here's a site: http://www.longbets.org/bets that takes socially important predictions. I might have to enter one or two.
i longed for such a accountable predictions for a long time. Usually, some fucking fart will do predictions, but the problem is that it's not accountable. So, lots fuckhead morons in the IT industry will shout about their opinions on society and technology such as for example “Microsoft will fall within a decade” or “linux will rule”, or some technology issues such as “singularity”. But the problem is, any moron can sound big when there's no accountability associated with their cries. This website, at least makes it possible to do accountable opinions. (in the form of mandatory monetary donations) But i really wished for a mechanism, so that any fuckhead tech geekers with their loud cries will hurt badly when they open their mouths in public with wantonness. For more info about the longbets.org site, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Now_Foundation Xah [EMAIL PROTECTED] ∑ http://xahlee.org/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
