The six worst predictions in the history of technology

Robert Metcalfe, founder of 3Com, 1995 - Metcalfe had promised to "eat his words" if his prediction was wrong. At a conference in 1997, true to his word, he used a food processor to liquefy a copy of the article containing the mistake... and then drank it.Sir William Preece, chief engineer at the British Post Office - As soon as the price of a messenger boy falls below the latest iPhone, I'll switch back.Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, 2004 - I can't speak for Bill Gates, but I still get the occasional piece of spam.David Pogue, The New York Times, 2006 - The iPhone came out in 2007, and has done rather well since.Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox, 1946 - How is television going these days? He was right, in so far as few televisions are made of plywood these days.T. Craven, FCC Commissioner, 1961 - It does all of the above, plus Google Maps and sat-navs into the bargain.Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft - To be fair, it did look iffy there for a while, but since the second coming of Steve Jobs things have gone from strength to strength.(telegraph.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az