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JoshuaJSlone
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It was a victim of a digital attPlywood said:
permutated
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The_Reckoning said:
This. Probably soon too (at least in California)
Shockgamer
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- GameStop, Blockbuster, Boarders, Barnes & Nobles and other media specialty stores are gone. Malls are no more. What people can't get online, they'll get in a big box store. Whatever retail is left will have to be unable to be reproduced online and be incompatible with the big boxes' wide net, vanilla generican reach. A larger focus on culture selling than product selling.
- People primarily buy cars from big box stores and online stores instead of dealerships.
- Self-driving car technology goes to the consumer level, allowing more mobility to those without licenses or physically unable to drive. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs find themselves jobless, and get about as compassion as autoworkers. Zip Car and other car sharing businesses see a spike in profit as they set up service stations around cities which can send a car out to anybody who calls for one, take them to their destination, and return to be maintained when not in use. Car sales suffer because of this.
- Digital contacts or digital glasses are the norm, giving the users augmented reality HUDs, or full visual virtual reality. Television and monitor sales drop, movie theaters and arcades close.
- E-readers and/or tablet PCs are common in schools.
- People primarily buy cars from big box stores and online stores instead of dealerships.
- Self-driving car technology goes to the consumer level, allowing more mobility to those without licenses or physically unable to drive. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs find themselves jobless, and get about as compassion as autoworkers. Zip Car and other car sharing businesses see a spike in profit as they set up service stations around cities which can send a car out to anybody who calls for one, take them to their destination, and return to be maintained when not in use. Car sales suffer because of this.
- Digital contacts or digital glasses are the norm, giving the users augmented reality HUDs, or full visual virtual reality. Television and monitor sales drop, movie theaters and arcades close.
- E-readers and/or tablet PCs are common in schools.
gnarkill bill
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flying cars
Dmncnby2k9
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Barack Obama becomes ruler of the USA
Kuro Madoushi
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Newsflash!
When did people start referring to each other as "my lord" and "my lady"
When did people start referring to each other as "my lord" and "my lady"
- Earth-like planet discovered. Signals not found in nature detected emanating from the planet, massive project to make contact begins.
- The super telescopes and radio telescopes currently being built come online and greatly expand our knowledge of the universe. Dark energy is explained and leads to great leaps forward in faster-than-light travel and spacetime manipulation.
- Electric cars become increasingly more mainstream.
- The steady decline of religion grows more rapid.
- Print newspapers and magazines are reduced to simply a novelty, similiar to vinyl albums.
- Cancer is cured. Scientists continue to make strides in reversing aging.
- The super telescopes and radio telescopes currently being built come online and greatly expand our knowledge of the universe. Dark energy is explained and leads to great leaps forward in faster-than-light travel and spacetime manipulation.
- Electric cars become increasingly more mainstream.
- The steady decline of religion grows more rapid.
- Print newspapers and magazines are reduced to simply a novelty, similiar to vinyl albums.
- Cancer is cured. Scientists continue to make strides in reversing aging.
Domino Theory
Crystal Dynamics
Amero reaches all time high
Jeb Bush named Chancellor of the NAU
Jeb Bush named Chancellor of the NAU
hbkajshdvfbkjhvgkahsgdfka
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Legendary game developer Shigeru Miyamoto found dead in home.
disappeared
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U.S. TO ANNEX CANADA!
Rapping Granny
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- Polar Bears take Over Canada.
- Canadians take over US. The world is a better place to live in.
- Canadians take over US. The world is a better place to live in.
SuperSonic1305
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Manics said:
Leafs win Stanley Cup 10 years straight.
Megadragon15
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First contact to take place in Montreal, Canada; London, England; and Moscow, Russia.
viciouskillersquirrel
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First human clone born in Russia. Has health complications.
First consumer-level quantum computers release. At once greater and lamer than anybody dared to imagine.
First Latin American pope annointed in Rome. New pontiff reaffirms Catholic Church's decade-long pro-contraception stance, announces plans for concecration of women priests, beatification of John Paul II.
Revolution and civil war breaks out in China. State now split into two main territories.
Japan embarks on major immigration campaign after failure of fertility campaign. Catch-cry is "populate or perish".
Rise of Brazil bodes poorly for US hegemony in Latin America.
