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

[BasDirks]

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

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

Yeah.

[kmfrk]

Wormhole apocalypse. Got it.

[random42]

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

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

[rouli]

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=&...

[drKarl]

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

[Scaevolus]

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.

[rouli]

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

[rouli]

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

[medwezys]

Yes, everything is going to happen in 2012.

[zdw]

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

[joeybaker]

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

[risico]

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.

[svrocks]

that graph looks awesome. thanks for introducing me to flot

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

[svrocks]

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

[myusuf3]

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

[rouli]

only 9 more years, and the wait is over!