BT's Predictions for the Future

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday December 2, 2003 @01:04AM from the now-thats-just-funny dept.

Saluton_Mondo writes "BT describes the future as looking "ever more exciting each year"... you won't be surprised if you read their white paper on a timeline of technological development in various aspects of human culture, running up to about 2100. It's a bit out of date, but still pretty funny. Some are reasonable predictions, like the introduction of ID cards in the UK by 2010, or the rise of an American dictator in 2000. Others are just funny, like an orgasm via e-mail in 2010, or a security Barbie which searches for lost offspring. I'll not even mention the emergence of the Borg in 2040... see what you think."

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google has it in html by lydon · 2003-12-02 01:12 · Score: 5, Informative

In case of (already occured) slashdotting look here (try the 'View as HTML' link).
Re:Googled by CaptainBaz · 2003-12-02 01:16 · Score: 5, Informative

and HTMLified.
Rise of an American Dictator... by mdemeny · 2003-12-02 01:33 · Score: 4, Informative

I thought this was a joke by the moderator, but if you look at the Addendum they republish 'Wildcards' based on an original idea by John Petersen, The Arlington Institute. This includes Rise of an American Dictator in 2000 (where 2000 is the earliest possible occurence).
Re:(Hello?)^2 by McWilde · 2003-12-02 03:07 · Score: 5, Informative

No, actually it's called paralepsis.

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