You got that right.
"Professor Goddard ... does not know the relation of action to reaction ...
he only seems to lack the knowledge ladled out daily in our high schools"
[New York Times, January 13, 1920]
"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
[Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895]
"Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value."
[Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre]
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
[Thomas Watson, chairman IBM, 1943]
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
[Ken Olson, Chairman and founder Digital Equipment Corp., 1977]
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."
[Bill Gates, 1981]
Lovely quotes. Though I must sit and wonder; since these promo cases are ending up being sent overseas, I wonder if our troops in Afghanistan might expect a Coke prize patrol to show up?
I can see it now: [Inside Coke Promotions Command Center]
Operator: Sir! We just got a signal!
Supervisor: Wonderful!
Distant Voice: Hello?
Operator: Congratulations, you've just won a brand new SUV! We're going to rush that right out to you; just stay where you are and we'll pick up the signal off of...
Distant Voice: [laughter can be heard]
Operator: Umm, sir? I think the GPS signal is a bit wonky today...
Supervisor: What do you mean?
Operator: Well, take a look where the map shows the can to be...
Distant Voice: My commander says we'll be here until 06:00 tomorrow morning, and wants to know if you can put a couple cases of TP in the back of the SUV when you bring it out; we're a bit short.
Supervisor: Do we even have a distributor over there?