> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kirk Talman > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 3:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Worst Predictions of All Time
[snip} > Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. - Popular > Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 [snip] My computer certainly "weighs no more that 1.5 tons". So that one is true. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. > Frontinus, A.D. 100 > > > "The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the > > intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon." -John Eric > Ericksen, surgeon > > to Queen Victoria, 1873 > > > "Law will be simplified [over the next century]. Lawyers will have > > diminished, and their fees will have been vastly > curtailed." -journalist > > Junius Henri Browne, 1893 > > > "It doesn't matter what he does, he will never amount to anything." > > -Albert Einstein's teacher to Einstein's father, 1895 > > > "It would appear we have reached the limits of what it is > possible to > > achieve with computer technology." -computer scientist John > von Neumann, > > 1949 > > > "The Japanese don't make anything the people in the U.S. > would want." > > -Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, 1954 > > > "Nuclear powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality > within 10 > > years." -Alex Lewyt, president of the Lewyt Vacuum Cleaner Company, > > quoted in the New York Times, June 10, 1955 > > > "Before man reaches the moon, your mail will be delivered > within hours > > from New York to Australia by guided missiles. We stand on > the threshold > > of rocket mail." -Arthur Summerfield, U.S. Postmaster General under > > Eisenhower, 1959 > > > "By the turn of the century, we will live in a paperless society." > > -Roger Smith, chairman of General Motors, 1986 > > > "I predict the internet ... will go spectacularly supernova > and in 1996 > > catastrophically collapse." -Bob Metcalfe, InfoWorld, 1995 > > > Tom Kelman > > Commerce Bank of Kansas City > > (816) 760-7632 > > > ----------------------------------------- > The information contained in this communication (including any > attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the > personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom > it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally > privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this > message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for > delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified > that you have received this communication in error and that any > review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this > information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the > contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
