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Saturday, May 16, 2015

Yes ! And they also said this:

Airplanes are most interesting. I do not believe however, that they have any military value whatever.
Marshall Ferdinand Foch, Strategist of the French Armed forces. 1911.


These rays, alledgedly invented by Mr. Röntgen (Xrays), will certainly prove to be a fraud.
Lord  William T. Kelvin

Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.
Popular Mechanics Science Magazin, 1949

640K ought to be enough for anybody.
Bill Gates 1981

and finally:
We don't like their sound, and, anyway, guitar music is on the way out.
Decca Recording Company Official, rejecting the Beatles, 1962


Bertstravels
is still chuckling



2 comments:

Lianne said...

That last one is funny considering you had little better to say of them at the time.

Bert said...

When I first heard them on the Ed Sullivan Show I predicted:
"They will never amount to anything.
Their guitar playing consists of strumming three basic cords.
.Well, wasn't I right ? They are no longer playing, nor are they listened to. Okay, so they sold a couple of records along the way.