en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/3996 Comments by Tom Evslin http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/12/recommendation-ignore-all-the-2009-predictions.html#IDComment13319316 What&#039;s amazing is that the press is asking all the same people who got every thing wrong last year what is going to happen this year including those who &quot;predicted&quot; the price of oil and the course of the economy. As Nassim Taleb points out, even asking those who happened to get things right doesn&#039;t make much sense. If we used roulette wheels to make predictions, most would be wrong by the end of the year and a few would be proclaimed &quot;geniuses&quot; and be put in charge of hedge funds. Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:27:34 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2008/12/recommendation-ignore-all-the-2009-predictions.html#IDComment13319316 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/12/have-you-ever-coded-a-progress-bar.html#IDComment61145 OK. I submitted prior art. Post is here <a href="http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/12/patent-absurdit.html ">http://blog.tomevslin.com/2007/12/patent-absurdit...</a> Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:16:20 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/12/have-you-ever-coded-a-progress-bar.html#IDComment61145 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/12/have-you-ever-coded-a-progress-bar.html#IDComment60529 I coded a progress bar for Desktop Express for the Mac in 1985. Have the program and manuals. What date does the prior art need to be? Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:30:21 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/12/have-you-ever-coded-a-progress-bar.html#IDComment60529