Cringely is a hack who somehow gets paid to write pointless bullshit.
The great thing about "predictions" is that noblody ever keeps track of them. When predictions are wrong (and they usually are) nobody notices because everyone has forgotten about them.
The great thing about "predictions" is that noblody ever keeps track of them.
It's usually nobody, but in this case that's done by the man who made them [cringely.com]. He usually goes back every year and grades his own predictions.
Yes, and judges his own predictions extremely leniently. He claimed his prediction for a self-spreading Alexa virus that could cause havoc in home networks was proven true because a group of whitehats with physical access to an Alexa device was able to hack that individual device.
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
-- Isaac Asimov
2012 (Score:5, Insightful)
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Cringely is a hack who somehow gets paid to write pointless bullshit.
The great thing about "predictions" is that noblody ever keeps track of them. When predictions are wrong (and they usually are) nobody notices because everyone has forgotten about them.
Re:2012 (Score:3)
The great thing about "predictions" is that noblody ever keeps track of them.
It's usually nobody, but in this case that's done by the man who made them [cringely.com]. He usually goes back every year and grades his own predictions.
Re: 2012 (Score:2)
Yes, and judges his own predictions extremely leniently. He claimed his prediction for a self-spreading Alexa virus that could cause havoc in home networks was proven true because a group of whitehats with physical access to an Alexa device was able to hack that individual device.