Comments on: Top 87 Bad Predictions About the Future http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/ Presenting the fact and fiction of tomorrow since 2001 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jon http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-19502 jon Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:39:43 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/#comment-19502 I like to think of this list whenever someone mentions the impossibility of long-distance space travel. I like to think of this list whenever someone mentions the impossibility of long-distance space travel.

]]> By: Claes http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-16904 Claes Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:51:35 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/#comment-16904 Most famous here in Sweden: Swedish communication minister in 1995 - "Internet is just a fad that will blow away, I don't think people in the long run want to spend so much time, that it actually takes, to surf" (freely translated). Most famous here in Sweden: Swedish communication minister in 1995 – “Internet is just a fad that will blow away, I don’t think people in the long run want to spend so much time, that it actually takes, to surf” (freely translated).

]]> By: jtc http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-4789 jtc Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:17:30 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/#comment-4789 On Oct. 9, 1903, the New York Times wrote: "The flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years." On the same day, on Kill Devil Hill, N.C., in his diary, a bicycle mechanic named Orville Wright wrote: "We unpacked rest of goods for new machine." On Oct. 9, 1903, the New York Times wrote:

“The flying machine which will really fly might be evolved by the combined and continuous efforts of mathematicians and mechanicians in from one million to ten million years.”

On the same day, on Kill Devil Hill, N.C., in his diary, a bicycle mechanic named Orville Wright wrote:

“We unpacked rest of goods for new machine.”

]]> By: Edward Willett http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-4696 Edward Willett Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:38:58 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/#comment-4696 Thanks for pointing that out, bingo. I've added a link to the Wikipedia list while keeping the link to the 2spare.com version, since they don't match exactly. Thanks for pointing that out, bingo. I’ve added a link to the Wikipedia list while keeping the link to the 2spare.com version, since they don’t match exactly.

]]> By: bingo http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-4693 bingo Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:29:07 +0000 http://futurismic.com/2007/10/27/top-87-bad-predictions-about-the-future/#comment-4693 Please link to the original article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_predictions The one you've linked to at 2spare.com is an (unacknowledged) copy of the Wikipedia article. Please link to the original article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_predictions

The one you’ve linked to at 2spare.com is an (unacknowledged) copy of the Wikipedia article.

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