Here are the 10 worst tech predictions of all time that. Although we seldom have interest in what people said in 1800s and 1900s but it some times provide a point to laugh.
1. Next Christmas, the iPod will be dead, finished, gone, kaput. Sir Allan Sugar, 2005.
2. No need for a computer at home. Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment, 1977.
3. Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within 10 years. Alex Lewyt, 1955.
4. TV won’t last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. Darryl Zanuck, 1946.
5. There will never be a bigger plane built. Boeing engineer, 1933, after first flight of 10 seater boeing 247.
6. We stand on the threshold of rocket mail. Arthur Summerfield, US postmaster general, 1959.
7. Nobody would ever need more than 640 kilobytes of memory on their personal computer. Bill Gates, allegedly in 1981
8. The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys. Sir William Preece, Chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1874.
9. Spam will be solved. Bill Gates, 2004.
10. X-rays will prove to be a hoax. Lord Kelvin, president of the UK’s Royal Society, 1883.
Which one you felt was funny. Share your comments!
Source: Reader’s Digest, May 2009.
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No 7 : Bill Gates was probably on dope
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