Youtube implemented the
"deep link"-Feature which appeared in
newsofthefuture in 2007. The predicted date was quite accurate (October 20th, it was introduced on October 30th) but the year was one year too early. It was introduced in 2008.
If you want to test the deep-link feature, try this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE#t=2m16s Unfortunately with several tries it only worked once for me.
In Viddler this still works better:
http://www.viddler.com/explore/rocketboom/videos/1312/77.31/
