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    Posted by John Singh on April 28, 2006 at 10:09 pm

    “Radio has no future.
    Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.
    X-rays will prove to be a hoax.”
    William Thomson — Lord Kelvin — Scientist, 1899

    “Airplanes are interesting toys, but they are of no military value whatsoever.”
    Marechal Ferdinand Fock, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre

    “There is not the slightest indication that nuclear energy will ever be obtainable. It would mean that the atom would have to be shattered at will.”
    Albert Einstein, 1932

    “The bomb will never go off. I speak as an expert in explosives.”
    Admiral William Leahy, U.S. Atomic Bomb Project.

    “We don’t like their sound. Groups of guitars are on the way out.”
    Decca executive, 1962, after turning down the Beatles.

    “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”
    Ken Olsen, President, Digital Equipment, 1977

    “We don’t need you. You haven’t got through college yet.”
    Hewlett Packard excuse to Steve Jobs, who founded Apple Computers instead.

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