Predictions for 2003

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Here's a laundry list of predictions for 2003:

1. Saddam Hussein will be overthrown.
2. Osama Bin Laden will go another year without appearing in any videotapes that can be dated to after December 2001. Because he's still dead.
3. The European Union will continue its suicidal policies. German unemployment will be at 10% the whole year, the fiscal caps will be eradicated, and the euro will drop 25% against both the dollar and the yen.
4. Japan will get serious reforms through and have an economic recovery.
5. A new round of tax cuts and post-Iraq cheap oil will boost the U.S. into a solid recovery.
6. Hugo Chavez will not be the Venezuelan president at year's end.
7. Dungeons & Dragons 3e Revised will boost both WotC's profits and, because of the release of a full SRD, will spark a second D20 deluge.
8. GURPS 4e will move into the Real Project stage. Triplanetary will not. In Nomine will remain on basic life support, with only the EPG released.
9. Somebody will hack a version of "It's a Wonderful Life" that doesn't use the original soundtrack, thus creating a new royalty-free version. They'll sell it to everybody and his dog, and get sued.
10. North Korea will test another regional-range missile.
11. Microsoft will see "Windows" become a generic mark in the Lindows lawsuit. They'll appeal, but several new Linux distributions calling themselves [XYZ] Windows will be released.
12. The HURD will still be useless as a real OS.
13. Transhuman Space will start to resemble an actual game line, with multiple releases and stuff.
14. AOL 9.0 will use Gecko, forcing the world+dog to support Mozilla/Netscape
15. The Northeastern Dairy Compact will be eliminated.