Predictions for 2010

http://sites.google.com/site/yacoset/Home/predictions-for-2010

by s3graham • 17 years ago

94 30 17 years ago

sites.google.com

russell• 17 years ago

Lame humor.

Miky• 17 years ago

I liked most of it except for the blind Windows hate on the last one. I especially liked the XML one.

coderdude2• 17 years ago

I was disappointed at first to see that the predictions for 2010 from (google.com) were actually some guy's sites.google.com site with "funny" fake predictions. I decided to humor the guy and I wasn't completely disappointed. #3 made me laugh.

shaddi• 17 years ago

I personally thought these were hilarious (esp #1).

You bring up a good (if slightly offtopic) point. There should be something to differentiate sites.google.com pages from those officially published by Google. Just add the "sites." so we know the difference.

ryanwaggoner• 17 years ago

This has been asked for again and again. Apparently whoever maintains this site is busy with something more important. Huff.

shin_lao• 17 years ago

#14 is funny

Raphael• 17 years ago

17. Friendster revives to become the number one social network for gerbils.

ctkrohn• 17 years ago

"...after it's discovered that the entire banking industry is held together with Visual Basic 6 and Excel macros."

This is truer than anyone here would like to admit...

bradgessler• 17 years ago

Insurance and healthcare information systems too.

digitallogic• 17 years ago

"8. The TARP bailout is extended to Microsoft after it's discovered that the entire banking industry is held together with Visual Basic 6 and Excel macros."

That second part is eerily accurate.

camccann3• 17 years ago

I would have added "Microsoft then gives the money back after realizing that accepting it requires them to support VB6 in perpetuity."

camccann3• 17 years ago

This is probably more accurate than most predictions you'll read elsewhere.

For what it's worth, the author of this is clawrencewenham on HN, a consistent source of good content.

christofd2• 17 years ago

Not sure this is correct procedure, exposing the privacy of a HN fellow. I personally would have second thoughts posting that.

camccann3• 17 years ago

He's posted several of his own articles before and acknowledged them as such (which is the only reason I know it's his!). I just wanted to make sure he gets proper credit.

cf. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=754119

petercooper• 17 years ago

17. Inane shite will still make it to the Hacker News front page.

uggedal• 17 years ago

Thats not a prediction, it happened in 2009.

pavs• 17 years ago

"All this has happened before, and all this will happen again."

jasonlbaptiste• 17 years ago

1 word: Erlang

rms2• 17 years ago

please no

pwpwp• 17 years ago

Since when is humor inane?

chubbard• 17 years ago

The (google.com) ending is a little misleading since it's just someone's hosted site on sites.google.com. It's not google's opinion, but it would be a lot funnier if it was.

richardburton• 17 years ago

"Somebody then does the obvious and ... gets one bunch of monkeys to write code and uses the second bunch to test it. A reasonably good clone of Windows 7 is banged out over 8 months with a budget of about $4,000" My favourite line.

SamAtt• 17 years ago

The sad fact is I'd actually buy an OS/2 Phone.

(It's true. More than a decade after the @#%$ that was Windows '95 beat us and I still can't let it go)

theycallmemorty• 17 years ago

"XML will continue to be a better choice than JSON or YAML for the same reason that McDonalds is a better choice than Arby's or Hardees"

I'm not quite sure what he's driving at here...

eli• 17 years ago

That they all kinda suck?

quickpost• 17 years ago

Popularity?

coderdude2• 17 years ago

Arby's and Hardees make arguably higher quality food. I think what he's getting at is that it's not better, it's just quicker and dirtier.

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