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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
  • 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, and Q will have been eliminated from the alphabet because spelling will be phonetic.
    4) Hot and cold air spigots.
    5) Ready-cooked meals will be bought and delivered via pneumatic tubes or automobiles.
    6) Food in stores will not be exposed to the air and the food will be preserved in liquid-air refrigerators.
    7) Fuck, I'm not doing this anymore. Just read it. The basic points are bolded and are the first sentence of every paragraph so you can easily skim it.

    Nov 29, 2007 5:03pm PST
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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