Where do you think the world will be in 10 years time?

dogcat

Hi all. I was chatting to a friend of mine who thinks that Russia will take over a lot of Europe in the next ten years. I disagreed with him, but that got me thinking. Could Northern Ireland join Ireland? Will there be a new super power? Will terrorism be on the rise?

Of course we cannot be sure of these things but I think that it is always good to dream. What do you think will happen politically, socially or even on boards in the next 10 years.

Bobby Baccala

Entirely underwater

Señor Fancy Pants

10 years? Sure the rapture is happening in 3 weeks.

DrumSteve

P4DDY2K11 wrote: »

Entirely underwater

Thats the year 3000.

lc180

McDonald's Paleo friendly gluten free quadruple stacker burgers

Peregrine

We must move forward, not backward, upward, not forward and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!

Dozer Dave

It could be anywhere.

The Backwards Man

Where will it be in ten hours time?

eternal

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Where will it be in ten hours time?

Just another thread.

Call Me Jimmy

In me pineal gland, man

thelad95

Not much different to what is now. Think back to 2005. Has technology actually changed THAT much since then? A decade is a short length of time. It scares me to think that we're over halfway through this one already.

Cookie_Monster

Europe in tatters from driving back the Islamic hordes, India & China dominant powers, Brazil emerging on their heals, Russia a collapsed heap of corruption, the US too busy dealing with internal problems and border issues to lead the world stage, still nobody listening to Australia and Africa the same mess it currently is.

Mint Aero

Ireland being the global leader of tech. With fancy buzzwords and cutting edge graphics on posters.

DareGod

Well not a lot changed between 2005 and now. Nor between 1995 and 2005. So I can't see much happening in the next ten years.

But what do I want to happen? An asteroid to come and put an end to everything.

emigrate2012

thelad95 wrote: »

Not much different to what is now. Think back to 2005. Has technology actually changed THAT much since then? A decade is a short length of time. It scares me to think that we're over halfway through this one already.

Judging by the username,born in '95?!? Suppose,you'reon board's at 20 so cynical already,I remember when texts were free and gsm phones were the holy grail,remember dial up modem internet?!?

Bless your cotton socks........

emigrate2012

thelad95 wrote: »

Not much different to what is now. Think back to 2005. Has technology actually changed THAT much since then? A decade is a short length of time. It scares me to think that we're over halfway through this one already.

Judging by the username,born in '95?!? Suppose,you'reon board's at 20 so cynical already,I remember when texts were free and gsm phones were the holy grail,remember dial up modem internet?!?

Bless your cotton socks........

emigrate2012

thelad95 wrote: »

Not much different to what is now. Think back to 2005. Has technology actually changed THAT much since then? A decade is a short length of time. It scares me to think that we're over halfway through this one already.

Judging by the username,born in '95?!? Suppose,you'reon board's at 20 so cynical already,I remember when texts were free and gsm phones were the holy grail,remember dial up modem internet?!?

Bless your cotton socks........

emigrate2012

Sorry folks for the triple post,haven't figured it the smartphone he faked if I'd orejs sheds h gurus j isaiah ishhzzb Handsjj

thelad95

emigrate2012 wrote: »

Judging by the username,born in '95?!? Suppose,you'reon board's at 20 so cynical already,I remember when texts were free and gsm phones were the holy grail,remember dial up modem internet?!?

Bless your cotton socks........

No I was not born in 1995... I distinctly remember dial up Internet and the 'bedur-bedur-bedur-screeeeeeech' sound it made. I also remember mobile phones that were too big to fit in pockets.

Seriously, technology hasn't changed radically since 2005. Phones have gotten smarter, TV's have gotten thinner and games console graphics have improved. That's about it.

DareGod

emigrate2012 wrote: »

Sorry folks for the triple post,haven't figured it the smartphone he faked if I'd orejs sheds h gurus j isaiah ishhzzb Handsjj

Bless your cotton socks.

Mint Aero

DareGod wrote: »

Bless your cotton socks.

Bless all our cotton socks

Nucular Arms

The world will be approximately 87658.1 (the number of hours in ten years) x ~70,000km/hr (the speed at which the sun is moving) so about 6136067000 km closer to the Vega star of the constellation Lyra.

However.. since vega and lyra are other stars within our own galaxy and both orbit the centre of the milky way we will be also spinning around the galactic 'disc' at a speed of 792,000 km, and ten earth years into the orbit our galaxy makes around it's centre in our 'galactic year'. (225 million earth years in case you were wondering)

However.. our entire galaxy is accelerating away under the original force of the big bang at an approximate speed of 2.1 million km/h (which is a tricky one to measure since it was actually space itself that was stretching in the early period of the universe's expansion, but we measure it against the cosmic background radiation anyway so it's ok)

So to answer your question... f**k knows really.

ardmacha

Ireland will be united.
In order to diminish any problems resulting from this, Larne will be rented to the Russians as a naval base.

Allyall

thelad95 wrote: »

No I was not born in 1995... I distinctly remember dial up Internet and the 'bedur-bedur-bedur-screeeeeeech' sound it made.

Mine went:

"doo de do duh deh duh doo deh doo deh dee daa doo.........

Berrrrrrrrr.... ziummmmmmm dduunnnnnnnnnnnnn dennnnnnnnn...

Crreeeeoorrrrrrrrr......... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......

Hello...? Hello....?

Are you on the phone?

Hello?

Is someone on the phone? HELLO?

Oh Hi Mary, yep, the kids got their shots today, ah, they're grand. No, his diarrhea is still troubling him, ah God love him, he's destroyed all of his pants.."

Etc...

efb

a bit more to the left

NachoBusiness

Back to the dark ages due to WWIII.

Fuel will be almost non-existent.

Phones, computers, Kindles etc all will become useless as a result.

