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  Store Purchases by Tube... had the idea right, no way to know computers and the internet would be the t... : stonedonkey
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE Senator Stevens knows what's up? He probably helped write tha : Ajax
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    Basically that's right, just with UPS and Fedex instead of tubes.

    Nov 29, 2007 9:10am PST
    Basically that's right, just with UPS and Fedex instead of tubes. : mmogger
  • but the internet is made of tubes so technically it is correct. : judasen
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  Some of those predictions were pretty close! : guido anchovy
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    The pictures via telegraph was pretty good too.. interesting read. : stonedonkey
    • the cell phone also. : barichnikov
    • i agree. interesting read, and alot are quite close. : AMikaboshi
• lol at exercise and thin ppl. : barichnikov
• "Everyone will walk 10 miles" haha, but I guess who could predict everyone getting lazy and fat? : Anti_dentite
• There will be no c, x, or q.. I like that one. : skitzo
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  I really wish the letter C, X, and Q go away : spiderfill
  • LOL WTF! Bet he didn't predict that response now did he, smartass?! : Zakko
  • If our society wasn't so picky about spelling, they would. : pupismyname
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    "English will be a language of condensed words" Judging by the fucking spread of texting, I'd say that... : mmogger
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      yeah but those condensed words use C, X and Q ;) : bad_fish
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        exceedingly quixotic, isn't it? : phipple
        • Ekseedingly kwiksotic, indeed. : MONGOLOID
      • qq X_X : riptyde
• Most of those are half-right, or will be in the next decade. A few are really accurate, and a few are co... : Arcanum
• Why is he so obsessed with huge fruits and veges? : CuntRocket
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  Some of these are freakishly spot-on, and things that we just take for granted. For instance: The pop... : DinK
  • The pizza I had last night says pre-made meals are delivered. : NexusOne
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    Actually, the population estimate is low, as they were expecting us to have taken over Mexico. : TShandy
    • Instead it's Mexico taking over us. :P : guido anchovy
  • The airships vs automobiles one sounded a bit off to me at first as well. But then, thinking about it, p... : Zakko
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    He predicted a population 350,000-500,000 in America, not 350 million. : Kaerof
    • You are wrong, sir. : c0bra
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      Read it again. He said 350,000,000 to 500,000,000. : Arcanum
      • Pfft, three of those zeros are silent. : Kaerof
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      considering the population was 76 million in 1900, that would be pretty bad. : aethyr
      • Well, with all the warships shooting city-destroying bombs, you never know. : FlatlineDixay
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  That was interesting, I always like to read this kind of stuff. Let's make our own predictions for the ne... : voodooraze
  • All I want is my flying car! : Anti_dentite
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    The SkyNet funding bill is passed. The system goes online on August 4th, 2017. Human decisions are remove... : mmogger
    • i randomly saw some of that last night and realized that i remembered way too many lines The man most : delataur
    • And then it takes over publishing of SkyMall. Ugh. : Zakko
    • Hehe in college we had a party on Aug 30, 1997 to celebrate us not being nuked by the machines. So nerdy... : riptyde
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    Those kinds of predictions are much harder to make on that time frame now, I think, due to the accelerati... : Arcanum
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      I don't see vat-grown meat taking over for a long while. First we have to be able to reliably grow the st... : Anti_dentite
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        Technologically, I don't think it's as far off as you think. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/res... : Arcanum
        • The part in that article that really makes me think it's not too far off is the fact that it's meat produ... : Arcanum
    • Yeah, I'm gonna have to say no to the vat grown meat, at least not in nearly that time frame. : Matto357
    • mmmm.... vat meat : MagicWishMonkey
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      As a biomedical engineering major, I can tell you that, as far as your last prediction goes, when it come... : coldfusioncs
      • Specifically sense organ, particularly eyes and ears, which I gather we're advancing with pretty rapidly.... : Arcanum
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    There will be a machine that will read the brainwaves of Person A, and duplicate those brainwaves on Pers... : fishbone
