Wired's current issue has a little spot where four futurists (Jim Dator, Peter Schwartz, Glen Hiemstra and Gerald Celente) predict things. It's only small, a bit random and comes free with several pinches of salt, but it fills a couple of minutes.
By the way, my ADSL problem is now a little better, since I discovered it ws actually down to some as-yet-unsolved conflict on my system, rather than BT's wires. At least BT fiddling around for three weeks got rid of the crackling on the line.
HUH )