Steve Jobs has Passed Away!? (UPDATED)

[ultimateownage]

I hate both Apple and Steve Jobs, but death is never a good thing. So I'll refrain from commenting on it for now.
I know my dad hasn't though. He's basically one step away from running around the house singing that he's dead.

I dunno, when Saddam Hussein died there were a lot less mass graves and rape rooms... You decide what your life is worth to the rest of the world I guess.

I don't know much about jobs other than he invented iPods and one of his employees committed suicide for some reason. Sorry? I dunno. You'd think someone as rich as he was could afford top of the line medical care to replace his pancreas with like, am experimental robo-pancreas. What's the point of making a shit ton of money when you don't get awesome stuff like that?

Well Saddam Hussein is different, he's not just the CEO of an electronics corporation.
It wasn't Apple's employee who committed suicide, well not this specific one at least, it was an employee of the manufacturing company them and most others use. It treats it's employees awfully, and when one of them did something wrong involving Apple the company was so scared of Apple that they interrogated him until he commit suicide. Something like that, at least.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

Well Lelouch, I hope you get a profile badge for this. I think I'll wait 'til someone famous dies and create a post saying "No way this happened... thoughts, Escapists?"

Obviously if you would have waited two seconds there would be a million news posts concerning Steve Jobs, way to take advantage though. Crafty.

Funny how this is the only thread you can get away with posting just: RIP!
I guess forum rules die whenever somebody famous does too.

Do either of you have anything to actually contribute to the thread, or are you merely going to mock how the forum works around here? Welcome to the Escapist. This is a thread discussing the death of a well-respected man. If you don't have anything kind to say, don't say anything at all, because quite a few of us would like to pay our respects. Jesus.

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OT: Steve Jobs did much more for the computer industry than probably most of the users here truly realize or appreciate. Namely, the GUI format of any standard operating system used today and the necessity of a mouse. That innovation alone probably changed how everybody on this planet uses computers, save for those that use trackpads.

He was a good man, and he will be sorrowfully missed. That's all there is to it.

RIP, indeed.

 

[Baron von Blitztank]

I to went "Woah, SERIOUSLY!?!?" after hearing about his death
I never owned an Apple product but what I will say is if it weren't for Steam getting ported to the Apple Mac then I wouldn't have Portal 1 right now and for that, I thank him.
R.I.P Steve Jobbs

 

[GeorgW]

I have never once owned an Apple product, but it's still sad. RIP!

 

[Tehlanna TPX]

Its amazing how the death of someone, a single human being, can cause so many diverse reactions in people.

And lets be honest, in all likelihood not a single one of the posters on this thread has even met the man.

But let facts be facts. Whether it was Jobs himself who actually got down in the nitty gritty and made the first personal computer by hand, or if it was instead him, and a group of people, or him at the head of coalition, playing supervisor, or conductor....it's the name we all know and recognize. It is not up to us to crywolf and let it be known that STEVE JOBS IS NOT THE WIZARD OF OZ. That it was in fact Jobs as the top midget in a 3 person midget group running a tall man suit.

A man has died.

He never hurt anyone, that we know of. He contributed, be it with his name (as some believe to be his only worth) or his ideas, or even his money, towards the betterment of mankind.

I'm sorry if disgruntlement over the so-called hipster, Macintosh elitist sect has made some of you cynics. That is your loss.

I'm sorry if some of you are simple worthless human beings. That is your right, to hate for no reason, to spit in the eye of what is 'popular'.

But take a moment and realize that, even though you reviled him, even though you hated every product with an apple on it...he had a family. And they loved him. If you are to respect no one else, at least for a day, hopefully for longer, respect them. Because even if you yourselves are piece of shit human beings, if I knew you as such, when you died, I would respect your family.

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

Rest in Peace, Steve Jobs.

You pushed for innovation and you damn well got it.

Truly an inspiration for the next generation of innovators.

 

[Sir Shockwave]

UPDATE: To make matters far, far worse. The detested Westboro Baptist Church has announced that they will be Picketting Steve Jobs' Funeral. This crosses a sacred line for me. You never, NEVER, insult or desecrate a man on the same day that he died.

Source: http://onlyseancanjudgeme.tumblr.com/post/11088634312

Okay, this...this just makes me sick.

Have they no shame? I can only hope we have a repeat of Comic Con to tell them to feck right off. Or something along those lines.

Hell, I'll settle for a pissed off Apple fan tearing into them with a Chainsaw. Point is, this is desecration of the dead in one of the worst possible ways.

 

[DeadAccount1955]

in b4 Jobs crawling out of his casket to introduce anti-gravity belts and perpetual motion devices.

 

[GeneWard]

We lose another visionary creator, good night sweet prince, you will be missed.

 

[newwiseman]

We got a call from our apple rep at my office.

 

[SonOfVoorhees]

Sad he lost his fight with cancer. But Apple is still selling bullshit updates to its previous models of iphones and calling it "New". Rip off company.

As for Westboro, why has no one beaten and burnt them down yet?

 

[the spud]

Are you fucking serious!?! The Westboro Baptist church is doing what? Yes. I see.

Spoiler: KEYBOARD RAGE!!!!!!!!!!

CUNTMONKEYASSFUCKHATEKILLTHEMALLRARRRRGGGGGGGHHJHJH

I sense an epic comic-con style counter protest, but on a larger scale and more "fuck you westboro" oriented.

i think the WBC has just stepped on a huge fucking land mine and are about to find out why you dont fuck with nerds

I expect AT LEAST a few broken windows. I have got a feeling that a lot of people will not take kindly to their stupidity.

 

[Zipa]

Rest in peace Steve, you have advanced humanitys technologly in ways that no others have.
Plus its kind of ironic that the haters are all using the WIMP interface to post here.

Oh and get fucked WBC you are a disgrace to humanity.

 

[monkey_man]

Even though I never really liked the guy, he had multiple good causes, and he did a lot of good in this world. He will be missed. R.I.P. Mr. Jobs. He gave us the first glimpse of refined computing, and the world should thank him for that.

Spoiler: hate for WBC

Those Moth********* piece of sh** WBC. Everyone! it is time to rally against them! let them know we won't take their bull**** any longer! This man, even though I never really liked his product line, has reshaped the world for the good, and had many noble interests! He will NOT be Blasphemed against by those arrogant twats! This man (as I gathered) Struggled for his life, while still struggling for those less fortunate than him! I say we take bricks, and smash them into the faces of the WBC! LEt them know their hatecampaign is not freedom of speech anymore!