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Steve jobs dead
« on: October 05, 2011, 07:54:29 PM »
Nooz just announced Steve Jobs died.  56. Cancer.  Love him or hate him he was a visionary.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2011, 08:06:11 PM »
A year younger than me.

Riches can't buy everything.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2011, 08:10:58 PM »
Quote from: Tallpine on October 05, 2011, 08:06:11 PM
A year younger than me.

Riches can't buy everything.

Riches bought him seven years.  He was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in 2004 and managed to live until 2011.  Most people last far less than that (mainly because by the time you have symptoms, it's far too late).

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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2011, 08:25:32 PM »
There is some thought that riches bought him a liver transplant out of sequence.  He was on multiple waiting lists all over the country when his number came up in Tennessee.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 08:56:39 PM »
Poor guy. 

Even for a filthy hippy,  he was quite the visionary.  Love his company's products.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2011, 09:03:32 PM »
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2011, 09:23:31 PM »
It seems unjust that someone who's made so many positive contributions to the world would have their life cut so short.

RIP Mr. Jobs and thanks for the many cool toys.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2011, 09:24:02 PM »
Out here in the heart of Silicon Valley the reaction I'm hearing is, "That's too bad. Life's too short. See ya, gotta go."
Maybe it will sink in a bit more around here tomorrow.
R.I.P. Steve Jobs.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2011, 09:29:04 PM »
He was a visionary, and embodied entrepreneurial spirit in the US. 
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #9 on: October 05, 2011, 09:31:04 PM »
Quote from: Bigjake on October 05, 2011, 08:56:39 PM
Even for a filthy hippy,  he was quite the visionary.

Uh, Jobs was the cutthroat businessman of the operation.  Woz was the yahoo handing out technical specs for what was to become the Apple I at computer hobby group meetings until Jobs told him to knock it off.

Sure, Jobs dressed down and didn't always look the part of being a billionaire CEO, but I figure he's got more in common with the main character in the movie "There Will be Blood" than any hippy.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #10 on: October 05, 2011, 09:40:15 PM »
I don't do tongue in cheek well on the interwebz,  was mostly poking at the Apple stereotype  ;) 

Like I said,  loved his products,  His presence in the company will be missed I'm sure.  Hopefully not too much to the detriment of Apple.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2011, 09:40:55 PM »
Quote from: LadySmith on October 05, 2011, 09:24:02 PM
Out here in the heart of Silicon Valley the reaction I'm hearing is, "That's too bad. Life's too short. See ya, gotta go."
Maybe it will sink in a bit more around here tomorrow.

Or maybe they had money riding on NeXT.

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Uh, Jobs was the cutthroat businessman of the operation.  Woz was the yahoo handing out technical specs for what was to become the Apple I at computer hobby group meetings until Jobs told him to knock it off.

Sure, Jobs dressed down and didn't always look the part of being a billionaire CEO, but I figure he's got more in common with the main character in the movie "There Will be Blood" than any hippy.

As I recall, Wozniak favored making all the computers live happily together in harmony, too.  Jobs the pretend hippie was the one who insisted on proprietary interfaces, etc.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2011, 10:03:11 PM »
He had not been looking too healthy, lately, in the pics I have seen. Must have been a member of a "wellness organization"/modern HMO.

Not an Apple fan but the man, undeniably. was a pioneer.

Go easy, Steve Jobs.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #13 on: October 05, 2011, 10:05:28 PM »
He was an interesting character.
Pirates of silicone Valley kind of tells the story of Apple and MS.
Don't know how much reality involved but kind of a neat movie
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #14 on: October 05, 2011, 10:17:29 PM »
We laud his successes.  We forget he experienced major failures in the same line of business.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2011, 10:20:18 PM »
Sorry to hear that....he really accomplished a lot in the field of commercial electronics....and sales....
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2011, 10:25:32 PM »
Quote from: GigaBuist on October 05, 2011, 09:31:04 PM
Uh, Jobs was the cutthroat businessman of the operation.  Woz was the yahoo handing out technical specs for what was to become the Apple I at computer hobby group meetings until Jobs told him to knock it off.

Sure, Jobs dressed down and didn't always look the part of being a billionaire CEO, but I figure he's got more in common with the main character in the movie "There Will be Blood" than any hippy.

Can we get somebody over the Wall Street protest, to see if any die-hard Apple fans can be filmed in mourning?
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2011, 10:37:02 PM »
Quote from: Waitone on October 05, 2011, 10:17:29 PM
We forget he experienced major failures in the same line of business.

I'm not a Jobs fanboy, but I honestly don't know what you're referring to here.  Apple had some major missteps in the late 80's and in the 90's but they were when Jobs was no longer in control.  His biggest mistake was getting Scully to be CEO which changed the environment and got him ousted from any power. It was after that when Apple made all of their major blunders.  Unless I'm missing something.

Apple got back into the game when they bought out NeXT and put their CEO (Jobs) in charge of Apple again.  NeXT became OS X which got people excited about Mac again (or at least it got ME excited) and from there we went to iPod, iPad, iPhone land, etc.

Ok, I will grant that under Jobs the G4 Cube failed horribly.  But beyond that, not really sure what you're talking about.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2011, 10:44:14 PM »
Having failed isn't a bad thing.

He got back up.
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2011, 10:47:36 PM »
Life is too short.  Too many people take it for granted.  "I'll get to that later/call this person tomorrow, etc."  Sounds like he did what he loved, and loved his family, kept them out of the media frenzy so they could lead normal lives.  Always sad to see a candle as bright as his flicker out.
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« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2011, 11:26:40 PM »
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #21 on: October 06, 2011, 12:56:27 AM »
WBC is already planning to protest the funeral
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #22 on: October 06, 2011, 01:53:41 AM »
Quote from: Pharmacology on October 06, 2011, 12:56:27 AM
WBC is already planning to protest the funeral

Windows fanboys?
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Re: Steve jobs dead
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Re: Steve jobs dead
« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2011, 02:25:44 AM »
Quote from: roo_ster on October 06, 2011, 01:53:41 AM
Windows fanboys?

Nah, just your average garden variety inbred morons.
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