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10 worst technology predictions ever
2009-12-28
Posted by:Frozen Al

#3  Honorable mention to Xerox management who didn't see any value in their PARC development of GUI but which their suits were more than happy to show Steve Jobs.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2009-12-28 22:11  

#2  "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" H.M. Warner, Warner Bros., 1927.

Well he was right on.

Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-12-28 20:58  

#1   Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

I think of this phrase whenever I think of a magician's magic wand, seems to me remarkably like a universal tv-vcr-dvd remote of today.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-12-28 20:01  

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