Misconceptions in Science and Technology Bashny.Net

Interesting predictions about our future

In the future, computers will weigh no more than 1.5 tons. (PopularMechanics, 1949)

 - I think that in the world market we find the demand for five computers. (Thomas Watson - Director of IBM, 1943)

 - I traveled all over the country far and wide, communicated with the cleverest people and I can guarantee you that data processing is a fad, fashion which will not last more than a year. (Editor of Prentice Hall, 1957)



- But ... that can be useful in this thing? (Question on the discussion of the creation of the microchip in the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968)

 - No one may need to have a computer in their home. (Ken Olson - Founder and President of the Corporation Digital Equipment Corp., 1977)

 - A device such as the phone has too many shortcomings to consider it as a means of communication. Therefore, I believe that this
The invention is of no value. (From the discussions in the company of Western Union in 1876)

 - This musical box without wires can not have any commercial value. Who will pay for the messages not intended for any private person? (Partners Association David Sarnoff in response to his proposal to invest project for radio, 1920)

 - The concept is interesting and well decorated. But, to the idea began to work, it must contain common sense. (Yale University professors in response to an invitation by Fred Smith on the organization of service delivery to the home, Fred Smith will become the founder of a delivery service Federal Express Corp.)

 - Yeah, who the hell are interested actors talk? (Reaction HM Warner - Warner Brothers on the use of sound in film, 1927)

 - We do not like their sound, and, in general, the guitar - it's yesterday. (Decca Recording Co., has rejected a record album, the Beatles, in 1962)

 - Flying machines, weight is heavier than air is impossible! (Lord Kelvin - the president of the Royal Society - Royal Society - 1895)

 - Professor Goddard does not understand the relationship between action and reaction, he did not know what conditions are needed for the reaction more suitable than a vacuum. It seems that the professor is experiencing an acute shortage of basic knowledge that are taught in high school. (Editorial in the newspaper New York Times, dedicated to the revolutionary work of Robert Godard on creating rockets, 1921)

 - Drilling for oil in the ground? Do you mean that it is necessary to drill the earth to find oil? You're crazy. (Response to the draft Edwin Drake in 1859)

 - Aircraft - interesting toys, but no military value they represent. (Marechal Foch, Professor, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.)

 - Everything that could be invented has been invented. (Charles Dyuelll - commissioner of the US Office of Patents, 1899)

 - Theory of Louis Pasteur about germs - a ridiculous fantasy. (Pierre Pasha - professor of psychology at the University of Toulouse, 1872)

 - The abdomen, the chest and the brain will always be closed to the invasion of the wise and humane surgeon. (Sir John Eric Eriksen- British physician appointed chief surgeon of Queen Victoria, 1873)

 - 640K should be enough for everyone. (Bill Gates, 1981)

 - $ 100 million - a very high price for Microsoft. (IBM, 1982)