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  Encyclopedia: Famous predictions
Science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke is famous for his three laws of prediction.
Famous non-quotation A famous non-quotation is a well-known phrase attributed to someone who, in fact, did not say it.
List of famous people who lost their virginity at an early age This is a list of famous or notable people who lost their...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Famous-predictions   (1182 words)

  
 Failed predictions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prediction is hard, especially that of the future.
Psychics and would-be prophets often give exact details of what is about to happen and when the day passes, their followers conveniently forgot they ever said anything of the kind, remembering mainly those that happened to come true.
Science fiction is often set in the future, but is very rarely intended to be an actual prediction of events to come; a timeline of fictional future events is listed elsewhere.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Failed_Predictions   (610 words)

  
 Famous predictions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Often, the difference between pessimistic and optimistic prediction depends on attitudes such as technophilia, technophobia, and political / social bias.
His novel predicted such things as credit cards and a device used to hear and view concerts in the home that resembles a modern television.
Deep thought famously predicts the great computer that is to come (the Earth) which provides the equally famous The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Famous_predictions   (1510 words)

  
 Nostradamus: The Great Visionary (1997)
This quatrain is famous, for Nostradamus not only predicts an event but gives the month, year and place where it happened.
Predictions supposedly about the same person or event (such as Hitler or the French Revolution) are found randomly scattered throughout various Centuries.
It seem that Nostradamus can never be faulted for an incorrect prediction; since he almost never gives a name, date or place and his vague predictions can be interpreted in so many ways; the blame therefore always lies with the interpreter, and not with the great Nostradamus.
aries.phys.yorku.ca /~mmdr/1800/nostradamus.html   (3224 words)

  
 :: BlackElectorate.com ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Part IV In the Torah and the Bible one of the most famous predictions in all of scriptures is made.
This prediction involves a source of information, a recipient of information and a description of certain events to take place involving groups of people and a definite period of time.
It is said by them that the prediction preceded the actual appearance of the events and groups of people that are described in the prediction.
www.blackelectorate.com /print_article.asp?ID=126   (396 words)

  
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He is the only Indian astrologer to be invited to Pakistan for his correct prediction about the gold medal in sailing won by the Pakistani crew, Bairam and Gospy Avari.
The prediction to have recently come true is "the ordeal by fire which will temper the steel of Sachin Tendulkar in 1998-99" (indicating the renowned batsman's father's death) and accurately mentioned in the Annual Horoscope 1995.
On July 16, 2000, the Prime Minister of India invited Bejan to predict the future of the country, a rare honour, and a feather in the cap for astrology.
www.indiaplaza.com /spirituality/bejan.aspx   (601 words)

  
 Dr. Turi.com
Louis Turi is forever inviting those who don't believe in the powers of precognition to check his predictions against real events and judge for themselves the true values of his unique work in predictive astrology.
As I had and predicted (see 2004 Moon Power) the restructure of the FBI/CIA agencies and continuing deadly terrorist activities are well vindicated by those two planets and the new Dragon's position.
Note that I predicted in 1991 on the Art Bell show to be ready for a religious war between the US and the Middle East.
www.drturi.com /predictions.html   (8153 words)

  
 I, Cringely . January 7, 2005 - Betting a Billion | PBS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
I predicted that we'd see no major example of cyber-terrorism because the bad guys prefer to kill real -- not cyber -- people, but that theft and extortion would both increase.
I predicted that all kinds of software companies would abandon support for older products, thus forcing us to upgrade to new operating systems and new hardware.
I predicted that Cisco would maintain its market leadership in routers (correct) and make some inroads against EMC and others in managed storage.
www.pbs.org /cringely/pulpit/pulpit20050107.html   (2281 words)

  
 NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The prediction was first printed in a 1956 edition of Parade magazine that quoted Dixon as saying that a Democratic president elected in 1960--described as a tall young man with blue eyes and brown hair-- would die in office.
The book recounted her many accurate predictions and was largely responsible for Dixon becoming a syndicated columnist and a popular speaker on the lecture circuit.
Two of her most famous predictions were that World War III would begin in 1958 over two offshore Chinese islands and that the Soviets would be first on the moon.
www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=336   (297 words)

  
 Proem
THEOPHRASTUS BAUMBAST VON HOHENHEIM, commonly known as Paracelsus, the famous Swiss Physician, Alchemist and Occultist of the sixteenth century, was born on the 10th November, 149 3, at Sihlbrücke, near Einsiedeln, Canton Schwyz, and died on the 24th September, 1541, at Salzburg.
famous predictions, of which some have been remarkably accomplished,, while others may be considered to be still in actual course of fulfilment.
Famous, yet hated and persecuted by unprogressive contemporaries, misunderstood by the unenlightened of the following centuries, posterity has at last vindicated the fame and character of this hero of Occult Science.
www.sacred-texts.com /pro/pop/pop02.htm   (1645 words)

