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Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:30 pm
I also lay aside all ideas of any new works or engines of war, the invention of which long-ago reached its limit, and in which I see no hope for further improvement...
- Sextus Julius Frontinus, governor of Britania, 84 C.E.
Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.
- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.
[W]hen the Paris Exhibition closes electric light will close with it and no more be heard of.
- Erasmus Wilson (1878) Professor at Oxford University
They will never try to steal the phonograph because it has no `commercial value.'
- Thomas Edison (1847-1931).
Well informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value.
- Editorial in the Boston Post (1865)
[Television] won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
- Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox, 1946.
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.
A new source of power... called gasoline has been produced by a Boston engineer. Instead of burning the fuel under a boiler, it is exploded inside the cylinder of an engine.
The dangers are obvious. Stores of gasoline in the hands of people interested primarily in profit would constitute a fire and explosive hazard of the first rank. Horseless carriages propelled by gasoline might attain speeds of 14 or even 20 miles per hour. The menace to our people of vehicles of this type hurtling through our streets and along our roads and poisoning the atmosphere would call for prompt legislative action even if the military and economic implications were not so overwhelming... [T]he cost of producing [gasoline] is far beyond the financial capacity of private industry... In addition the development of this new power may displace the use of horses, which would wreck our agriculture.
- U. S. Congressional Record, 1875.
...no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air...
- Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), astronomer, head of the U. S. Naval Observatory.
Computers in the future may...perhaps only weigh 1.5 tons.
- Popular Mechanics, 1949.
- Sextus Julius Frontinus, governor of Britania, 84 C.E.
Men might as well project a voyage to the Moon as attempt to employ steam navigation against the stormy North Atlantic Ocean.
- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.
[W]hen the Paris Exhibition closes electric light will close with it and no more be heard of.
- Erasmus Wilson (1878) Professor at Oxford University
They will never try to steal the phonograph because it has no `commercial value.'
- Thomas Edison (1847-1931).
Well informed people know it is impossible to transmit the voice over wires and that were it possible to do so, the thing would be of no practical value.
- Editorial in the Boston Post (1865)
[Television] won't be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.
- Darryl F. Zanuck, head of 20th Century-Fox, 1946.
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.
A new source of power... called gasoline has been produced by a Boston engineer. Instead of burning the fuel under a boiler, it is exploded inside the cylinder of an engine.
The dangers are obvious. Stores of gasoline in the hands of people interested primarily in profit would constitute a fire and explosive hazard of the first rank. Horseless carriages propelled by gasoline might attain speeds of 14 or even 20 miles per hour. The menace to our people of vehicles of this type hurtling through our streets and along our roads and poisoning the atmosphere would call for prompt legislative action even if the military and economic implications were not so overwhelming... [T]he cost of producing [gasoline] is far beyond the financial capacity of private industry... In addition the development of this new power may displace the use of horses, which would wreck our agriculture.
- U. S. Congressional Record, 1875.
...no possible combination of known substances, known forms of machinery, and known forms of force, can be united in a practical machine by which man shall fly long distances through the air...
- Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), astronomer, head of the U. S. Naval Observatory.
Computers in the future may...perhaps only weigh 1.5 tons.
- Popular Mechanics, 1949.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:36 pm to beejon
good thread.
not sarcasm. shows how dumb "smart" people can be
not sarcasm. shows how dumb "smart" people can be
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:41 pm to beejon
quote:
Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia.
- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.
Dr. Lardner went to bed that night with a wry smile, knowing he had thought of everything...except closing the windows.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:42 pm to beejon
"The White Zone is for passenger loading and unloading only." - LAX Announcement circa 1980
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:44 pm to beejon
quote:
They will never try to steal the phonograph because it has no `commercial value.'
- Thomas Edison (1847-1931).
Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, and negging.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:47 pm to soccerfüt
quote:
"The White Zone is for passenger loading and unloading only." - LAX Announcement circa 1980
Dumbass.
Everyone knows the Red Zone is for loading and unloading only.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 5:57 pm to fr33manator
The White Zone was a product of entitlement. EVERYBODY knows that.
The Red Zone was not generally coveted.
The Red Zone was not generally coveted.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 6:01 pm to soccerfüt
Listen soccerfut, don't start up with your white zone shite again..
This post was edited on 7/28/15 at 6:04 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 6:04 pm to beejon
If I could go back in time knowing what I know now and looking back at certain situations, I defiantly would've banged a lot more chicks.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 6:05 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
White zone just thinks it's better than any of the colored zones.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 6:07 pm to SEClint
quote:
If I could go back in time knowing what I know now and looking back at certain situations, I defiantly would've banged a lot mo
I understand banging more chicks, but why be defiant about it?
Posted on 7/28/15 at 6:16 pm to PsychTiger
If I could quantum leap into my past self, I'd try to hit around year 1992. Or if I had to biff tannen myself, I'd tell names to look out for, Bet everything on the 2009 saints before the season starts, Lord loves a working man, don't trust whitey etc.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 6:57 pm to beejon
God will never allow Ghost Sword Knights in his throne room - Ethereal Gazzette
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