RIP Steve Jobs
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- identity0
Michael Oher - who?
- NFL player, had a movie made about his life with Sandra Bullock.CygnusZero4
- watch a lot of sandra bullock movies?identity
- Nope, never saw it actually.CygnusZero4
- I did, it was delightful.ian
- identity0
One of my heroes is dead today. It's a feeling you never get used to. An inspiration for most of my life - he made the world a better place.
- popfodders0
Nice, you're all happy and so am I that Steve's mom didn't abort him!
Agreed for once.
- ernexbcn0
Eric Schmidt on Steve Jobs
'Steve and I were talking about children one time, and he said the problem with children is that they carry your heart with them. The exact phrase was, “It’s your heart running around outside your body.” That’s a Steve Jobs quote. He had a level of perception about feelings and emotions that was far beyond anything I’ve met in my entire life. His legacy will last for many years, through people he’s trained and people he’s influenced. But what death means is you can’t call—you can’t call him. It’s a loss. I’ll miss talking to him.'
- jon_d0
Steve Jobs told Rupert Murdoch that Fox News was a "destructive force in our society," according to the blockbuster biography of the late Apple CEO.
Poynter was the first to uncover Jobs' blunt words about the network in Walter Isaacson's new book. Isaacson writes that, after speaking at a News Corp. retreat, Jobs unloaded on Murdoch:
"You're blowing it with Fox News," Jobs told him over dinner. "The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive, and you've cast your lot with the destructive people. Fox has become an incredibly destructive force in our society. You can be better, and this is going to be your legacy if you're not careful." Jobs said he thought Murdoch did not really like how far Fox had gone. "Rupert's a builder, not a tearer-downer," he said. "I've had some meetings with James, and I think he agrees with me. I can just tell."
This was part of Jobs' apparent love of tough talk with other powerful people. He also told President Obama that his economic policies would rob him of a second term.Nevertheless, Jobs was a close collaborator with Murdoch, working with him on the mogul's iPad newspaper The Daily.
- kingsteven0
so soon after resigning, sad. rest in peace
- randommail0
He deserves a national holiday.
- http://stevejobsday2…__TM
- that site is fucking gay. Its offensive. dress like him? Im all for an s.jobs day, but have some fucking taste you idiots.Hombre_Lobo
- i_monk0
I find it disgusting that death scrubs the record clean for some people and automatically elevates them to hero.
This thread is called Rest In Peace Steve Jobs, not Steve Jobs Did No Wrong And You're Immoral If You Say Otherwise. As far as I've seen, nobody posting the shady side of his life is cheering his death, condemning him to hell, or anything of the sort.
And saying he changed how we perceive technology is incredibly naïve. Sony paved that road with the Walkman, Jobs just gave it a glossy white coating two decades later. But, again, nobody is denying Apple's impact on branding, graphic and product design, but get a grip.
- CALLES0
Rest in Peace Jobs
Kinda young
- jon_d0
Rest in Peace.
It's a shame.
- SteveJobs0
RIP Steve.
Steve
- ukit0
My Dad passed away at 56 too. It is sad that with all the advance in technology we still can't save a human life.
- I'm sorry for you, ukit, that's such a young age, hope you've got a million good memories and someone to live up to.mikotondria3
- sorry to hear, that is sadmonospaced
- sigg0
absolute legend
he's literally the only "celebrity" death i've really given a shit about in the last 10 years
- fooler0
"Doing LSD was one of the two or three most important things I have done in my life."
Jobs even let drop that Microsoft's Bill Gates would "be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once." Apple's mantra was"Think different." Jobs did. And he credited his use of LSD as a major reason for his success.- link?dbloc
- heard it on the national news this am (good morning america)
http://www.thefix.co…fooler - Heard this too. Some of the greatest minds were on drugs.CygnusZero4
- Ambushstudio0
Thanks for everything Steve.
- OSFA0
All I can think is... THANK YOU.
RIP.
- Amicus0
RIP.
Let's hope the legacy of great software, quality hardware and brilliant ideas continues at the company you built.
- mikotondria30
Although I've never spent a dime on an Apple product and the first time I used one was when the ipad came out (which I liked very much), I very much admired his achievements and vision, and I'll gladly join the throng of mourners here and wish him on his way.