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packman

(16,296 posts) Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:12 PM Apr 2016

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Boy, were they wrong - famous "oops"

We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." --Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

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

"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, 1876.

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

More at:

http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/humor.html

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Boy, were they wrong - famous "oops" (Original Post) packman Apr 2016 OP

The classic: KamaAina Apr 2016 #1

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis--" gratuitous Apr 2016 #2

(they weren't shooting at elephants.......) lastlib Apr 2016 #3

I love wikipedia Demonaut Apr 2016 #5

The one common thread among all of those computer-related quotes Yavin4 Apr 2016 #4

And cats - don't forget the cats packman Apr 2016 #6

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. The classic:

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:21 PM

Apr 2016

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)

2. "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dis--"

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 02:12 PM

Apr 2016

Gen. John Sedgwick, May 9, 1864.

lastlib

(23,247 posts)

3. (they weren't shooting at elephants.......)

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 03:16 PM

Apr 2016

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Demonaut

(8,919 posts)

5. I love wikipedia

Reply to gratuitous (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:43 PM

Apr 2016

Yavin4

(35,441 posts)

4. The one common thread among all of those computer-related quotes

Reply to packman (Original post)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 05:42 PM

Apr 2016

They all missed the importance of porn. No joke.

packman

(16,296 posts)

6. And cats - don't forget the cats

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #4)

Tue Apr 26, 2016, 07:00 PM

Apr 2016

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