Post your 2013 Predictions Here

[rcfieldz]

This site will end and lose all funding after the death of it's founder.

 

[IMST]

This site will end and lose all funding after the death of it's founder.

Let's check. Nope 2013's over and this one didn't come true. How do you feel about that prediction?

 

[IMST]

80. An assassination attempt on Barack Obama will fail, but make public headlines.

No by real standards, but there was a hell of a lot of imagery that was used by the right in the budget and debt ceiling fights that I'd use to claim a hit if I were playing this like a psychic.

Come to think of it, I actually totally nailed this one. The poisoned letters in late spring fit this prediction exactly.

 

[xtifr]

65. The US Supreme Court will agree to hear a major case involving a software patent. They will rule that the patent is invalid, but it will be on much more narrow grounds than the opposition was hoping for.

Whee! I think I can finally call this one correct!

The court agreed to hear the case on Dec. 6, 2013, so I didn't quite miss the deadline, even though the final verdict was only reached today.

The patent was indeed ruled invalid.

The only tricky bit is where I said "much more narrow grounds". But the EFF, who filed as amici, reported: "Admittedly, the Supreme Court did not offer the clearest guidance on when a patent claims merely an abstract idea, but it did offer guidance that should help to invalidate some of the more egregious software patents out there." (Emphasis mine.)

So, not quite what the opposition was hoping for, but not as utterly useless as my words might have suggested. But the border between "a bit more narrow" and "much more narrow" seems pretty subjective, so I'm going to call it a hit. Actual psychics stretch things a whole lot farther than that!