When I was very young, I had a Spectrum 48k computer and I wanted to program in it. There was a program in a book I wanted to play, but I didn't think I had to actually program it, I thought you just had to write the name of the program on a tape and load it, and it would work. I drove myself to tears when it wouldn't work no matter how hard I tried!
A childhood belief about technology

others believed things like this
- From a TV news program about freedom fighters, I though that `Gorrillas` could use guns.— adrian
- I used to believe that rocket ran on gasoline and that in order to save gas, we should end the space program.Anon
- i used to believe that if i didn't work at school, i would have donkey ears, so now i work hard !!!— denis
- My uncle once said that elves were really badchildren made to work in santa's work shop— Some guy
- i used to believe that if your seatbelt was un-done the car wouldn't move or work at allAnon
- I used to belive there were people under the traffic lights, otherwise they wouldn't work...Anon