mosnews.com — According to this article on Mosnews.com, a prophetical Russian prince named Vladimir Odoevsky predicted the Internet AND blogging in 1837 when he wrote his book "Year 4338". He was a bit off on the date! Judge for yourself whether he really was predicting blogging, or it's just an interpretation too far.
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estacadoOct 11, 2005
What's up with Bismillah?! Checked all the stories he's commented on, and all of them go "Phhh, thats old and a dupe. No digg for you. Do a search next time. You ruin digg." And he's only been a member for about 1 day. Bismillah, people like YOU ruin digg.
phishyjonOct 11, 2005
i think this would be much more impressive if this guy predicted this in 1337 instead...
movieguyjonOct 11, 2005
interesting....I like vodka...
paulchuOct 12, 2005
there's a quote that's somewhere along the lines of "anything ever reported will eventually come true." I mean, it does sound a bit like blogging, but is it really that mystical?
iomiOct 12, 2005
i think this is pretty cool. note that he had a lot more foresight, than the inventors of media he predicted - he actualy said that using those means of communication would be common, and used by regular people. good digg
dbrodbeckOct 12, 2005
he was pretty 1337 for 1837
kryptogrowlOct 12, 2005
Leave it to the Russian to give us useless ramblings of the ego in text. Hey Russia, thanks for the blog.
dieselpukerOct 12, 2005
"I predict that in the future people will know what happened in the past, now give me another shot of vodka bartender."