Merged Steve Jobs has died.

[Darth Rotor]

This is satire, right?

No.

Hype, pretentiousness, and Apple are roughly synonyms.
I've been around since well before the PC or Apple II or whatever the tech du jour is, was a commonplace.

I've seen this whole game played out from move 1. Hell, move 0.

Mind you, "get them while they are young" was part of his Schtick, as he tried to infiltrate schools with Apple products. Were you alive and aware in those days? I was.

The term "wanker" is what Brits call folks imbued with such qualities as Apple caters to.

In a word or two, Apple fanbois, and the above, match to near perfection.

 

[L.Y.S.]

At least the man got to live out his dreams. I have nothing but the utmost respect for jobs. He truly has revolutionized the way people view the world. Even as a child I wouldn't have imagined that Ipads were even possible. He was one of the few people who could take cool star trek ideas and make them possible lol.

 

[Pardalis]

He truly has revolutionized the way people view the world. Even as a child I wouldn't have imagined that Ipads were even possible.

Seriously? Ipads revolutionized the world? Ipads are gadgets, like the remote control for your TV.

I respect people mourning his death but aren't you exaggerating a bit?

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

No.

Hype, pretentiousness, and Apple are roughly synonyms. I've been around since before the PC or Apple II or whatever was a commonplace.

I've seen this whole game played out from move 1.

The term "wanker" is what Brits call folks imbued with such qualities as Apple caters to.

In a word or two, Apple fanbois.

You are incorrect.

 

[ConspiRaider]

All Steve did was feed Short Attention Span America and make popular the idea that education wasn't important.

"I didn't even know what a pancreas was."

This, part of his address to Stanford, is part of a stream of verbal feces hailed as laudable.

Sorry, I an't a Jobs fanboi.

Those of you who are: you too, are part of the problem.

Well Darthster, I understand. The part about you not being a fan of his. All you have to do is read some of my stuff here and you'll understand in short order what I think of handheld devices and my view of their negative aspects.

Still: He was a Big Gun - a pioneer in computers, like it or not. He didn't make anyone run rabid to the computer stores to snap up the latest edition of iWhatever. He certainly never got me to do it, and I'm none other than John Q. Public.

Scrut is correct: He does belong on a list including Henry Ford. Ford had his problems too, and what did he help to promote? AUTOMOBILES!!! An item that produces the nice brown ring around USA cities. That has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands in this country since his manufacturing innovations went into effect. Even more maimed by innumerable accidents. Yet - he's thought of as a Big Gun. I really don't see a problem with giving this Jobs man his due, a bit of respect?

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Seriously? Ipads revolutionized the world?

The first truly "personal" computer. It killed laptops.

So, yeah.

 

[Darth Rotor]

Scrut is correct: He does belong on a list including Henry Ford. Ford had his problems too, and what did he help to promote? AUTOMOBILES!!! An item that produces the nice brown ring around USA cities. That has caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands in this country since his manufacturing innovations went into effect. Even more maimed by innumerable accidents. Yet - he's thought of as a Big Gun. I really don't see a problem with giving this Jobs man his due, a bit of respect?

OK, Conspi, I'll grant you and Scrut that comparison. Fair enough.

He proved PT Barnum right, over and over again, and he did well by that.

And as above, credit to his work ethic.

 

[Pardalis]

The first truly "personal" computer. It killed laptops.

So, yeah.

Still a gadget.

Darwin revolutionized the way we see the world.

 

[Travis]

Indeed. I've always had a lot of respect for the man's commitment to his ideas about how technology could be done.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Still a gadget.

Sort of like the car, the airplane and the TV.

Darwin revolutionized the way we see the world.

You're right, I forgot him.

1. Leonardo DaVinci
2. Ben Franklin
3. Charles Darwin
4. Alexander Graham Bell
5. Thomas Edison
6. The Wright Brothers
7. Henry Ford
8. David Sarnoff
9. Thomas Watson
10. Steve Jobs

 

[kajata]

iDead.

Another victim of iPhone 4S disappointment...

The iCasket will be debuted at his funeral...

If you're going to crack jokes about a man's death moments after he's died at least have the decency to be remotely funny.

RIP, Steve. Thanks for developing all the cool stuff.

 

[Captain Obvious]

It's sad, but they're gonna bring out another version of him in a few months anyway.

 

[Pardalis]

Sort of like the car, the airplane and the TV.

The Ipad? You really think it's as important a device as those inventions?

Gees.

You're right, I forgot him.

1. Leonardo DaVinci
2. Ben Franklin
3. Charles Darwin
4. Alexander Graham Bell
5. Thomas Edison
6. The Wright Brothers
7. Henry Ford
8. David Sarnoff
9. Thomas Watson
10. Steve Jobs

I don't necessarily want to rain on your loss but could you briefly describe what changed in your "view of the world" since the advent of the Ipad?

 

[kajata]

The first truly "personal" computer. It killed laptops.

So, yeah.

I think it may be more accurate to say it killed netbooks, not laptops. And good riddance. The iPad is a joy to use and netbooks are just crap.

 

[Pardalis]

The Ipad is just a spin off of Gutenberg's idea.

 

[h.g.Whiz]

 

[Babbylonian]

If you're going to crack jokes about a man's death moments after he's died at least have the decency to be remotely funny.

RIP, Steve. Thanks for developing all the cool stuff.

I'm sure we can all agree to send all further jokes directly to you so that they can be moderated for humor and appropriate timing.

 

[charlatan]

Hype, pretentiousness, and Apple are roughly synonyms.

As much as I despise the cult of Apple today, there was a time when Mac users were widely ridiculed. If it weren't for Steve Jobs and the wonderful machines he created I'm not sure I would have developed more than a cursory interest in computing and software engineering. It may be small in the scheme of things but he impacted at least one person's life in a significant way.

 

[leonAzul]

Jobs was a Buddhist vegetarian. He was secretive about his health:



Obituary: Steve Jobs

A year between diagnosis and surgery, trying to cure cancer with alt therapy and diet. He lasted another 7 years, getting a liver transplant in 2009. Could timely surgery and aggressive treatment have extended his life? I don't know much about pancreatic cancer.

I suspect that the BBC obit will undergo a bit of revision once they get around to doing some fact checking.

The year between diagnosis and surgery was mostly spent consulting with medical experts to determine the best treatment plan. The specific type of cancer he had was a rare form that is not as aggressive as most pancreatic cancers. This allowed him the time to plan more carefully. Alternative therapies were never a serious consideration. Diet and such were investigated to improve survivability of intervention, whether surgical or chemical.

Not that I'm misty-eyed or anything, but he shall be missed.

No more "One more thing…"

 

[Pardalis]

No more "One more thing…"

Peter Falk died earlier this year.