    • now that would be cool : steve_o
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      So doctors help the insane by becoming insane themselves? : DHAvatar
      • That's certainly one use : fishbone
  • Holy wars, plagues, and gnashing of teeth. : Rauol Duke
  • Human existence as we know it has come to a halt. Whether it be meteor, nuking our selves, global warmin... : changejar419
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    DNF delayed. : ieGod
    • hahaha : changejar419
    • stop stabbing me in TF2. i hate you. : virus
  • human cloning, biotic implants, at least one nuclear war, the genocide of the muslim people by the west.... : edgewise
  • all houses in the future will be built out of plastic : jaga
  • People will still be bitching about going to other planets. : Agrona
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    moon colony! : zebrigazi
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      screw the moon. mars colony! : xsii
      • I'm going to colonise Uranus! : jcupitt
  • An idiot democrat will be elected to office, then an idiot republican, then maybe another idiot republica... : Orange Pylon
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    The day of the computer will fade into the distance. Tools will become more specific to a particular need... : kbaxter1
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      That's completely opposite to pretty much every trend I've seen in consumer technology. It's all about c... : Arcanum
      • Would be nice to have a cell phone powerful enough to run as a desktop pc. At home you connect it to a d... : riptyde
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    flying cars, damnit >:( : c0bra
    • there is no fucking way they are going to let average morons fly around in their car. : aeg1x
  • 1. The rocket will be replaced by a cleaner energy technology that is capable of giving a craft enough li... : K1Bond007
• Russian will be the second most spoken language! Stinking commies. We fixed that. : stump
• im still waiting for a raspberry the size of an apple.. : agentlead
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  Wow, about 70% of those points are largely correct. Amazing. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    no its a lot less than 50%.. don't read predictions and go "yeah thats pretty close!" .. that means it... : jaga
    • WTF. Lets see you throw out some ideas forecasting 100 years from now and lets see how well you do. Ya it... : Sgt_Boomstick
• Some of them are close and then some are 100% dead opposite wrong. Specifically the ones about exercis... : c0bra
• Srsly...where the hell is the hoverboard at? I remember watching Back to the Future when I was a kid, th... : changejar419
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  lol @ free college education : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    A lot of countries do that. : NexusOne
    • Yeah so did Germany but then they introduced tuition fees nationwide end of last year. I thought the pred... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    lol @ typical American response. : Sgt_Boomstick
    • Except I'm South American / European. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• There will be No Wild Animals :( : tomservo
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  WE NEED TO GET RID OF GAS consumption for travel first off - WE NEED electricity or some form of FREE pow... : sherwinpg
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamics#The_laws_of_thermodynamics : Arcanum
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      hand cranks are free power they just require some effort on our parts which is exercise which is healthie... : sherwinpg
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        That's not free. It requires food energy; TANSTAAFL. And the power output is orders of magnitude smalle : Arcanum
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          you're a giant nerd : sherwinpg
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            1) You apparently haven't noticed where you're posting. 2) If having some basic knowledge about the fu... : Arcanum
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              1. I KNOW!!!!!!!! 2. I DIDN"T READ YOUR POST - IN YOUR FACE!!!!! : sherwinpg
              • hahahhaaa, this subthread is fantastic. Also, someone else are invented your idea about the car powere... : slickdoody
          • hahaha awesome post : nomaad
          • best response ever : MagicWishMonkey
          • haha this post needs more love : kevp
          • lolz, please add me to your newsletter subscription. : darcspeed
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      imagine a plane powered by those bicycle exercise machines, they'd put like 5 in the bottom of the plane ... : sherwinpg
      • lol @ ignorance : Scoots06
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        I seriously hope you are joking. If not please have some understanding about the subject you are talking... : Crimsonbeak
        • probably not joking, just really REALLY high and letting the mind wander! w00t! : Downforce
      • Haha this cracks me up : shred.