  
 NHNE Special Report: Earth Changes & Millennium Fever
Like the earthquakes they predicted, these predictions began small, with only a handful of people aware of them, and then grew, eventually culminating in books, conferences, legions of copycat psychics, and droves of people that lived their lives expecting the world to come apart at the seams at any moment.
While other end-time prophets made similar predictions decades before Cayce, Cayce was the first to consolidate them into a unique series of events that later showed up in many of today's most well-known sources.
His specific predictions, as well as the overall content of his visions, follow closely in the footsteps of the famed Virginia Beach psychic, Edgar Cayce.
www.nhne.com /specialreports/srmillenniumfever.html   (6626 words)

  
 Great Aviation Quotes: Predictions of the Future
We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next ten.
If we survive, our time will be famous for two reasons: that at this dangerous moment of technological adolescence we managed to avoid self-destruction; and because this is the epoch in which we began our journey to the stars.
I will predict that in twelve or fifteen years there will be tens of thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands of people, that fly and see that fl sky.
www.skygod.com /quotes/predictions.html   (11098 words)

  
 Sour Grapes | Fresno Famous
FRESNO FAMOUS is a website dedicated to cataloging, exploring, and discovering life in Fresno.
Congratulations, Famous user, you were in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) today!
As a result, both are participants in one of the most intriguing business stories of the day: the manner in which the Internet is changing journalism, and vice versa.
www.fresnofamous.com /blog/grapes.php   (1627 words)

  
 Nostradamus and World War III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Famous Bengali Rationalist Prabir Ghosh (http://humanists.net/avijit/prabir/) and His son Peenakeey Ghosh documented some of the more spectacular (mis)interpretations of Nostradamus in their famous book "Alukik Noy, Loukik" (Nothing Supernatural- 4th part), and showed them to be completely bogus.
Based on the predictions of the 16th century astrologer Nostradamus, Rabanne had written a book forecasting that the Russian space station Mir would tumble into Paris and destroy the city during the solar eclipse.
NOSTRADAMUS prediction is also same, difference is, it uses alphabets instead of dots, and prove a prediction by showing words (or sentences) what you have to do it by a picture.
humanists.net /avijit/article/nostradamus_and_world_war_iii.htm   (1839 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Timeline of the future in forecasts Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Many of these individual predictions were completely off the mar...
Many of these individual predictions were completely off the mark, some were accurate.
This page aims to provide a comprehensive list of major future events, including technological inventions and scientific advances, that were repeatedly predicted by various authors, but that have not yet came into being.
www.ipedia.com /timeline_of_the_future_in_forecasts.html   (613 words)

  
 Yoga of Body Mind Soul   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This prediction was made on Sep 30, 2005.
Here are some of the famous predictions showing 100% accuracy for the timing and nature of the events.
OJ Simpson's Acquittal Prediction: OJ Simpson was acquitted of murder charges.
www.vedicwisdom.com /proof.html   (216 words)

  
 eBooks Cube | Complete Prophecies of Nostradamus: Centuries
Alone in his study his used the power of scrying, or divination by concentration, using a bowl of water on a tripod as the focus of his attention.
In 1556 Catherine de' Medici, Queen of France, invited him to court to explain a quatrain, which seemingly predicted the death of her husband, Henry II.
In fact the wording of the verse was changed in later editions of the Centuries to fit the circumstances.
www.ebooks3.com /ebooks/nostradamus_centuries.html   (530 words)

  
 Nostradamus
The predictions cover the period up to the year 3797, but this is not to be taken as a predicted date for the end of the world, it's just as far as his predictions go.
Okay, I do realise that some predictions must look better than the examples I have given here, but with 1,000 goes at getting a prediction right, by the law of averages alone you would expect some hits.
Nostradamus wrote his famous verses 500 years ago, and that is where this primitive middle ages superstition belongs.
www.thekeyboard.org.uk /Nostradamus.htm   (1732 words)

  
 Things People Said
Bad Predictions -- Famous last words about science and technology.
Eugene Ormandy -- Verbal blunders from the famous orchestra conductor.
Other Famous People -- Verbal blunders from an assortment of other celebrities and political figures.
www.rinkworks.com /said   (643 words)

