My thoughts exactly, he certainly made an impression on technology, and it will be interesting to see where Apple goes from here.Buccura said:
Steve Jobs has Passed Away!? (UPDATED)
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I literally could not care less. Not because I dislike Apple (which I do), or because I hate all corporations in general (which I do), but because he is no different to anyone else.
If it were my mum, dad, sister, gran etc. then yes, I'd be upset, or care in some form. However, I don't know Jobs, and I can't care more about him than any other human being. In fact, if anything, I care less. His life was spent with ridiculous amounts of money to make life better. People in Africa die every minute having none of that privilege. Not only that, but people need to die. It will be sad for his family and friends, sure, but other people shouldn't treat him as being more worthy of remembrance than others. Anyone who says RIP Steve (apart from family, friends etc.) should be saying it to anyone else who died. And if that's the case, good luck, becuase people die more quickly than you can acknowledge them.
If it were my mum, dad, sister, gran etc. then yes, I'd be upset, or care in some form. However, I don't know Jobs, and I can't care more about him than any other human being. In fact, if anything, I care less. His life was spent with ridiculous amounts of money to make life better. People in Africa die every minute having none of that privilege. Not only that, but people need to die. It will be sad for his family and friends, sure, but other people shouldn't treat him as being more worthy of remembrance than others. Anyone who says RIP Steve (apart from family, friends etc.) should be saying it to anyone else who died. And if that's the case, good luck, becuase people die more quickly than you can acknowledge them.
Did the founder die? The way I understand it, it went downhill because the original CEO got fired after the Aqua Teen Hungerforce bomb scare, and the suits they brought in to replace him wanted to compete with Disney and Nickelodeon, instead of working within the niche that Cartoon Network filled.Swifteye said:
Not to diminish Mr. Jobs' legacy[footnote]as much as I dislike Apple's modern modus operandi, the man was an astonishing pioneer; sure, most of what he's famous for was done in some form or fashion by someone else first, but he's the one who brought it all together and got it to market; he also was responsible for quite a few significant breakthroughs, it's just not what he was most famous for.[/footnote], but Alan Turing died decades ago. If you don't know who that is, look him up.brainslurper said:
OT: The computing industry has lost a great innovator. I've never owned an Apple product in my life, but I have to respect what the man did for the industry. I'm also worried about what's going to happen to Apple in his absence. He pretty much single handedly turned the company around in the late 90's and early 2000's; Apple fans have a saying about how the company only makes good products when he's in charge. I hope they can continue his legacy.
By the way, does anyone know whatever happened to Steve Wozniak? There were two Steves at the founding of the company, but one of them completely slipped off the radar at some point, and I've never heard why.
He really did forge an empire, out of a garage no less.
And that empire won't be going away for a long while
RIP Mr. Jobs. You'll be missed, but as long as my iPod stays alive, I suppose I won't forget about you.
And that empire won't be going away for a long while
RIP Mr. Jobs. You'll be missed, but as long as my iPod stays alive, I suppose I won't forget about you.
No matter what I may think of the current state of Apple, Steve Jobs was a pioneer who did have a profound and positive impact on technology today, and not just in Apple products. Let that be his lasting legacy, not the business practices of his company.
RIP Steve Jobs
RIP Steve Jobs
I was pretty shocked by this, as a person its sad to see someone whos made such a change as a whole to technology that people use everyday. I've used an iphone for almost 4 years and thats good enough reason for me to like the guy.
Hes helped make a device which millions of people use everyday, hes changed the way we communiacate with people. I think there was still more to come as well.
He will be missed.
Hes helped make a device which millions of people use everyday, hes changed the way we communiacate with people. I think there was still more to come as well.
He will be missed.
I heard about this a few hous ago. Never liked Apple but the world will be different without him.
WTH? Really? That's...incredible.
But he's so young. It's like...damn...like MJ dying in 2009, except for computers.
Never saw that coming.
But he's so young. It's like...damn...like MJ dying in 2009, except for computers.
Never saw that coming.
People... We're talking about someone who's death we're alive for personally who will be mentioned in history textbooks thousand of years from now. It's not about how tragic or not tragic just one certain death is it's about the death of a legacy.
One that has impacted history greater than almost any other in the digital age.
One that has impacted history greater than almost any other in the digital age.
so he'll go down in history as a great inventor even though his best works were actually rip offs and he was kind of a douche?Kadoodle said:
huh.... accurate i guess.
Yeah, a few pictures of an absolutely generic laptop, the kind of which there are dozens is really going to convince me that Jobs was an invention machine.qwerty19411 said:
Look at those patents for fucks sake, they're mostly the exact same thing over and over and over.
Also, found that page the first time around. It's just that a picture of a CRT monitor doesn't exactly tell me what precisely was improved over THE OTHER 10 CRT monitors that came before it.
Also, I'm not denying that Apple didn't come out with a few slightly original ideas in the past 25 years, that'd be stupid. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Unless it was made by Apple 'cause as far as I know, there's never a *iPod Cannot be synced. An Unknown Error Occurred (-48)* o'clock anywhere on Earth.
You don't have to bawl your eyes out over a death like this, but a little empathy and respect can be shown to anyone.erztez said:
We're never going to progress as a people if we just disregard deaths like these just so we can show that we have a ruthless, dominant sort of ego personality. All you're doing by acting like this is hurting/and or offending more people then anything positive.
Which is why this world would be better of if there weren't as many who thought like you. If you don't have anything positive to say about someone dying, then just keep your mouth closed and move along. Nobody is making you do it, and nobody is asking for your disrespectful opinion.
RIP, Steve Jobs.