      • What the fuck? lol : walker270
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        hahahahahahahahaahahahahaha Doooooooooood, you know what would be sweet? If we could, like, fly, man. ... : mmogger
        • cops can't touch me up there! : c0bra
      • hahaha, oh man where do I sign up? : fishbone
      • More like 1 second of power for those 5 people cycling for 1 week. : c0bra
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        You would only generate as much power as a human riding a bike could output. Which is very, very littl... : EvilDolemite
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          A person riding a bike can output the equivalent of about .4 HP. A Boeing 747 requires about 60,000HP ... : mmogger
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            stop being a giant nerd : askedrelic
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              right, my bad, here : ¯\(o_º)/¯ ¯\(o_º)/¯ ¯\(o_Ã... : mmogger
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                ----_____O_o/----------- : c0bra
                • I always laugh at this.. lol : walker270
            • yeah, and pass the cheetos mannnn : Downforce
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            it is worth noting that a manually powered plane (i.e. leg pedals) with two passengers did make a round t... : mallrice
            • Human powered has been demonstrated to be possible. Human powered with useful carrying capacity is quest... : Arcanum
            • Yeah, I've seen those things, those are cool. I was more deriding the "we can just pedal for an hour and ... : mmogger
      • this is the best post today. : nyranger66
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        This has to be a troll. No one is this stupid. : action roommate
        • This is serious megalols. : askedrelic
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          After perusing his post history, I think he actually might be. He's also a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. : Arcanum
          • http://lurkersdid911.com/ : boring gegtik
          • There are some interesting posts in there. Apparently Atlantis will also rise again, somewhere near New J... : mmogger
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            Apparently he's had this idea for a while.. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15517529#itemanchor_15... : walker270
            • wth stalkers! : sherwinpg
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            nothing wrong with asking questions : sherwinpg
            • or is there? : c0bra
            • not stupid questions : askedrelic
            • You didn't ask questions, you made a retarded statement. : sammyl
            • there's nothing wrong with being retarded but that doesn't mean you aren't :( : electroly
            • there are no stupid questions. Just stupid people. And trolls. : thetangent
          • he's prolly just a troll account - although it IS possible he's JUST THAT STUPID : thetangent
        • Haha. : dltrem
      • oh my goodness : derelict515
      • bhahaaha i love this guy!! : pukerat
      • Hahaha : Evil Benius
      • Note to self: Always fly with Lance Armstrong. : TheArtMan
      • hahahahahaahahahahahah oh holy sweet baby jesus : warpdude
      • awesome post, i am stoned enough to create the whole beautiful vision in my head. : ghost hacker
      • This is the dumbest idea I've ever heard. Why would you make exercise machines that require an hour of cy... : Delusional
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        I envision this as a pedal-driven version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang piloted by Baron Bonbust. : sgtsanity
        • one huge ass airship with a fleet of those as fighters with these http://regmedia.co.uk/2005/01/28/large_... : ghost hacker
      • That would be awesome, but my plane is going to have a no fatties policy. : Audhuml4
      • this is now my dream. best post ever. : drucifer
      • must take a shitload of people to keep Zeal afloat : delataur
      • I think you need to start a newsletter, we would all subscribe : jaga
      • oh jesus it can only go downhill from here : judge
      • JESUS CHRIST : mega man
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    For some reason I decided to read the subthread before the post that started it. While reading I was won... : walker270
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      The scientists are in on the conspiracy too. They're all just trying to keep us down. : Arcanum
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        I'm going to go put wires on my bike and connect them to my car to be freed from the oppressive scientist... : walker270
        • I'm gonna go build me some wings and strap them on my arms! Imagine man, total freedom to fly anywhere! : Arcanum
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  Too bad the free education one isn't true :( : soggybagel
  • maybe one day, we're not doing too bad when you consider the fact that the average person had less than a... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Isn't it? It mentions children. : pigvomit
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      A university education will be free to every man and woman. Not quite. : soggybagel
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        you can get it for free if you serve in the military. sounds like a pretty good deal to me, if you're... : MagicWishMonkey
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          Your definition of free is not the same as mine. : soggybagel
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            you have to fight to be free. you gotta earn it : RikiTiki2
            • I prefer to fight for my right to party. : soggybagel
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            theres no such thing as free. the *free* you are thinking of would require taxpayers to flip the bill.... : MagicWishMonkey
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              No my idea was totally free. We get rid of all money forever. FREE EVERYTHING! : soggybagel
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                i like this but how do you get lazy people to work or put their share in? : sherwinpg
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                  Make people trade work for items. You can even give them slips of paper saying how much they work, so th... : walker270
                  • Yeah, we'll have one guy who like, who like, makes bread. A-and one guy who like, l-looks out for other p... : thetangent
  • it is true, just not in the US lololol : jcupitt
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  Rage...... gets the scientists working on the tube technology : n00b_sauce
  • and legalize marijuana : father_crown
• A lot of those are fascinating, but they didn't seem to understand the problem with eliminating entire po... : EvilDolemite
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  ... TL;DR? : Home Nugget
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    TL;DR It's all has happened.. : cjcharv
    • All your base are belong to Us : cjcharv
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    1) Five hundred million people in the US. 2) The average American will be 1-2 inches taller. 3) C, X, a... : Pittst3r
    • lol, thanks for making effort :) : Home Nugget
• The part about coal depresses me a bit. : slax0r