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 ferretsgames rated 16 months ago -
PREDICTIONS FROM THE PAST
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
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- klinkhauer rated 10 months ago
- This is why predictions should be taken with a grain of salt.
- dogpigeoncow rated 13 months ago
- I LOVE THIS! These are the predictions of some of the worlds smartest people that turned out horribly wrong, in some cases even destroying careers or huge business opportunities. Mostly related to science and computers
- NintendoMan rated 14 months ago
- I"m trying to figure out when time travel will be invented
- anesk1979 rated 16 months ago
- From the page: ""Everything that can be invented has been invented."
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899."
I'm sure they all firmly believed they were right.
 soren202 rated 13 months ago- quite a few of these aren't even predictions, more are probably misquoted, and even more weren't ever even said (except when said by these annoying famous quotes pages =/)
- pflammertsma rated 14 months ago
- A whole lot of misquotes, there, mostly taken out of context, but some also just legend.
- Cleetose rated 16 months ago
- Many of these quotes (actually all of them) are taken out of context.
- thesourmilkman rated 16 months ago
- From the page: ""Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau."
Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929."
- sweetmelissa2005 rated 17 months ago
- Believe in yourself no matter who tells you your goals are impossible.
- ferretsgames rated 16 months ago
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PREDICTIONS FROM THE PAST
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943
"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with
the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is
a fad that won't last out the year."
The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957
"But what ... is it good for?"
Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968,
commenting on the microchip.
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977
"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
Western Union internal memo, 1876.
Very funny, worth reading the rest. lmao
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