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To: Silver__7 who wrote (14698)	6/22/1998 12:06:00 AM
From: E'Lane	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50264

Good evening Silver! I lied...I am not asleep "yet"! I found something that made me think of certain "visionaries" who have invaded our little piece of the SI world. Thought I'd post it... Visionaries ...somewhat limited in their scope... " Computers in the future will weigh no more than 1.5 tons." Popular Mechanics, forecasting advance of science, 1949 "Everything that can be invented has been invented." Charles H Duell, Commissioner, US Office of Patents, 1899 "Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." Drillers whom Edwin L Drake tried to enlist to his project to drill for oil, 1859. "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" HM Warner, Warner Bros, 1927 "I think there's a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 "But what... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, commenting on the microchip, 1968 "There is no reason why anyone would want to have a computer in their home." Ken Olson, president/chairman/founder of Digital Equipment Corp. 1977 "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 memo, 1876 "The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would 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 1920s. "We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out" Decca Recording Company rejecting the Beatles, 1962 "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895 "Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." Irving Fisher, Economics professor, Yale University, 1929 "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value". Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre "Louis Pasteur's theory of germs is ridiculous fiction." Pierre Pachet, Professor of Physiology at Toulouse, 1872 "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon." Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria, 1873 "640K ought to be enough for anybody." Bill Gates of Microsoft, 1981 Hummmm....maybe we should add a couple names! Nah..they'd probably get paid double time for that! E'Lane....seriously off to bed now! G'night Sir...I know you're out there some where, smiling!