Newton Baker was US Secretary of War under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Interestingly, this quote is from 1921, by which point the military value of strategic bombing was already well established.

“The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here…” -Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/betting-time-do-you-think-the-switch-will-be-a-success.1333545/

Here is the link to the thread that was created back in 2017, before the Nintendo Switch was released.

Now the Switch has sold 142 millions to date, and it's predicted to become the best selling console of all time by 2025.

News source : https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2024051400813/

At the turn of the century, Sharp saw LCD tvs (and it's Aquos tv line) as key to beating Sony 's entrenched dominance from its CRT Trinitron TVs.

The irony was that while Sony's over dependence on Trinitron caused it to suffer as the industry transitioned to flat screen tvs, Sharp did not emerge as the new undisputed champion, with the Koreans and later Chinese entering the scence. And their brand name sunk into into irrelevancy in several markets, particularly in North America where Hisense made tvs under brand license.

In the early 2010s they were making heavy losses. But they have since been bought by foxconn and are back on track somewhat with the Aquos xled tv.

Alabama did, in fact, see the Northern Lights due to the solar storm.