But we're running out of time for that particular new year prediction to come true.
Most telling in our interview though was his reaction to Tony Blair's prediction that this was "time out, not time over".
If every organisation uses the same prediction technique then by the time a topic is trending then there will be some thousands of articles optimised for that subject and no one producer is going to gain very much from having written one.
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My fearful prediction is that Apps will add time, distraction, disgust and disgorgement from the traditions of golf.
Commenting on the findings, Christian Elger and Florian Mormann, from the University of Bonn medical centre, described the results as "a major milestone... showing for the first time, to our knowledge that prospective seizure prediction is possible".
By using a discovery platform they were able to use a combination of SQL, text, statistics, and time-series analysis to get a more accurate customer churn prediction model.
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That may be too dire a prediction, and whether it proves to be true, only time will tell.
Those on the front lines of networking, such as the telcos, Internet service providers, competitive local exchange companies and wireless operators, still prefer time-tested Unix as the operating system for networks. (Prediction: Cisco and Lucent may become the biggest threats to Microsoft over the next five years.) n Thanks to the Internet, small niche companies can reach mass markets in a heartbeat.
So far her prediction of widespread defaults has not been borne out, but give her time.
The prediction has even been calculated as high as four to five hours ahead of time with the same level of accuracy.
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At the time, the physicists were stunned because such a result seemed to break Einstein's prediction that nothing could travel faster than light.
Even with this mixed picture for the technicals in the stock market, my prediction remains that Dow Transports and Russell 2000 will continue to lag 2011 all time highs at 5, 627.85 set on July 7 and 868.57 set on May 2.
If this prediction is accurate, the iPhone 5 will become the fastest-selling smartphone of all time, beating its predecessor by several million units.
And as a matter of fact, it's a very controversial factor because the prediction of how many of those people - independents, non-Democrats, first-time caucus-goers are actually going to show up, has figured into the polling.
But any time you head off into the unknown with a new business plan, product or service, the logic of prediction reasoning is of little use.
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