On the Record: Predictions

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NO.PREDICTIONDURATIONPREDICTOR

283. I predict that our civilization will survive until at least 2100. 93 years
02007-02100
John Tierney

282. THE world?s slowest concert, which began on September 5, 2001 and which is scheduled to take 639 years, will still be performed at its half-time interval, wich is planned for the year 2319. 313 years
02007-02319
Imre Bondar

270. By 2025, more than 50% of desktop computers in the world will be running an open-source operating system. 18 years
02006-02025
Adam Dingle

267. By 2010, the use of dial-up modems will represent less than 5 percent of all Internet access (represented as a percentage of all households) in the United States. As part of this prediction, I expect that at that time, dial-up service will cost significantly more than the slowest alternative, which will be substantially faster than dial-up. 3 years
02006-02010
Glenn I Fleishman

266. There will be a quantum computer with over 100 qubits of processing capability sold either as a hardware system or whose use is made available as a commercial service by Dec 31, 2010 4 years
02006-02010
brian wang

262. By the year 2050, there will be at least 1 green autotrophic person on the Earth... 44 years
02006-02050
Emre Sokullu

259. Within a decade Wal-Mart (WMT) shares cease to be listed on the NYSE as a result bankruptcy, being taken over/private, or being delisted by the exchange. 10 years
02006-02016
Michael Kreusch

257. Hydrocarbon fuels will be the "fuel of choice" for personal transportation for the next 50 years 50 years
02006-02056
John T Hoagland

252. By year 2036, there will be at least 1 man alive in the U.S. who has fathered 150 children. ? years
02006-???
Baris Karadogan

246. The world will not reach 'Peak Oil' by 2010.

I have invited Jeremy Leggett, a champion of the peak oil concept and author of "Half gone: oil, gas, hot air and the global energy crisis", to bet against this prediction.
4 years
02006-02010
Clive D Bates

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