LGR4GM Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs passed away Wow thats kinda sudden and sad :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 I guess this is really no surprise. Anyone who has seen him lately knows he was pretty sick.. RIP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assquatch Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Ironic that I sat in a doctor's waiting room today watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on my iPod as I was waiting to be checked for cancer. RIP Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Very sad news. I think we all knew he was sick, but I didn't know it was this dire. RIP Mr. Jobs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 He had stepped down recently as the top guy over at Apple. I do not mean to sound crass when I say this, but I think he knew he was not going to be around much longer. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR HOLLIDAY Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 RIP Steve...... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X. Benedict Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 apple has a very understated memorial on their homepage. http://www.apple.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FogBat Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 apple has a very understated memorial on their homepage. http://www.apple.com/ Wow. Very minimalistic. I guess it's meant to leave imaginations up to the viewer instead of them dictating how we're supposed to feel about his passing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walstib Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 My iPod = a lifetime's worth of music instantly available and elegantly contained within my shirt pocket. That is a remarkable legacy...Thanks for that. RIP, Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frissonic Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 I guess this is really no surprise. Anyone who has seen him lately knows he was pretty sick.. RIP... There were a lot of signs. Stepping down as CEO, maintaining a name-only presence on the BoD, not showing up at all for the media event yesterday ... if he had been in ANY way capable of making it to that, he would have. Apple was his life, his passion ... he made the right move in stepping down and appointing Tim Cook, but the no-show yesterday was alarming. And, of course, now we know why. Ironic that I was actually tweeting about trying to upgrade to iOS 5 gold master when I read a few tweets below and saw the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Ipods, The layout of both major computer operating systems, The Pixar Movies from Toy Story to Cars, proving to the corporate world that aesthetic design is of at least as much importance as function and quality. This guy is up there with Thomas Edison and George Eastman for the highest impact, most visionary Americans in history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 A modern day Edison. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsrcursed Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Ironic that I sat in a doctor's waiting room today watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on my iPod as I was waiting to be checked for cancer. RIP Steve Good luck to you. And RIP Steve, a true visionary and customer service oriented CEO, perhaps the best at both in our lifetime... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 RIP Steve Jobs. A true visionary. I should thank him every time I use my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Bought my first Mac in 1989. Never bought a computer built by any other company since then. Even in the mid-to-late-90s, when Apple was losing every battle. (The computers are just too easy to use, and they were then, when not everyone knew how to use one.) Jobs came back, and freaking raised Apple to wow, whatever. The guy had a passion, lived it, loved it. God Bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwksndmonster Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 A fellow at my job was very sad about this news... I work at Best Buy. He was a true visionary and an even better marketer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Steve Jobs passed away Wow thats kinda sudden and sad :cry: Not sure about sudden. Rumors of cancer for years and you could se him losing weight and looking sick for the last couple of years but you're right. It is sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Not sure about sudden. Rumors of cancer for years and you could se him losing weight and looking sick for the last couple of years but you're right. It is sad. Not rumors... Widely known that he had pancreatic cancer. It is largely considered incurable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Not rumors... Widely known that he had pancreatic cancer. It is largely considered incurable... You're right. My mother died of pancreatic cancer. It slowly eats away at you. It is a horrible disease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabills Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 I'm PC all the way, but you can't deny what he's done for the computer industry, much less his contribution to phones and mp3 players(understatement, i know). rip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Jobs Commencement Speech to Stanford 2005 http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Ironic that I sat in a doctor's waiting room today watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on my iPod as I was waiting to be checked for cancer. RIP Steve Hopefully those results turn out in your favor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assquatch Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Hopefully those results turn out in your favor. Thanks. Hopefully it's nothing. I have a mole that turned black so I made an appointment with my family doctor. Between scheduling the appointment and the actual thing, it changed back to its normal color. The doctor said it was just a bruise BUT he saw a different freckle/mole that I didn't even know I had (on my back) that he didn't like and now he's sending me to a specialist to have it looked at. The bruise may turn into a blessing as I never would have known I had this other thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesportsbuff Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Thanks. Hopefully it's nothing. I have a mole that turned black so I made an appointment with my family doctor. Between scheduling the appointment and the actual thing, it changed back to its normal color. The doctor said it was just a bruise BUT he saw a different freckle/mole that I didn't even know I had (on my back) that he didn't like and now he's sending me to a specialist to have it looked at. The bruise may turn into a blessing as I never would have known I had this other thing. I hope it's nothing serious, and I certainly wish you the best. On a different note, maybe it's because I'm a young college kid with a ton of immature friends, but I was kinda blown away by the amount of people on my facebook who were making jokes at Jobs' expense last night. One guy even went as far as to say he got too much credit for the iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. I don't get how anybody could have bad things to say about him... he's done more for our world than any athlete ever has, that's for sure. And the guy is like solely responsible for TOY STORY!!! Come on, show some respect, facebook friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattPie Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 On a different note, maybe it's because I'm a young college kid with a ton of immature friends, but I was kinda blown away by the amount of people on my facebook who were making jokes at Jobs' expense last night. One guy even went as far as to say he got too much credit for the iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc. I don't get how anybody could have bad things to say about him... he's done more for our world than any athlete ever has, that's for sure. Gallows humor is all the rage. As for the credit, Apple's (and by extension Steve Jobs') skill isn't really innovating, everything they've done has been done before. There were MP3 players before the iPod, smartphones before the iPhone, and tablets before the iPad. Apple refined the devices in such a way that the average consumer wants them, but since many hadn't seen the predecessors they think Apple invented the stuff. It's similar to Microsoft, there's very little they do that hasn't been done before as well. I'm no particular fan of Apple, although I once was. In the last few years, they've gone from just making 'Insanely Great' devices and software to suing various competitors over BS patents and trademarks. They're trying to stop various companies from selling devices because they look vaguely like and iDevice. When you don't innovate, litigate. http://www.osnews.com/story/25056/The_Community_Design_and_you_Thought_the_USPTO_Was_Bad/page2/ Take a look at the sketches and ask yourself, how are you supposed to make a phone or tablet that *doesn't* look like a rectangle with a screen in the middle. http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/mobile-wireless/3298055/apple-files-inaccurate-evidence-again-in-vicious-case-over-samsung-galaxy-tab/ Manipulated evidence as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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