Fill in the Blanks Failed predictionsOnline version Guess what these people were talking about by covadonga carreño 1 TheBeatles TalkingMotionPictures television iPhone RockAndRoll RemoteShopping airplanes VacuumCleaner computers surger a ) " Nobody in the world will need more space than 650 KB " In 1981 Bill Gates describing b ) " They are interesting toys but of no military value " Marshall Foch on c ) Who the hell wants to hear actors talk ? " H . M Warner , Warner Brothers , 1927 , on d ) " This kind of music will be gone by June . " Variety magazine talking about e ) " It won ? t last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night " - Darryl Zanuck , movie producer , 20th century Fox , 1946 talking about f ) " Nuclear - powered ones will probably be a reality in ten years " Alex Lewyt , president of the Lewyt Corp company , in the New York Times , 1955 g ) " It will flop - because women like to get out of the house , like to handle merchandise , like to be able to change their minds . " TIME Magazine , 1966 on . h ) " There's no chance that it will get any significant market share . No chance . " - Steve Ballmer , CEO of Microsoft on . i ) We don't like their sound , and guitar music is on the way out . " - - Decca Recording Co . rejecting 1962 . j ) " The abdomen , the chest , and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon . " Sir John Eric Ericksen , British 1873 on