Steve Jobs has Passed Away!? (UPDATED)

[Dogstile]

He's dead. I feel awful because I keep making jokes about it already. Suppose its an antisad coping mechanism.

 

[Mr. Omega]

Dammit, what is it with all the awesome people dying the past two years? It isn't fair!

 

[Veldel]

Well I guess anouther one bites the dust?

Don't really care.

OT: What killed him?

 

[Whodat]

RIP Good Sir, iPods will never be as cool now.

 

[orangeapples]

So much for "an apple a day keeps the doctor away".

...sorry, too soon?

i lol'd

or should I say: iLol'd?

but seriously the last Apple product I was in long term contact with was an AppleII

Everything else was pretty much just PC or a non Apple product. I wasn't a fan, but I never hated or bashed apple products. I respect them and I respect Jobs as well, even if he wasn't perfect, no one is.

 

[Greater Evil]

Maybe Apple will stop ruining technology and profiting off the weak
No I jest, I no it won't

 

[Jabberwock xeno]

Sad.

I don't use any apple products, but I do regoncize the impact he has had on our world.

 

[brainslurper]

I just found out myself. Even if you aren't an Apple fanboy or a Mac user (PC person here), but Steve Jobs really did have quite an impact on our modern life more so than a lot of others. I mean with the IPod to the IPad, many if these things many of us have an have to thank Steve for helping to develop. Saying that he had no influence on contemporary life would be considerably false. It is sad to see that he has passed, but I have seen that his health was failing. Rest in peace Mr. Jobs, you will be missed.

His revolultion of the touch interface and the digital distribution markets won't be what defines him for thousands of years- It will be that he was the one that brought the graphical interface to the general population.

 

[ckam]

Did not see this thread. Anyway...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/apple-co-founder-chairman-steve-jobs-dies-000149459.html

 

[SkyeNeko]

Aww, poor guy. We watched a video of him giving a commencement speech (or whatever it's called) in our communications class. Too bad he died so young. A lot of great people seem to.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Sad, but I don't know if I'ld put him on par with Thomas Edison like some of the articles are saying.

Yeah, that's a BIT far.

oh i dunno.

Jobs had over 300 patents to his personal name.

Edison was actually rather shitty and despite the popular perception his greatest invention is probably what we now call the "research institute" and mostly he took the credit for (and patented) the work of other people that he employed.

Not to mention that he was jealous of Westinghouse, because his AC power was better and cheaper than Edison's DC power and, in an attempt to destroy AC power, he used AC to electrocute animals, and even created the first electric chair and executed the first prisoner.

 

[brainslurper]

Such sad news for a person who helped our world. I think this says it all:

That is seriously the best commercial in the history of commercials.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

http://isstevejobsalive.com/

Honestly, if you're going to count down to someone's death, at least be punctual with the updates. You never saw this kind of shoddy work with Jade Goody's death countdown.

 

[vivalahelvig]

Goodnight, you magnificent bastard!
He is truly a legend, a person who sold computers who has a following that is very strong.
It saddens me that he never got to release the i-rack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw2nkoGLhrE

 

[brainslurper]

Yeah, many other people passed away too. Just because he is famous doesn't mean I should care for him more than anyone else.

Oh look, it's this topic again...

Yes, yes it is.

What you said applies when kim kardashian dies, not the single most important figure in the history of computing.

 

[kebab4you]

He sure went from resigning as CEO to dead awful fast, didn't think it was THAT serious.

 

[Andy Shandy]

He's dead. I feel awful because I keep making jokes about it already. Suppose its an antisad coping mechanism.

Don't worry, you're definitely not the only one.

 

[erztez]

Oh no!
Who will we turn to now, when we need to steal an OS from Xerox?
Or try to trademark the letter "i"?

The guy was a dick.
Maybe now Apple will finally ease off on the cult marketing...I know, I know, wishes are for kids, but...I really want to see a world where people aren't constantly encouraged to think that just because they paid three times as much for an inferior product, they are somehow "better" than everyone else.

 

[strum4h]

To all of the people hating me that is an actual website and I guess whoever runs it has not updated it yet.

 

[GamerKT]

He died...

...like a boss.

Oh, wait...