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The Magic 8-Ball's Take on Tech in 2008

Posted by Zonk on from the just-as-reliable-as-the-other-articles dept.

PCWMike writes "It's that time of year again, when every website makes predictions about the future of technology. PCWorld is no exception, but tried to put a little humor into their prognostication by calling on a neutral third party: the magic 8-ball. '4. Open Software and Open Networks Will Dominate! Magic 8-Ball says: Ask again later. Open-source software meets open wireless networks, fostering an unbridled era of innovation and consumer freedom. Right? Well, maybe one day, but don't bet the bank on it in 2008.'"

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  1. magic 8 ball says: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    niggers suck

  2. Some predictions by symbolset · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    • SSD storage will be much more capacious and cheaper.
    • RAM will be no faster nor more capacious, but it will have much more "DDR3" and cost twice as much.
    • They're try and Ram a Bus up us again.
    • Vista = FAIL (and all its fans, too)
    • Blu-Ray will exploit their initial success with $70 HD movies. HD-DVD will rise from the dead with license-free movies and smack the crap out of Sony. Again. Like this doesn't happen every time.
    • Available 500GB eSCSI drives will arrive the same day as 2TB SATA drives, cost $10,000, and be on the market for most of a day.
    • In every market where FiOS gets deployed Comcast will suddenly remember they've got all this dark fiber they could light up for cheap.
    • A new politician will be elected president. At just the moment in history when we need a President, we'll have another politician.
    • Britney will kill herself. Her mom will use that as her cue to go forward with her parenting book.
    • The war will enter a new phase, with a new name, but it will look just like the last phase and cost twice as much.
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