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Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: reaper on Wed, 05 October 2011, 18:52:02
(http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2011/06/stevejobs671_01.jpg)
(with his wife Laurene Powell Jobs)


I'm not a big fan of Apple but like someone said, a life is a life.

Link (http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/)

May you rest in peace, S.J.

Edit:  here are some interesting readings...

- Steve Jobs was always kind to me, or regrets of an a**hole (http://thewirecutter.com/2011/10/steve-jobs-was-always-kind-to-me-or-regrets-of-an-*******/) (behind the scene of that whole Gizmodo thing by Brian Lam)
-  Regarding my management style (http://www.fakesteve.net/2006/12/regarding-my-management-style.html) (by Steve Jobs)
-  All about Steve Jobs (http://allaboutstevejobs.com/index.html) (pics, bio, etc)
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Lolcakes on Wed, 05 October 2011, 18:57:14
Very sad news. I dislike apple products and I did not like the attitude of mr Jobs but that doesnt matter and I am very saddened by these news.
"Any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." -  John Donne

May he rest in peace
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Input Nirvana on Wed, 05 October 2011, 18:57:31
R.I.P.
Thanks for everything.

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See you on the other side, brother.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Wed, 05 October 2011, 18:57:51
Time to short Apple stock.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: biochem on Wed, 05 October 2011, 18:58:59
1955-2011. Too soon.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Soarer on Wed, 05 October 2011, 19:05:30
Sad that he's gone. R.I.P.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Lanx on Wed, 05 October 2011, 19:10:38
damn iphone 4s disappointment SJ not being alive, i wouldn't be invested in appl thurs morning, anyone know what he did with his billions? did he give it away like Bill Gates? or is he passing on his monies to his family.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: whiskerBox on Wed, 05 October 2011, 19:16:18
He fought cancer for a very long time and I am glad that he is no longer suffering, but I feel for his family and he will definitely be missed.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: slueth on Wed, 05 October 2011, 19:38:22
RIP
hes probably in charge of the new iHeaven
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Input Nirvana on Wed, 05 October 2011, 19:40:48
Quote from: slueth;426625
RIP
hes probably in charge of the new iHeaven

iHeaven, that's great!
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Wed, 05 October 2011, 20:36:30
I'm sure Steve is looking down appreciatively at your thread bumps.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Lanx on Wed, 05 October 2011, 20:40:54
wow, the day he's back he's trying to make himself relevant again by using a R.I.P. death to necro bump his old threads, see no matter what he just won't change, he'll take any opportunity to ego himself.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Bilbin on Wed, 05 October 2011, 20:42:34
R.i.p.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: TexasFlood on Wed, 05 October 2011, 20:48:35
What a long, strange trip it's been.

(http://images.granneman.com/tech-history/jobs_and_wozniak_1975.jpg)
(http://thevibe.socialvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/picture-65.png)
(http://u2fanlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/steve-jobs-bono-ipod.jpg)
(http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2006/01/25/mn_jobsiger3844.jpg)
(http://www.iphonebuzz.com/gallery/files/5/2/2/Steve_Jobs.jpg)
(http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID7311/images/steve-jobs-iPad.jpg)
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Mercen_505 on Wed, 05 October 2011, 21:10:39
Apple II? Good stuff. I stopped caring after that. Since he became so phobic regarding buttons, I hope his place of eternal rest is filled with model M keyboards.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Pretendo on Wed, 05 October 2011, 23:33:58
Bash Apple as much as you want, Steve Jobs was at the forefront of pushing the concept of a GUI into the mainstream.  Xerox invented it, but he was the one that saw the potential and propagated it.  It's impossible to say that the industry would be the same without him.  Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Ekaros on Wed, 05 October 2011, 23:45:08
Can't say he wasn't good bussiness man, a great capitalist. Still, they come and go, no one stays here for ever.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Quarzac on Thu, 06 October 2011, 00:11:28
I don't care for current Apple products or the recent penchant for releasing a slightly better version of a product every 6 months, but Steve Jobs was very much responsible for PCs as we know them today, and for that, I respect him. He was a successful businessman, and capitalist, and even though his methods irritate me to no end, I cannot say that I would not do the same if I was in his position. His death will no doubt be felt for a long time.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Input Nirvana on Thu, 06 October 2011, 01:47:21
Current Apple products like iPhone, iPod, iPad, all of which are the most popular, innovative, and commercially successful products of their class and are copied by everyone, just not as well? As far as a slightly better version every 6 months, I think is great, it's chasing the price down, always getting the freshest technology, not waiting for a mythical "model year". I believe his methods are spot on, even his competitors love him for expanding the potential market with new products, services and directions.

