Week 3 Top 5 quotes from class

For week three we had to choose the top 5 predictions from a list we were presented in class. My criteria for selection was solely based on my personal beliefs and what I believe has had the biggest impact on my personal life. I also took into consideration the impact on humans the invention or idea has had. These top 5 are in no particular order.

“ We don't like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out." – Decca Recording Company on declining to sign the Beatles, 1962

• This quote is crazy because the beatles are one of the greatest bands of all time
• they sold more albums than any other artist in history beating out Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson
• revolutionized the rock genre, they were pioneers for all the rock music that was to come
• inspired millions of musicians including myself

"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us." – Western Union internal memo, 1876

• Before the telephone the only form of communication was through postal mail and morse code
• now everyone uses telephones as the main form of communication whether it be through calls or texts
• about 75% of the world population has a telephone or mobil phone 

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." – Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

• It is ironic that the chairman of IBM did not trust his own work
• Now everyone uses computers as it has revolutionized everything in the world
• the amount of data it can store and the speed at which it functions makes it one of the best inventions of all time
• Just thinking about life without a computer is scary 

"The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a novelty—a fad." – -The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903 

• The car is the main form of transportation in the world
• 85% of Americans use a car to get to and from work
• people can get from point a to point b in a matter of hours compared to horseback
• it is a billion dollar industry

“ There will never be a bigger plane built." – - A Boeing engineer, after the first flight of the 247, a twin engine plane that holds ten people

• it is pretty crazy to think that the boeing 247 was only 16 meters long and reached a max speed of 200 miles per hour
• The biggest plane now, the antonov an-225 is 44 meters long and reaches a speed of 528 miles per hour
• the plane revolutionized means of traveling as the world became more interconnected
• a trip to china from the US would be very tough to do if it werent for airplanes, now we can travel to china in less than a day