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Metcalfe, inventor of ethernet, predicted in 1995 that the internet would collapse the next year, because the underlying tech couldn't possibly scale. He ended
by breadwinner 3y ago
Metcalfe, inventor of ethernet, predicted in 1995 that the internet would collapse the next year, because the underlying tech couldn't possibly scale. He ended up having to literally eat his own words. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe#:~:text=24%5D%5B25%5D-,Predicted%20Internet%20collapse,-%5Bedit%5D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Metcalfe#:~:text=24%5D%...
- stewx 3y agoWow, a truly rare instance of literally eating your words!
- manual89 3y agoMcAfee can't hold a candle to this man.
- Koshkin 3y agoThis is one of the rare examples when the word "literally" means what it says.
- layer8 3y agoLiterally not a piece of cake. :D
- quickthrower2 3y agoAre printed papers or magazines toxic?
- Galacta7 3y agoI'm curious why the audience would not accept him eating the paper pulp in large cake form? Perhaps because he couldn't reasonably eat the whole cake in front of them (and thus his words)?