No wonder Apple was the biggest American company for a day a couple months ago. The biggest.

Thanks Mr. Jobs, I love your methods, just like everyone that has one of your devices. How many is that?.....Wow, that's a lot of people.

RIP
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: dorkvader on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:41:55
Apple is the best value for money. I bought a mac pro, and 2 G5's for $80. The pro is the best computer in the apartment.

Rest in peace, Mr jobs.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Mazora on Thu, 06 October 2011, 08:47:13
Quote from: dorkvader;426863
Apple is the best value for money. I bought a mac pro, and 2 G5's for $80. The pro is the best computer in the apartment.

Rest in peace, Mr jobs.

Indeed RIP, great leader.

Apple is certainly best value for money if design and beauty is important to you, else I have to disagree. I find the mac pro to be overpriced.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: kraise on Fri, 07 October 2011, 09:42:53
Steve Jobs was and still is a huge influence to me.

I've personally fallen out of love with Apple products recently but I have used Macs all throughout university and currently at work. And now, without Steve, it'll be hard for me to see Apple the same way ever again.

(http://kraise.com/images/Steve.png)
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Fri, 07 October 2011, 12:10:05
I'm not big on Apple products and he always struck me as a snide, vaguely unpleasant guy, to be honest.  I don't hold it against him though, and I do admire the balls in wearing the same awful black turtleneck/Levi's Jeans/New Balances outfit for for decades straight.  More genuinely, I do like the effect he's had on the rest of the consumer IT industry, Apple products are good, they're just too closed for me, and they've forced Microsoft, Google, Asus, et al. to make things less crap than usual.  I don't give him as much credit as some though, one idiot on another site actually said this:

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Without Steve knowledge we probably still be using pagers, those big ass cell phones,or trying to find a job using those loud type writers to type a resume, we all should thank god for a wonderful knowledgeable man that he loan us for 56 years RIP on behalf of the world we'll miss you.


And then there's this:

[video=youtube;loxmPuBOiPM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxmPuBOiPM[/video]

This article is bang on: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/07/steve_jobs_dianamania/
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 07 October 2011, 13:34:10
Title of thread is "Steve Jobs passed away".

S.J. did more in a week for decades than most people here that are bashing him or his company will do in their best year ever. He has affected virtually the entire world, and even if you keep your head in the sand, his efforts still affect you in a positive way, directly or indirectly, like it or not.

Who cares if you love or hate the man, company, products, etc. His track record is indisputable. Anything else is just an opinion on a forum. Everybody has one.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Fri, 07 October 2011, 13:37:45
I don't think you understood (or possibly didn't read) my post.  I wasn't bashing him, quite the opposite in fact.  Just taking my thoughts for a walk.  On a side note, the literal defintion of "forum" is a place for expressing your opinions.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Input Nirvana on Fri, 07 October 2011, 13:48:57
Quote from: Malphas;427057
I don't think you understood (or possibly didn't read) my post.  I wasn't bashing him, quite the opposite in fact.  Just taking my thoughts for a walk.  On a side note, the literal defintion of "forum" is a place for expressing your opinions.