Plans for construction of first major nuclear fusion plants stalled. Costs blow out.
Cheap method for mass production of carbon nanotubes discovered. Talks begin for construction of first space elevator.
Room temperature superconductors discovered. Technology using them still finnicky.
Solid state capacitors replace electrolysis reaction-based batteries.
LEDs replace nearly all other technologies as sources of light.
Evidence of alien life discovered in sub-terranean oceans of Europa. Isn't very exciting.
First consumer-level quantum computers release. At once greater and lamer than anybody dared to imagine.
First Latin American pope annointed in Rome. New pontiff reaffirms Catholic Church's decade-long pro-contraception stance, announces plans for concecration of women priests, beatification of John Paul II.
Revolution and civil war breaks out in China. State now split into two main territories.
Japan embarks on major immigration campaign after failure of fertility campaign. Catch-cry is "populate or perish".
Rise of Brazil bodes poorly for US hegemony in Latin America.
Plans for construction of first major nuclear fusion plants stalled. Costs blow out.
Cheap method for mass production of carbon nanotubes discovered. Talks begin for construction of first space elevator.
Room temperature superconductors discovered. Technology using them still finnicky.
Solid state capacitors replace electrolysis reaction-based batteries.
LEDs replace nearly all other technologies as sources of light.
Evidence of alien life discovered in sub-terranean oceans of Europa. Isn't very exciting.
viciouskillersquirrel
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Nope. The extra detail is just a likely scenario if any of these things did happen. I'm probably wrong about half of them too.Cheebs said:
-North Korea launches nukes onto Tokyo, Japan. 500,000 known causalities . 100,000 injured. America must face a decision to enter into World War 3 with Britain, Japan, and Italy.
-A world war against fisheries ignites when overfishing has depleted the oceans. Nations fight over New Zealand's Blue Haven marine reserve.
-All American jobs are outsourced to Asian, African, and Mexican sweatshops due to crumbling economy and heavy inflation.
-Polar icecaps rapidly melt, dramatically raising the sea level up another eight inches. Scientists fear the worst hurricanes and tsunamis will hit Pacific and east coast United States next month. All polar bears and penguins are relocated to overcrowded zoos.
-Sever fires and drought in South America due to heavy deforestation, impossible to save the remaining rain forests. Countless more flora and fauna extinct.
-The once common Rock Pigeon faces extinction due to climate changes and pollution. Remaining species are kept in captivity across the world.
-Heavy sewage and lack of waste management continue to contaminate remaining water reserves. Higher taxes on fresh water in the future
-At the age of 120, Jack Lelanne dies from pneumonia when he attempted to pull 100 boats with a hundred people from Puerto Rico to Maimi, Florida during Hurricane Micheal.
-The last beehive dies from CCD. Hand pollination becomes the requirement of all crops. Disregard all headlines because once bees are dead, the world is phucked.
Sorry for all the pessimism. I drink Carnation's Instant Pessimist in the morning.
-A world war against fisheries ignites when overfishing has depleted the oceans. Nations fight over New Zealand's Blue Haven marine reserve.
-All American jobs are outsourced to Asian, African, and Mexican sweatshops due to crumbling economy and heavy inflation.
-Polar icecaps rapidly melt, dramatically raising the sea level up another eight inches. Scientists fear the worst hurricanes and tsunamis will hit Pacific and east coast United States next month. All polar bears and penguins are relocated to overcrowded zoos.
-Sever fires and drought in South America due to heavy deforestation, impossible to save the remaining rain forests. Countless more flora and fauna extinct.
-The once common Rock Pigeon faces extinction due to climate changes and pollution. Remaining species are kept in captivity across the world.
-Heavy sewage and lack of waste management continue to contaminate remaining water reserves. Higher taxes on fresh water in the future
-At the age of 120, Jack Lelanne dies from pneumonia when he attempted to pull 100 boats with a hundred people from Puerto Rico to Maimi, Florida during Hurricane Micheal.
-The last beehive dies from CCD. Hand pollination becomes the requirement of all crops. Disregard all headlines because once bees are dead, the world is phucked.
Sorry for all the pessimism. I drink Carnation's Instant Pessimist in the morning.
