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Thread ID: 97647	2009-02-22 23:44:00	Can't Happen, Won't Happen	pctek (84)	PC World Chat

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750402	2009-02-22 23:44:00	The Electric Lightbulb "… good enough for our transatlantic friends … but unworthy of the attention of practical or scientific men . " British Parliamentary Committee, referring to Edison’s light bulb, 1878 . "Everyone acquainted with the subject will recognize it as a conspicuous failure . " Henry Morton, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology, on Edison’s light bulb, 1880 . A/C "Fooling around with alternating current is just a waste of time . Nobody will use it, ever . " Thomas Edison, 1889 . The Personal Computer We have reached the limits of what is possible with computers . John Von Neumann, 1949 «There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home . » Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp . (DEC), maker of big business mainframe computers, arguing against the PC in 1977 . The Microchip "But what… is it good for?" An engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip in 1968 . Data Transmission "Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become a practical proposition . " Dennis Gabor, British physicist, 1962 . Online Shopping "Remote shopping, while entirely feasible, will flop - because women like to get out of the house, like to handle merchandise, like to be able to change their minds . " TIME, 1966 . The Automobile "The ordinary "horseless carriage" is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and although its price will probably fall in the future, it will never, of course, come into as common use as the bicycle . " Literary Digest, 1899 . The Television "While theoretically and technically television may be feasible, commercially and financially it is an impossibility, a development of which we need waste little time dreaming . " Lee DeForest, American radio pioneer and inventor of the vacuum tube, 1926 . The Telephone «A man has been arrested in New York for attempting to extort funds from ignorant and superstitious people by exhibiting a device which he says will convey the human voice any distance over metallic wires so that it will be heard by the listener at the other end . He calls this instrument a telephone . Well-informed people know that it is impossible to transmit the human voice over wires . » News item in a New York newspaper, 1868 .	pctek (84)
750403	2009-02-23 00:00:00	Haha, all we need to add now is Bill Gates's infamous quote "640KB of RAM ought to be enough for anyone" (or something along those lines)	jwil1 (65)
750404	2009-02-23 00:02:00	Haha, all we need to add now is Bill Gates's infamous quote "640KB of RAM ought to be enough for anyone" (or something along those lines) Didnt happen! :eek:	Rob99 (151)
750405	2009-02-23 00:03:00	New Zealand PCWorld Will remove all advertising by the year 2010 - press F1 Forum members will not have to resort to ad blocking software or scripts to allow the web site to load at a reasonable speed.--- Forum member 2009 :D :rolleyes:	wainuitech (129)
750406	2009-02-23 00:10:00	Windows x.x is the most secure version of Windows ever. A regularly proclaimed act of faith. As true of current / proposed systems as it was when claimed for Win 2.0	R2x1 (4628)
750407	2009-02-23 00:16:00	All of this just goes to show you that if you're incredibly short-sighted but have a big mouth, then people will remember you for decades to come ;)	Chilling_Silence (9)
750408	2009-02-23 02:07:00	PCtek - as a virtual entrepeneur (as no one will employee me) I love those things. Thanks for those. I knew some of them but not all. It was also good as you provided sources. Getting back to PC's the reason some people thought computers would never sell was that there were only 6 countries in the world rich enough to need a machine to work out forumulae for space, military and weather purposes. The reason they did not think many automobiles would sell was that there were not that many rich people in the world who could afford to buy one and more importantly be able to afford a driver ! (chaffeur that is) Here is something similar - this is the mother of one of the Monkees. quoted from Wikepedia. Liquid Paper, a brand name of opaque correction fluid, is used to cover up mistakes on paper without retyping the entire sheet. It was very important when material was typed with a typewriter, but has become less so since the advent of the word processor. It was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham in 1951 and originally called Mistake Out. Graham was a typist who developed a type of white tempera paint to cover up her mistakes. Her first batch was mixed together in a common kitchen blender. She offered the product to IBM, which declined. She sold the product, renamed Liquid Paper, from her house for 17 years. By 1968, the product was profitable and in 1979, it was sold to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million with royalties. She died the following year, with half of her estate going to charity, and half to her only child; actor, producer, businessman, and former Monkee, Michael Nesmith. By the 1970s, the product was available in colors other than white, such as blue and green, for use on forms printed in those colors. Now, Liquid Paper can be bought in a pen. In 2000, Liquid Paper and related brands were acquired by Newell Rubbermaid. Liquid Paper contains titanium dioxide, solvent naphtha, mineral spirits, resins, dispersant, colorants and fragrance. And two more similar WD40 stands for water dispersal formula number 40 (yes it took them 40 tries to get it perfected) Dr Suess took his books to 26 publishers who all said no - the 27th said yes.	Digby (677)
750409	2009-02-23 05:58:00	Some people have foresight, most people lack it. LL	lakewoodlady (103)
750410	2009-02-23 06:01:00	Fred Astaire, 1927 screen test result : "Can't act. Can't sing. Balding. Can dance a little."	Terry Porritt (14)
750411	2009-02-23 07:34:00	PCtek - as a virtual entrepeneur (as no one will employee me) I love those things. Thanks for those. I knew some of them but not all. It was also good as you provided sources. ... Here's a quote for you to tout for when you make it big. Your product is stupid, mugs are made to stand up by themselves, they don't need help. You will only ever sell ten of these things.	pine-o-cleen (2955)
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