I wasn't addressing your post, I totally got what you are saying.
Forums are for opinions, just highlighting that, relative to the title.
I'm not taking the time to delve into this appropriately, just blasting on and off as time allows, I probably shouldn't post if I can't spend the time needed to be clear.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Fri, 07 October 2011, 13:50:24
Ah, sorry I just assumed it was directed at me.  No worries then.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Fuzzy Dunlop on Fri, 07 October 2011, 14:29:10
Funny but touching tribute to Steve Jobs on the Colbert Report last night:
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/399182/october-06-2011/tribute-to-steve-jobs?xrs=share_copy

Not sure where this originates from. A friend posted it on his Facebook:
(http://i53.tinypic.com/2i8itqr.jpg)
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 07 October 2011, 17:19:59
Long live Bill Gates!
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Urglifast on Fri, 07 October 2011, 17:21:40
Quote from: microsoft windows;427237
Long live Bill Gates!

can't say i didn't see that one coming
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 08 October 2011, 19:08:08
RIP Steve Jobs. Thanks for the Macintosh SE, one of the first computers I ever used.

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Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: igro on Sat, 08 October 2011, 20:33:10
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I use his processors all the time.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Pretendo on Sun, 09 October 2011, 00:37:25
Quote from: microsoft windows;427237
Long live Bill Gates!


Have you seen vids of him lately?  He's not looking so great either.

These guys think themselves to death!
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Sun, 09 October 2011, 04:56:36
Time to start a Geekhack deadpool?
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: EverythingIBM on Sun, 09 October 2011, 18:30:17
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I use his processors all the time.


Quote from: Pretendo;427823
Have you seen vids of him lately?  He's not looking so great either.

These guys think themselves to death!


Dibs on Ballmer outliving everyone (Bill Gates, Steve Wozniak, etc)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=28258&d=1318202709)


When Ed Roberts died, his death was largely unnoticed.
Sad.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: pitashen on Mon, 10 October 2011, 03:58:04
Quote from: keyboardlover;427740
RIP Steve Jobs. Thanks for the Macintosh SE, one of the first computers I ever used.

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No offense, but SE was introduced more than a year after Jobs got kicked out of Apple.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Malphas on Mon, 10 October 2011, 04:20:41
Yeah, it's only really been since the late 90's and the iMac G3 that he's had any influence on Apple products.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 10 October 2011, 06:48:17
Quote from: pitashen;428199
No offense, but SE was introduced more than a year after Jobs got kicked out of Apple.

Haha thanks - I was actually wondering about that.

Thanks for clearing that up!
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Lanx on Mon, 10 October 2011, 14:01:12
sigh, verizon new droid announcement delayed out of respect for SJ.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: EverythingIBM on Mon, 10 October 2011, 20:50:45
Quote from: Lanx;428439
sigh, verizon new droid announcement delayed out of respect for SJ.


There's nothing wrong with that.

I still can't get it in my mind that Steve Jobs is actually dead... I don't want him to be dead.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: kraise on Tue, 11 October 2011, 00:15:24
Quote from: EverythingIBM;428660
There's nothing wrong with that.

I still can't get it in my mind that Steve Jobs is actually dead... I don't want him to be dead.

I still can't wrap my head around it either. It just feels very... surreal and makes Apple seem incomplete once again.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Input Nirvana on Sat, 15 October 2011, 14:14:08
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I absolutely LOVE deadpools.

I have a knack for smelling impending death. Sort of like a carrion hawk.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: demik on Sun, 20 May 2012, 12:32:37
please stop bumping month old threads with spam
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: Lanx on Sun, 20 May 2012, 16:26:07
Quote from: demik;596477
please stop bumping month old threads with spam
he does this on every sub-forum, so that at the end of the day he see's "last post by" him, that, or he just wants to up post count.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: captain on Sun, 20 May 2012, 18:42:24
RIP Steve.

Now, someone needs to come along with a hammer and toss it through the Procrustean Big Brother Apple figurehead.
Title: Steve Jobs passed away
Post by: demik on Sun, 20 May 2012, 19:44:17
Quote from: Lanx;596643
he does this on every sub-forum, so that at the end of the day he see's "last post by" him, that, or he just wants to up post count.

unless he's bringing relevant information, necro bumping will not be tolerated.

Quote
2. Spam and overposting. Not just being a prolific poster, but posting the same exact post many times, posting multiple pointless posts in the same thread, making numerous posts with no real content, or posting for the purpose of gaining a higher post count.

he can do what he wants in his subforum.