  
 Profile of K Gopalakrishnan
He is one of the few astrologers who has predicted major events like the Iraq War, End of Taliban rule et al.
His list of true mundane predictions is impressively long, and he attributes his success story to his personal deity.
K Gopalakrishnan is a prodigy in his field and has given dazzling predictions in varied fields right from sports, cinema, and Indian economy to stock markets and elections.
www.chennaionline.com /astro/gopalakrishnan/kgprofile.asp   (776 words)

  
 Pocket Prophecy: Nostradamus by John Hogue   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For 400 years Nostradamus’s writings have captured the world as one after another of his predictions have come true.
This pocket-size book provides an overview of the prophet, and interpretations of his most famous predictions about the past and the future.
It is just the right book for those who which to gain an understanding of history’s most famous and controversial prophet without having to read through all of his 1,477 predictions.
www.hogueprophecy.com /pocketn.htm   (130 words)

  
 MacKiDo/Press/NostraDumbAss
Here's a prediction for you: This Fall, when his real company, Pixar, releases "A Bug's Life" and gives Steve a chance to bask in Hollywood glory again.
A year ago, in the book's first edition, he'd predicted that Apple would collapse, be sold or wither away..
All we understand is momentum, and that is what our pundit friends are basing their predictions upon.
www.mackido.com /Press/NostraDumass.html   (1857 words)

  
 Prophecies & Predictions (World Famous series) :: Pustak Mahal
Predictions and prophesies about future always make an interesting study.And what makes this book particularly readable is the amount of research gone into it.
All predictions have been substantiated with proper facts and figures, as the book cites innumerable instances of historic or pre-historic periods.
The text is authentic and language is lucid so that the reader unknowingly gets swayed into a new world of thrill without the strain of reading.
www.pustakmahal.com /book/book/bid,,5176D/560   (123 words)

  
 McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Famous Predictions
1862 - Abraham Lincoln mistakenly predicts the invention of "flying carriages" by 1865, which were to be used in combat by the North.
Later that day, Lincoln accurately guaranteed his own assassination, although he guessed the wrong Booth brother.
1932 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees predicts two home runs to a dying child, calls his own shot in the World Series, anticipates making more money than the President, and warns teammate Lou Gehrig that "somehow, some way, that games-played streak of yours is gonna end—and I'll dance on your grave."
www.mcsweeneys.net /links/lists/famouspredictions.html   (482 words)

  
 "Rush Limbaugh--the Third Antichrist of Nostradamian Prophecy???" By Joe Gentile
Being relatively intelligent readers by virtue of receiving this newsletter, I presume that most of you have heard of Nostradamus, the famous seer of 16th century France.
Nostradamus' predictions consist of "Quatrains"--best described as snippets of prose--grouped in "Centuries" which sometimes (not at all consistently) coincided with the time such events actually occurred.
Among Nostradamus' more famous predictions were those dealing with the "three Antichrists" that would visit mankind.
members.aol.com /thetoofish/politpup/articles/nostra.htm   (876 words)

  
 Scott Russell Hill - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
On a happier note Scott also predicted that a then unknown young male swimmer "would win Olympic gold in the future and break world records everywhere!" Scott referred to this young man as "Torpedo" - who turned out to be Ian "Thorpedo" Thorpe.
Scott also predicted that although the Pope was in ill health at the time, and that many others had predicted the Pope would die in or around the year 2000, Scott believed the Pope would live a few years beyond the year 2000 (which he did, till 2005).
Scott also predicted that the dreaded shutdown of the world’s computers on the first day of the year 2000, and the expected havoc of ‘Y2K’ "would never happen".
www.scottrussellhill.com.au /biography.html   (1741 words)

  
 Tarot Goddess Network
She is best known for her famous predictions in the life of Josephine Beauharnais.
She predicted the death of Joachim Marat, Napolean’s cavalry leader.
Le Normand, Marat repeatedly drew the King of Diamonds until she finally threw the cards at him and declared he was for the gallows or firing squad.
www.tarotgoddess.net /lenormand.htm   (1115 words)

  
 World Famous James Predictions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The future of TV I predict that by 2034 the idea of have a TV in the corner of the room will be obsolete.
And have begun to wonder about and yes indeed predict the future of gas prices.
My lovely fiancé Angela is beyond tired of listening to me ramble on about how “……30 years from now ” and so not wanting to give up prophesizing I am starting this blog.
www.worldfamousjames.com /blogger.html   (552 words)

  
 Dr. Turi.com
Another area is dedicated to World predictions, famous personalities, and special dates of importance.
You can be warned and watch the events unfold as predicted in this book.
The value of Dr. Turi's predictions is that he tells precisely in which area of the chart the dragon is active, for each country and leader.
www.drturi.com /adppage.html   (251 words)

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