A couple of quotes...

[JPRoy392]

"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons."
- Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949.


"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
- Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943.


"I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year."
- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957.


"But what...is it good for?"
- Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.


"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home"
- Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.


"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who will pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920's.


"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."
- Western Union internal memo, 1887.


"Who the [heck] wants to hear actors talk?"
- H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.


"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
- Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.


"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
-Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

[Juan Carlos Rey]

• That I drank WHAAAAT???? (Socrate)
• Here are two words that will help you open many doors: push, pull.
• Sign on maternity door: Push.- "Push, push, push"
• Double your drive space: Delete Windows!
• Suicidal kills his twin brother by error.
• A walking man hit my car. Now he is under it.
• Drugs turn yu ful.
• Smoking makes you loose your memory and another thing I can´t remember.
• Life is a fatal illnes transmited sexually.
• Smart blonde: an peroxymoron. (Nice one)
• Politics: from greek "poli", many, and "tic", moron.
• Send me $ 10 and I'll teach you how to take money from a fool
• Dollar is very firm: still at 100 cents
• My CaPs LoCk LiGhT iS bLiNkInG. iS tHaT nOrMaL?
• Bad dog, don't byte that power cord! (Puff!) Oh, Bye, bye, doggy!
• Blame Saint Andrew, it´s his fault!

Want some more?

[Edited by Juan Carlos Rey on 12-06-2000 at 08:38 PM]

[Fox]

If there are 3 people in a house, and 5 come out, 2 have to go in so the house is empty.