 06 SEP 2004 03:40:13 (UTC+01)   rate this: 62.50% (total 5) / 37.50% (total 3), post/view comments: