Predictions for the Decade

[otters~1]

...obviously New Zealand will become the new world super-power...

This ties in somewhat to my prediction, which is that New Zealand will be underwater.

EDIT: Edoi, I take it you're on of those idiots who said the millennium was ending in 2001? And, Slappy, props for being realistic. The rest of you, dream on about getting married and still having a job. Cheers!

[Pheidippides]

The rest of you, dream on about getting married and still having a job. Cheers!

Well, with /that/ attitude...

[T3chno]

On the aside of music dying, I think this decade was the best decade for music ever. There are more bands I love who made their debut these last ten years than bands I love who made their debut any other decade combined. I see music only going uphill as it becomes easier to record and our cultural consciousness starts to embrace more offbeat ideas.

I think the technologic revolution played a large part in this, with more music readily available to pretty much anyone with an internet connection.

[EdoI]

EDIT: Edoi, I take it you're on of those idiots who said the millennium was ending in 2001?

Mind reading how I elaborated my point?

[Brainbabe]

By 2020, there will only be one country remaining.

mwahaha. xxx

[Drathmoore]

Now that we've moved on to the years that can be described as 20XX, I'm eagerly awaiting the creation of Mega Man.

[SlappyMcGee]

Now that we've moved on to the years that can be described as 20XX, I'm eagerly awaiting the creation of Mega Man.

Haha. We could describe the last ten as 20XX. :/

Edit: actually, no. We can describe 2000, 2011, 2022, 2033, 2044, 2055, 2066, 2077, 2088, and so on like that.

[Donfuy]

You are so smart, Slappy.


Anyway, my prediction is that there won't be any fatalities inside a Volvo by 2020.

[Drathmoore]

Edit: actually, no. We can describe 2000, 2011, 2022, 2033, 2044, 2055, 2066, 2077, 2088, and so on like that.

Erm... Not entirely. The denotion of the 21st century is listed as 20XX. These Xs represent any number, and do not have to match. At least, this is common usage. For example:

"21st century

20XX redirects here."

^From Wikipedia. Surely a re-direction means that people search for 20XX, correct?

Anywho, yeah. The last decade could be explained in the same way.

[Tunco]

World population will be over 10 billion about 2015-2018. 10 billion people is not good for this planet.

E: Look two posts below. :P

[Chase]

I've decided that this will be better in GD.

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[Drathmoore]

World population will be over 10 billion about 2015-2018. 10 billion people is not good for this planet.

Corrected. =P

[otters~1]

Now that we've moved on to the years that can be described as 20XX, I'm eagerly awaiting the creation of Mega Man.

Haha. We could describe the last ten as 20XX. :/

Edit: actually, no. We can describe 2000, 2011, 2022, 2033, 2044, 2055, 2066, 2077, 2088, and so on like that.

Wouldn't 2000 have to be 2XXX?

[Destiny]

I'll become a rockstar at somepoint in the next decade. When that happens, I'll be sure to tell you guys all about it.

Should that fails, I currently like the idea of becoming a guitar teacher - you know, make money by doing what i love? I think that would be the happiest way to live my life, and that's what i'm really looking for.

On a less 'me' focused note, I think that although technology will become less pollutive, the continued population increase will ultimately cancel it out.

[Drathmoore]

Wouldn't 2000 have to be 2XXX?

These Xs represent any number, and do not have to match.

[Donfuy]

Now that we've moved on to the years that can be described as 20XX, I'm eagerly awaiting the creation of Mega Man.

Haha. We could describe the last ten as 20XX. :/

Edit: actually, no. We can describe 2000, 2011, 2022, 2033, 2044, 2055, 2066, 2077, 2088, and so on like that.

Wouldn't 2000 have to be 2XXX?

Nope, we're talking about a specific century, so the 0 there is necessary, by SlappyMcGee's brilliant theory.

[otters]

These Xs represent any number, and do not have to match.

Unless they're all in the same statement, in which case they do.

To solve the statement x² + 2x + 4, you assume each x is the same value...if you wanted different values, you'd say x² + 2y + 4...it's simple math.

[Aldaric]

A better, faster way of cleaning after going to the bathroom will be invented. *I think a combination of water and suction.

[Drathmoore]

These Xs represent any number, and do not have to match.

Unless they're all in the same statement, in which case they do.

To solve the statement x² + 2x + 4, you assume each x is the same value...if you wanted different values, you'd say x² + 2y + 4...it's simple math.

That's an equation/function/statement. This is a date.

I get the feeling, however, that I'm not going to win this arguement. So, to save time, I'm going to just say we're in the era of 20XY and be done with it.

[Donfuy]

Hahah, what? No!

Slappy was mostly joking about it, I believe, so you're not wrong at all. You aren't talking mathematically.

[Tunco]

Google will rock, Microsoft will fail. (I'm just talking about the software though.)

[SlappyMcGee]

Just in order to clear up some things, 20XX could equal 2000. Take this equation.

4+x=2x

Logically, we can decide that x must be equal to four. This does not mean the equation must be
x+x=2x

Because then it would be impossible to solve. The value x represents can appear without being represented by X.

[otters~1]

The value x represents can appear without being represented by X.

I completely disagree. That's the point of a variable.

[scythe]

A better, faster way of cleaning after going to the bathroom will be invented. *I think a combination of water and suction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet

[otters~1]

A better, faster way of cleaning after going to the bathroom will be invented. *I think a combination of water and suction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidet

Oh my God, that's exactly what I thought of, I just couldn't remember the name. Shit's disgusting.