I think you mean ten years ago not 'the last twenty years'.
No, people were predicting Apple's demise way back around 1991.
Just look at this one earnings story for a reference of what sparked that round of speculation:
http://www.faqs.org/abstracts/News-opinion-and-commentary/Digital-net-up-as-Apple-posts-decline-Profits-off-by-28-at-Digital.html
According to Google Dictionary:
http://www.google.com/dictionary?source=dict-chrome-ex&sl=en&tl=en&q=employ
employ Verb
Synonyms:
verb: use, engage, utilize, hire, apply
noun: service, job, occupation, work, business, office, situation, engagement, place, berth
employed past participle; employs 3rd person singular present; employing present participle; employed past tense
1. Give work to (someone) and pay them for it
2. Keep occupied
3. Make use of
I would say that option 3 was used in this case.
and I am going to try it again this year. Amazing what prices they will match when it comes to getting a sale. This year I need two 42 LCD televisions, they want 699 whereas I can get them from a certain major online retailer wants 599 and others 589 with no tax or shipping costs.
Will be curious what price they will go down to.
I have to disagree with your assessment of HHGregg's willingness to price match.
A local department store chain had a pedestal for LG washers/dryers on sale. I called HHGregg ahead of time to ensure that they could match the price, and the answer was "we sure can."
After a half hour or so of having the sales associate verify the deal on the competitor's website and asking his manager for authorization, he finally came back that they could not match the price. Apparently, the competitor's price was "below cost." Despite HHGregg's 110% price guarantee, they could not even match a competitor's price by 80%.
BestBuy had absolutely no qualms matching the department store's price, and they actually had the pedestals ready to go at the store. HHGregg would have had to order them from their warehouse, taking additional time.
I cannot honestly imagine myself ever again walking into HHGregg.
be with him.
One even went airborne and fell about 3 meters and other than some of the metal getting bent its perfectly fine.
What do you in your datacenter that would result in a server becoming airborne?
and Calfornia is often seen as the most liberal state
Which of course explains why Reagan, Nixon, Wilson, and Schwarzenegger came from there.
Which Wilson? If you're referring to Woodrow Wilson, he was born in Virginia and lived in New Jersey for quite some time. Hell, he was the president of Princeton and later NJ's governor.
I live in South Jersey. I pump my own gas. Not because I'm anti-service either, but because I don't trust anybody to properly put my gas cap back on. Every time I let someone else do it, they either forget to put it on crooked, leave it unlocked, or forget to close the gas door. I generally get gas at one location (I don't drive very far) and they know me well enough to let me pump my own gas. All you have to do is say, "this thing's a pain in the ass, let me do it." or "save your strength, I got it." and you're clear.
As an FYI, pumping your own gas into any sort of container (gas can, your car's gas tank, etc.) is against NJ state law.
If the gas cap ordeal bothers you so much, you might want to get a car with a self-sealing fuel filler. Ford has made such fuel fillers standard across its product line: http://wot.motortrend.com/6253125/technology/fords-capless-easy-fuel-filler-to-go-standard-across-range/index.html
It won't be chosen by the likes of Apple or Microsoft. I won't be chosen by potential lawsuits (at least not to a significant extent.)
Nope. There's one industry that will dictate the next standard. That industry is porn.
The porn industry had effectively chosen Blu-Ray as the de facto new standard for high def video: http://www.pcworld.com/article/125618/porn_industry_may_be_decider_in_bluray_hddvd_battle.html
The porn industry chooses its standards. Everyone else follows.
Yelp has been bullshit for some time. It's a neat idea, but they've censored several of my negative reviews which were all factual.
As such, Yelp holds no value.
This seems to be a common problem with such reviews. Fortunately, I've never seen Google Local remove any review that I've made.
It now displays, "This video has been removed due to a breach of the Terms of Service."
Promptness is its own reward, if one lives by the clock instead of the sword.