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Matthew writes: In this article, posted December 5th, 2002, SlashNOT editor Matthew predicted that Microsoft would in three months time announce an epiphany concerning the use of DRM technology as a mechanism for securing Office Documents. That date would have been March 5th, 2003

Sadly, Microsoft’s DRM Epiphany was announced today, a full two weeks earlier than SlashNOT had predicted.

SlashNOT editor Matthew explains: “Well, it’s hard to explain to someone who is not a metaphysicist, but precognition is not an “exact science” per se, in that it’s neither exact nor science. It’s more or less like fuzzy logic, of course without being either of those as well.”

“I inherited my knack from my maternal great-grandfather, who was able to predict with great accuracy the day that steel file cabinets surpassed wooden file cabinets in total installed units, and nailed the rate at which automated postal metering machines would increase in speed from the twenties through to the sixties (Oddly, his name was Moore as well). Unfortunately, he was a four days off on the timing of the stock market crash of ‘29, and vowed never again to use his powers of prognostication thenceforth.”