Lidl will sell Solar powered bicycles.

DoYouEvenLift

With the rate everything is moving at now, I've no idea.


I'm most interested in technology, really can't wait to see what's out in even just five years. Also the film industry, wonder where that'll end up. CGI will become even better since computers will be more powerful to render more realistic detail faster. Early adapters will be buying their new 85"+ 8K TVs that are as thin as a €2 coin. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Twos will be out and even more outdated compared to PCs than PS4 and Xbone are lol.


Really wanna see renewable energy seriously come into the mainstream for the average household.

Nucular Arms

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

I'm most interested in technology, really can't wait to see what's out in even just five years. Also the film industry, wonder where that'll end up. CGI will become even better since computers will be more powerful to render more realistic detail faster.

My prediction for this is virtual reality films courtesy of oculus rift equivalents that you can actually experience from inside the movie.

So pretty much a holodeck.

emigrate2012

Allyall wrote: »

Mine went:

"doo de do duh deh duh doo deh doo deh dee daa doo.........

Berrrrrrrrr.... ziummmmmmm dduunnnnnnnnnnnnn dennnnnnnnn...

Crreeeeoorrrrrrrrr......... eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee......

God be with the day's when porn was worth the effort....the aul pedal an' crank would be over before half the picture had loaded.

Tech hasn't changed?

Get the boat ffs.......

Iwasfrozen

dogcat wrote: »

Hi all. I was chatting to a friend of mine who thinks that Russia will take over a lot of Europe in the next ten years. I disagreed with him, but that got me thinking. Could Northern Ireland join Ireland? Will there be a new super power? Will terrorism be on the rise?

Of course we cannot be sure of these things but I think that it is always good to dream. What do you think will happen politically, socially or even on boards in the next 10 years.

Over the next ten years? I would say 1. No. 2. No. 3. Yes.

Allyall

emigrate2012 wrote: »

God be with the day's when porn was worth the effort....the aul pedal an' crank would be over before half the picture had loaded.

Tech hasn't changed?

Get the boat ffs.......

Who said tech hasn't changed?

As for half loaded.... You'd be lucky if her chin appeared.... :pac:

diomed

The United Kingdom will be an Islamic state. We will be in Dundalk fighting against IS.

emigrate2012

Allyall wrote: »

Who said tech hasn't changed?

As for half loaded.... You'd be lucky if her chin appeared.... :pac:

This why I love after hours.

anto9

10 years not much ,but make it 50 years ,and there should be dramatic changes ,that i will not be around to see.

eternal

I see the vast devastation of man in the wild, untamed wilderness of some archaic planet. The broken, dismembered shreds of humankind dwell in chaotic and un-embellished landscapes devoid of any kind of hope. Migrant nomadic tribes eek out existence in packs like wild dogs, feeding off a dry land and the empty remains of waterbeds.
There will be no justice and the sun will burn holes in the day.

emigrate2012

eternal wrote: »

I see the vast devastation of man in the wild, untamed wilderness of some archaic planet. The broken, dismembered shreds of humankind dwell in chaotic and un-embellished landscapes devoid of any kind of hope. Migrant nomadic tribes eek out existence in packs like wild dogs, feeding of a dry land and the empty remains of waterbeds.
There will be no justice and the sun will burn holes in the day.

He said 10 years in future......

eternal

emigrate2012 wrote: »

He said 10 years in future......

We are on the road to nowhere.

Ruu

Pets will be walking people.

Electric Boobs

thelad95 wrote: »

Not much different to what is now. Think back to 2005. Has technology actually changed THAT much since then? A decade is a short length of time. It scares me to think that we're over halfway through this one already.

2005 was much better. We had all the inventions we needed. Now we've got too much, giving us shorter attention spans!

Snatchatt, facebook, twitter. Fcuking nightmare

Electric Boobs

emigrate2012 wrote: »

He said 10 years in future......

I can only imagine the amount of unorganised ribbon development in rural Ireland"

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

thelad95 wrote: »

Not much different to what is now. Think back to 2005. Has technology actually changed THAT much since then? A decade is a short length of time. It scares me to think that we're over halfway through this one already.

Actually technology has moved on an absolutely enormous amount in the last 10 years. In the last decade we have literally went to a majority of people having Smartphones. If you told people their phone would morph into a mini laptop over the next decade in 2005 you'd have gotten a few funny looks.

Broadband speeds are literally 10 times faster in my area. YouTube came online in 2005. Mass adoption of social media all happened in the last 10 years. Skype, Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, ect. has literally revolutionised how people interact with each other. The Arab Spring and the London riots played out very differently because of social media, they may not have even occurred in the first place. Children are being born to couples who met online. Now, everyone on earth who has an internet connection has instant access to so much information, access to every song ever recorded, every book ever written, every house that's for sale ect.

It's a game changer.

There's going to be PhD's earned in the study of this period of history in years to come. The internet is a line in the sand. You will literally need to describe things as pre or post internet.

Ps. The last decade has brought us the Large Hadron Collider. It is the largest and most complex experimental facility ever built.

DareGod wrote: »

Well not a lot changed between 2005 and now. Nor between 1995 and 2005. So I can't see much happening in the next ten years.

But what do I want to happen? An asteroid to come and put an end to everything.

Ireland is a very very different place today compared to 20 years ago.

eternal

eternal wrote: »

I see the vast devastation of man in the wild, untamed wilderness of some archaic planet. The broken, dismembered shreds of humankind dwell in chaotic and un-embellished landscapes devoid of any kind of hope. Migrant nomadic tribes eek out existence in packs like wild dogs, feeding off a dry land and the empty remains of waterbeds.
There will be no justice and the sun will burn holes in the day.

So basically, Carlow?

SILVAMAN

Orbiting the sun