Archive R.I.P Steve Jobs

hoops23

Posts: 15,696

Oct 6, 2011 12:51am

"Countless people learned about the death of Steve Jobs on devices that would not exist without him; that is a legacy"

Very profound statement, and proves the genius of Steve Jobs.

Tech icon and amazing innovator. There is supposedly a biography coming out in November, in which Steve Jobs granted over 40 different interviews for.

gerb131

Posts: 9,932

Oct 6, 2011 12:57am

RIP

Laley23

Posts: 29,506

Oct 6, 2011 1:26am

Even if you dont like Apple or own Apple products, you have to appreciate what this man did. In the same way you have to appreciate Bill Gates on the other side. Both pushed each other and because of it, our technology is for the better. This is a sad day in for technology. It obviously wont stop things from being made, but when such a great mind and innovator passes on, its sad.

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baseballstud24

Posts: 547

Oct 6, 2011 7:27am

Rest iPeace

Friend's dad had Pancreatic Cancer...Found out on December 5..They told him he had 3 months to live. Called him the next day and said 3 weeks. He died 10 days later. Unreal how fast it can move.

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UANyg

Posts: 265

Oct 6, 2011 11:26am

RIP Steve

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Oct 6, 2011 12:50pm

Thanks for the lulz, Westboro.

se-alum

Posts: 13,948

Oct 6, 2011 1:04pm

hoops23;923403 wrote:"Countless people learned about the death of Steve Jobs on devices that would not exist without him; that is a legacy"

Very profound statement, and proves the genius of Steve Jobs.

Tech icon and amazing innovator. There is supposedly a biography coming out in November, in which Steve Jobs granted over 40 different interviews for.

That's exactly what I thought when I found out using my phone.

gorocks99

Posts: 10,760

Oct 6, 2011 1:09pm

Eternal Flame:

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Oct 6, 2011 2:58pm

gorocks99;923689 wrote:Thanks for the lulz, Westboro.

If there is a god her certainly thinks that this Margie Phelps chick is a giant ****.

Fab1b

Posts: 12,949

Oct 6, 2011 4:34pm

Was just going to post about this. Saw they would picket the funeral and the dumb bitch is using an Iphone!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/westboro-announces-protest-steve-jobs-funeral-iphone-141530936.html

Thread Bomber

Posts: 1,851

Oct 6, 2011 5:44pm

Off to the Great I Cloud in the sky

coyotes22

Posts: 11,298

Oct 6, 2011 7:39pm

This generations Thomas Edison.

RIP

coyotes22

Posts: 11,298

Oct 6, 2011 7:40pm

What does Apple and OhioChatter have in common?

Both started out in someones garage.

Raw Dawgin' it

Posts: 11,466

Oct 6, 2011 7:57pm

I care about as much about this as i did when Michael Jackson died....which is very little.

Apple will go about their business like nothing happened.

coyotes22

Posts: 11,298

Oct 6, 2011 8:02pm

Laley23

Posts: 29,506

Oct 6, 2011 9:53pm

Raw Dawgin' it;924186 wrote:I care about as much about this as i did when Michael Jackson died....which is very little.

Apple will go about their business like nothing happened.

Probably, because they are much stronger now than before. But when Jobs first had issues with the Board and they forced him out, they had to buy him back in as CEO because his new company was gonna overtake them. Then Apple went on to be mega. When he was gone, it struggled. He built it, and then built it again. He is not there to build it a 3rd time should they need him.

chicago510

Posts: 5,728

Oct 6, 2011 9:56pm

Laley23;924349 wrote:Probably, because they are much stronger now than before. But when Jobs first had issues with the Board and they forced him out, they had to buy him back in as CEO because his new company was gonna overtake them. Then Apple went on to be mega. When he was gone, it struggled. He built it, and then built it again. He is not there to build it a 3rd time should they need him.

They will be fine in the near future, riding the success of the iPhone and iPad, but just like the PC has, and to some extent the laptop will become less relevant, so too will the iPad/iPhone. Jobs won't be there to innovate the next big thing and someone else will have to step up.

Laley23

Posts: 29,506

Oct 6, 2011 10:09pm

chicago510;924356 wrote:They will be fine in the near future, riding the success of the iPhone and iPad, but just like the PC has, and to some extent the laptop will become less relevant, so too will the iPad/iPhone. Jobs won't be there to innovate the next big thing and someone else will have to step up.

Yeah, thats pretty much what I was getting at. I think he surrounded himself with some other brilliant minds, and they may be able to still be ahead of the game. But he was always that fall back genius of the company. It will be interesting to see if the other companies can forge ahead of Apple and push the envelope first or not.

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I Wear Pants

Posts: 16,223

Oct 6, 2011 10:19pm

justincredible

Posts: 32,056

Oct 7, 2011 1:31pm

Raw Dawgin' it;924186 wrote:I care about as much about this as i did when Michael Jackson died....which is very little.

There have only been a few "celebrity" deaths that have weighed on me. Not that I became depressed or anything, but gave it more than a "ahh, that's too bad."

Jobs was definitely one of them.

ernest_t_bass

Posts: 24,984

Oct 7, 2011 2:05pm

Interesting Tech numbers b/c of Jobs' death:

http://theweek.com/article/index/220040/the-record-breaking-response-to-steve-jobs-death-by-the-numbers

Scarlet_Buckeye

Posts: 5,264

Oct 7, 2011 2:05pm

justincredible;925060 wrote:There have only been a few "celebrity" deaths that have weighed on me. Not that I became depressed or anything, but gave it more than a "ahh, that's too bad."

Jobs was definitely one of them.

Reps.

Iliketurtles

Posts: 8,191

Oct 7, 2011 2:23pm

ernest_t_bass;925093 wrote:Interesting Tech numbers b/c of Jobs' death:

http://theweek.com/article/index/220040/the-record-breaking-response-to-steve-jobs-death-by-the-numbers

Those are some amazing numbers.

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thavoice

Posts: 14,376

Oct 7, 2011 2:42pm

This just opens up a new revenue stream for apple.

ICoffins.

It would have countless outlets and an extended life power system to sustain all the apple products well into the afterlife.

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thavoice

Posts: 14,376

Oct 7, 2011 2:45pm

justincredible;925060 wrote:There have only been a few "celebrity" deaths that have weighed on me. Not that I became depressed or anything, but gave it more than a "ahh, that's too bad."

Jobs was definitely one of them.

Trying to think of a celebrity death that reallly affected me at all.

None really come to mind. The closest would be Joe Nuxhall. It just kind of hit me for a bit when I had heard that and it did sadden me a bit. Maybe because I had been listening to him on the radio my whole life and that i met him a couple of times. He was friends with my HS baseball coach and would play in a local golf tourney each year when he was healthy. I remember one day sitting in my HS baseball coach's classroom during a free period and in walked Nuxy.

I dont have any Apple products but I have nothing against them. I just never saw the need for them.

He def was a revolutionary. As they said on TV, he knew what people wanted before they even wanted it, and taht is something amazing to be said to a businessman.