20 categorical statements from the past

[Lois]

20 categorical statements from the past:

 

 

1. Stones cannot fall from the sky, there is nowhere for them to come from! (Paris Academy of Sciences on meteorites, 1772)
2. In the future, computers will weigh no more than 1.5 tons. (Popular Mechanics magazine, 1949)
3. I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. (Thomas Watson - director of IBM, 1943)
4. I have traveled across the country, talked to the smartest people and I can assure you that data processing is¹ just a fad that will not last more than a year. (editor of Prentice Hall publishing house, 1957)
5. But... what... could be useful in this thing? (question at the discussion of creating a microchip in the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968)
6. No one will ever need a computer in their home. (Ken Olson - founder and president of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977)
7. A device like a telephone has too many drawbacks to be considered as a means of communication. Therefore, I believe that this invention has no value. (from discussions at Western Union in 1876)²
8. This wireless music box cannot have any commercial value. Who will pay for messages not intended³ for a particular person? (David Sarnoff's business partners in response to his proposal to invest in a radio project, 1920)
9. The concept is interesting and well-designed. But, for the idea to work, it must contain common sense. (Yale University professors in response to Fred Smith's proposal to organize a fast delivery service; Fred Smith will become the founder of the delivery service Federal Express Corp.)
10. Yes, who the hell cares about actors talking? (Warner Brothers reaction to the use of sound in cinema, 1927)
11. We don't like their sound and, in general, guitar quartets are yesterday. (Decca Recording Co., rejecting the recording of The Beatles album in 1962)
12. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible! (Lord Kelvin - physicist, president of the Royal Society - in 1895)
13. Professor Goddard does not understand the relationship between action and reaction, he does not know that for a reaction, conditions more suitable than a vacuum are needed. It seems that the professor is acutely lacking in elementary knowledge that is taught even in high school. (editorial in the New York Times, dedicated to the revolutionary work of Robert Goddard on the creation of a rocket, 1921)
14. Drilling the earth in search of oil? Do you mean to say that you have to drill the earth to find oil? You've gone mad. (response to Edwin Drake's project in 1859)
15. Airplanes are interesting toys, but they have no military value. (Marshal Ferdinand Foch, professor of strategy at the French General Staff⁴ Academy)
16. Everything that could have been invented has already been invented. (Charles H. Duell - Commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office,⁵ 1899)
17. Louis Pasteur's theory of microbes is a ridiculous fantasy. (Pierre Pachet - professor of psychology at the University of Toulouse,⁶ 1872)
18. The belly, chest, and brain will always be closed to the invasion of a wise and humane surgeon. (Sir John Eric Ericksen - British physician, appointed chief surgeon to Queen Victoria, 1873)
19. 640 kilobytes of memory should be enough for anyone. (Bill Gates, 1981)
20. $100 million is too much to pay for Microsoft. (IBM, 1982)

[Cobie]

1 hour ago, Lois said:

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AI generated?

 

 

Edited 23 hours ago by Cobie

[Lois]

1 hour ago, Cobie said:

AI generated?

Of course not. The neural network has not yet reached this level. But I have noticed that many people on the Internet are maniacs about AI, they see AI everywhere.

[Nungali]

Show me your hands Lois !

[Lois]

3 hours ago, Nungali said:

Show me your hands Lois !

 

https://ibb.co/xmqj1DF

[Cobie]

1 hour ago, Lois said:

https://ibb.co/xmqj1DF

 

BLACK M~>I<~AGICIANS? 
 

 

 

Edited 17 hours ago by Cobie

[Gerard]

7 hours ago, Lois said:

 

17. Louis Pasteur's theory of microbes is a ridiculous fantasy. (Pierre Pachet - professor of psychology at the University of Toulouse,⁶ 1872)

 

Indeed. He was and is actually wrong.

 

"Health and illness are caused by an imbalance of the two basic forces, yin and yang, and by the influence of the five elements (water, fire, metal, wood, and earth) on the organs of the body."

(Huangdi Neijing, 250+ BCE)

 

 

 

 

 

[Sanity Check]

"Computer viruses are as mythical as crocodiles in new york's sewers."

 

--Peter Norton

 

(Before going on to found Norton anti virus)

[Nungali]

4 hours ago, Lois said:

 

https://ibb.co/xmqj1DF

 

 

yeah .....   I didn't think you would be able to . 

 

It does explain a lot however . 

[Nungali]

3 hours ago, Cobie said:

 

BLACK M~>I<~AGICIANS? 
 

 

 

 

 

AI cant spell     

 

 

[Sanity Check]

Prior to microsoft becoming the tech giant it is today.

 

Bill Gates tried to trade all of his microsoft shares for a stake in lotus.

 

Lotus declined.

 

Hence Bill Gate's prior title: the world's accidental richest man.

[Lois]

14 hours ago, Nungali said:

yeah .....   I didn't think you would be able to . 

 

It does explain a lot however