Aesius
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-People with be able to pay a monthly fee and have unlimited access to all available media - every album, movie, game, book, newspaper, magazine, etc, will be archived and instantly available.
-A sandbox game will be developed that somehow incorporates Google Earth technology - which by then will have fully global coverage and high resolution 3D imagery. Maybe Grand Theft Auto 10.
-Google will continue its dominance and its search engine will still be the main way most people experience the internet.
-The internet (websites) itself will still look virtually the same - only the ways it is accessed and interacted with will be different.
-Displays will be ubiquitous - As pliable as a piece of paper and nearly as thin. A miniaturized CPU/RAM will be incorporated and tiny solid state hard drives which contain an OS - everything else, including games, will simply be streamed over the (near global) wireless internet. They will be solar/biologically powered and use a negligible amount of energy.
-There will be a workaround for latency, reducing it to a non-issue in order to make the above seamless
-Motion controls will be the norm for some electronic devices (especially playing games in the house) and will be extremely accurate, able to detect the slightest hand motion. Also touch-screen controls will continue to improve and become more intuitive.
-There will be a cure for baldness (I pray this one happens before I go bald)
-A sandbox game will be developed that somehow incorporates Google Earth technology - which by then will have fully global coverage and high resolution 3D imagery. Maybe Grand Theft Auto 10.
-Google will continue its dominance and its search engine will still be the main way most people experience the internet.
-The internet (websites) itself will still look virtually the same - only the ways it is accessed and interacted with will be different.
-Displays will be ubiquitous - As pliable as a piece of paper and nearly as thin. A miniaturized CPU/RAM will be incorporated and tiny solid state hard drives which contain an OS - everything else, including games, will simply be streamed over the (near global) wireless internet. They will be solar/biologically powered and use a negligible amount of energy.
-There will be a workaround for latency, reducing it to a non-issue in order to make the above seamless
-Motion controls will be the norm for some electronic devices (especially playing games in the house) and will be extremely accurate, able to detect the slightest hand motion. Also touch-screen controls will continue to improve and become more intuitive.
-There will be a cure for baldness (I pray this one happens before I go bald)
CBC: Canadian officials threaten to abandon NAFTA amid concerns over freshwater sovereignty
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CNN: Human error suspected in accidental leak of sequestered carbon emissions in South Dakota, local area blackened in a "fog of pollution"
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BBC Special Report: The Asian Population Bomb: Where will the millions of environmental refugees go and who is going to feed them?
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FOX News: Protestors defy police efforts to maintain peace, resort to violence outside a summit for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)
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The New York Times: American leaders tighten grip over Cuba amid concern it may join the Banco del Sur and ALBA
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The Huffington Post: Hundreds of thousands participate in the 34th annual World Social Forum in Montevideo, Uruguay
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Protestors sign: "End corporate subsidies - Goldman Sachs never paid my credit card bill why should I pay theirs?"
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FOX News: The benefits of living in a "Corporate City"
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UN Report: Over 75 of the worlds largest economies are now multinational corporations
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UN Report: Rising pollution levels will cause global temperature to rise beyond the critical 2% tipping point in the next decade, resulting in mass extinction, migration and incalculable economic cost
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I'm an optimist.
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CNN: Human error suspected in accidental leak of sequestered carbon emissions in South Dakota, local area blackened in a "fog of pollution"
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BBC Special Report: The Asian Population Bomb: Where will the millions of environmental refugees go and who is going to feed them?
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FOX News: Protestors defy police efforts to maintain peace, resort to violence outside a summit for the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)
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The New York Times: American leaders tighten grip over Cuba amid concern it may join the Banco del Sur and ALBA
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The Huffington Post: Hundreds of thousands participate in the 34th annual World Social Forum in Montevideo, Uruguay
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Protestors sign: "End corporate subsidies - Goldman Sachs never paid my credit card bill why should I pay theirs?"
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FOX News: The benefits of living in a "Corporate City"
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UN Report: Over 75 of the worlds largest economies are now multinational corporations
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UN Report: Rising pollution levels will cause global temperature to rise beyond the critical 2% tipping point in the next decade, resulting in mass extinction, migration and incalculable economic cost
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I'm an optimist.
SCULLIBUNDO
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AVATAR comes out in theatres all around the world. Planets align. World Peace declared. Wyld Stallions Split Up. Stallions parting a Hoax.
But seriously:
NASA is still thinking about going to MARS.
NASA announces return trip to the moon!
But seriously:
NASA is still thinking about going to MARS.
NASA announces return trip to the moon!
viciouskillersquirrel
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OMG you're right.Scullibundo said:
The Wyld Stallyns are going to release their first album!
US president to issue statement from Cheyenne Mountain. Expresses sorrow and quick action as the world reels from the Asteroidal impact off the coast of England.
Over 200 million feared dead as an undetected asteroid approximately 2.5 miles wide (4.02 km) struck off the coast of England the blast was something that modern day Earth has never seen. The impact caused a Tsunami that was about 2 miles (3.2 km) high and traveling at about 1500 miles per hour (2,414 kph). Evacuation efforts proved futile as the wave traveled 50 miles inland in some areas.
More news as communications get re-established
Over 200 million feared dead as an undetected asteroid approximately 2.5 miles wide (4.02 km) struck off the coast of England the blast was something that modern day Earth has never seen. The impact caused a Tsunami that was about 2 miles (3.2 km) high and traveling at about 1500 miles per hour (2,414 kph). Evacuation efforts proved futile as the wave traveled 50 miles inland in some areas.
More news as communications get re-established
The electric car overtakes gas vehicles in popularity.
Gabe Newell smashes his 25th pinata.
Americans who identify themselves as having "no religion" will rise to at least 20% from the 15% now (click).
Legalization of gay marriage in every state of America, and in most modern nations.
Legalization of marijuana and perhaps other substances in certain states of the US and other countries.
The amount of open atheists in politics will rise dramatically.
Man walks on the moon (again).
The Creationist movement dies out in the United States.
The United States will cease supporting Israel by default and take a more balanced approach to peace in the Middle East (I don't care if you think this will somehow doom the US to destruction, you crazy Bible fundies).
Scientists discover if the Higgs Boson is real or bunk.
NASA replaces the Space Shuttle.
Discovery of a method to store antimatter for long periods of time.
First recorded theft of antimatter in history ends in tragedy.
Gabe Newell smashes his 25th pinata.
Americans who identify themselves as having "no religion" will rise to at least 20% from the 15% now (click).
Legalization of gay marriage in every state of America, and in most modern nations.
Legalization of marijuana and perhaps other substances in certain states of the US and other countries.
The amount of open atheists in politics will rise dramatically.
Man walks on the moon (again).
The Creationist movement dies out in the United States.
The United States will cease supporting Israel by default and take a more balanced approach to peace in the Middle East (I don't care if you think this will somehow doom the US to destruction, you crazy Bible fundies).
Scientists discover if the Higgs Boson is real or bunk.
NASA replaces the Space Shuttle.
Discovery of a method to store antimatter for long periods of time.
First recorded theft of antimatter in history ends in tragedy.
I don't see a bright future for humanity.
- world oil production peaks, and demand outstrips supply. Never-ending Depression ensues.
- alternative energies are touted, but none can fill the gap left by cheap, plentiful oil.
- intermittent blackouts/brownouts become a fact of life in the USA
- we turn to coal as one mitigation measure
- the tundra burps methane
- resource wars
- mass migration out of the Southwest, mainly due to water issues. Lake Mead is DRY.
- world population reaches 8 billion
- major flu pandemic
- hyperinflation kills the dollar (think:Weimar)
- Democrats, due to demographic trends, dominate for the next twenty years. But they also get the blame eventually, and the GOP begins a comeback.
- Social Security is scrapped.
These are just off the top of my head..
- world oil production peaks, and demand outstrips supply. Never-ending Depression ensues.
- alternative energies are touted, but none can fill the gap left by cheap, plentiful oil.
- intermittent blackouts/brownouts become a fact of life in the USA
- we turn to coal as one mitigation measure
- the tundra burps methane
- resource wars
- mass migration out of the Southwest, mainly due to water issues. Lake Mead is DRY.
- world population reaches 8 billion
- major flu pandemic
- hyperinflation kills the dollar (think:Weimar)
- Democrats, due to demographic trends, dominate for the next twenty years. But they also get the blame eventually, and the GOP begins a comeback.
- Social Security is scrapped.
These are just off the top of my head..
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