Inspired by XKCD's future timeline, I've created this app

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http://future.rouli.net/?query=2042

The net predicts that 2042 is most likely to happen before 2041

Yeah.

http://future.rouli.net/?query=year%202042

The net predicts that year 2042 is most likely to happen before 2050

most likely. It seems it can also happen in 2018

That is actually verifiably true.

well, you can't expect much from a project done in a couple of hours :) here's the reason why it's falsely detects 2039: http://www.bing.com/search?q=2042+%22in+2039%22&go=&...

It's a cool project :)

thanks. even if the warm feeling I'm feeling right now will last no more than a day, it was still worthwhile creating it.

Wormhole apocalypse. Got it.

In 2012 we will know The answer to life, the univers and everything.

http://future.rouli.net/?query=the%20answer%20to%20life%20th...

Anyway 42 is much more difficult to tell...

http://future.rouli.net/?query=42

Could you add an option to make the y-axis have a logarithmic scale?

Some results have hundreds of thousands of results for 2012, but only a few for other years, so it's harder to see a pattern.

I thought about it, but was too lazy :)... If this site still gets traffic tomorrow morning, I will try to do that.

Yes, everything is going to happen in 2012.

implemented (as a little button above the graph, not to scare the casual users). Now you can more easily see how the "zombie apocalypse" is going to play out

Bacon is happening right now: http://future.rouli.net/?query=bacon

But flying bacon will take a few years: http://future.rouli.net/?query=pigs%20fly

I always wondered when the Steam Engine would be invented. Now I know it's gonna happen before 2020. http://future.rouli.net/?query=steam%20engine

Great little app. But you should move the text above the graph and make it more visible. It took me some time to find what happend, and where.

that graph looks awesome. thanks for introducing me to flot

also: http://future.rouli.net/?query=cubs win the world series

link repost: http://future.rouli.net/?query=cubs_win_the_world_series

thanks, made me understand my error with the "share link". Fixed now. Thanks again.

http://i.imgur.com/H6Q4N.png

only 9 more years, and the wait is over!

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