Steve Jobs has Passed Away!? (UPDATED)

[Sprinal]

Is he dead? GO to /b/...

Yep he's dead...

Fuck I hate 4chan sometimes...


OT:

Rest in Peace
Steve Jobs.

Your life was well spent... You helped make the world what it is today.

 

[Pariah164]

As an avid PC user who shuddered in the presence of Macs and never owned an iPod or an iPhone... A great man, visionary, and genius has left us this day. It's a sad day for anyone who uses and trusts technology on a daily basis. Without him, we would not have near as many innovations in the technology industry today.

RIP Steve Jobs. You will be missed.

 

[erztez]

WTH? Really? That's...incredible.

But he's so young. It's like...damn...like MJ dying in 2009, except for computers.
Never saw that coming.

So, an egomaniacal child molester and an egomaniacal tyrant...

Good company, that.

People... We're talking about someone who's death we're alive for personally who will be mentioned in history textbooks thousand of years from now. It's not about how tragic or not tragic just one certain death is it's about the death of a legacy.

One that has impacted history greater than almost any other in the digital age.

Ehm...no
Alan Turing, Konrad Zuse, John von Neumann.
Those were the REAL pioneers.
In a 100 years, no one will remember who Jobs was, and they'll only remember Gates as the nutbag who gave 90% of his cash to charity.

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

Personally I downright despise Apple as a company, as well as most of its products, but only a moron would deny the good that Jobs has done, not the least of which being the tech that he and his company have pioneered. There's a little less creativity in the world tonight, but at least the man's long standing illness and suffering are over now.

 

[brainslurper]

Yeah, many other people passed away too. Just because he is famous doesn't mean I should care for him more than anyone else.

Go without your PC, your MP3 Player, Your tablet (if you had one) and remove all those from your life. That is what would have happened in Steve Jobs didn't exist.

Okay, I am being a little over-dramatic however he was a revolutionary. Most of the things were thought of by him. They were perfected again and again by him. Others could have done it, however who knows. It could have taken years longer.

You do realize apple didn't do ANY of those first. Just slapped a shiny logo on it and called it "magical".

OT: I personally don't really care. He's like everyone else but he's rich and has fanboys. He's like the 108 other people that died while I was typing this. But he owns a mansion so I guess he's better right?

Because being the first person to distribute a computer with a graphical interface = he just slapped a logo on it and called it a day, right? As much as you want to deny it, he is one of the most important people in the history of technology, and he will be remembered as such for a long, long time.

Guess who hired him? It was steve who invested in the idea of a GUI, we can credit Jeff for leading the macintosh project, and for making the decision for a one button mouse, which only now when we have gesture mouses makes sense.
Google Jef Raskin he had way more to do with that than Steve.

 

[erztez]

You don't have to bawl your eyes out over a death like this, but a little empathy and respect can be shown to anyone.

We're never going to progress as a people if we just disregard deaths like these just so we can show that we have a ruthless, dominant sort of ego personality. All you're doing by acting like this is hurting/and or offending more people then anything positive.

Which is why this world would be better of if there weren't as many who thought like you. If you don't have anything positive to say about someone dying, then just keep your mouth closed and move along. Nobody is making you do it, and nobody is asking for your disrespectful opinion.

RIP, Steve Jobs.

Sure it can. If they deserve any. Jobs was a dick in life, and so he doesn't.
I'm not disregarding his death, but neither do I consider it in any way important to me. Well, that's not entirely correct. I could say I don't see any NEGATIVE impact on myself.

Yeah, people who have differing opinions should just shut up and go away, that'll make the world a better place. Keep believing that, buddy.

 

[gabe12301]

Yeah, many other people passed away too. Just because he is famous doesn't mean I should care for him more than anyone else.

Go without your PC, your MP3 Player, Your tablet (if you had one) and remove all those from your life. That is what would have happened in Steve Jobs didn't exist.

Okay, I am being a little over-dramatic however he was a revolutionary. Most of the things were thought of by him. They were perfected again and again by him. Others could have done it, however who knows. It could have taken years longer.

You do realize apple didn't do ANY of those first. Just slapped a shiny logo on it and called it "magical".

OT: I personally don't really care. He's like everyone else but he's rich and has fanboys. He's like the 108 other people that died while I was typing this. But he owns a mansion so I guess he's better right?

Because being the first person to distribute a computer with a graphical interface = he just slapped a logo on it and called it a day, right? As much as you want to deny it, he is one of the most important people in the history of technology, and he will be remembered as such for a long, long time.

Guess who hired him? It was steve who invested in the idea of a GUI, we can credit Jeff for leading the macintosh project, and for making the decision for a one button mouse, which only now when we have gesture mouses makes sense.
Google Jef Raskin he had way more to do with that than Steve.

....Why did you edit my post?

 

[Xman490]

CURE THE CANCERS! CURE THEM ALL! WE MUST HAVE REVENGE!
(And also, curing cancer is even more important because I am one of many whose grandparents have had cancers.)

 

[Sansha]

Cancer took Steve Jobs!

IT TOOK STRV JERR

DRKSTRJERR

In all seriousness, while not personally saddened by his passing, the man was one of the pioneers of technological development over the past 30 years. He lived an amazing life, and sold us a lot of crap.

Bye Steve.

 

[octafish]

Sad, but I don't know if I'ld put him on par with Thomas Edison like some of the articles are saying.

No, but I would put him up there with one of Jobs' own personal heroes and one of the greatest inventor/entrepreneurs of the 20th Century, Edwin Land. The parallels between Land and Jobs are pretty amazing, with both being asked to leave the companies they founded. Of course Land wasn't invited back to Polaroid like Jobs was to Apple.

 

[cthulhumythos]

Indeed, it is sad, despite the apple haters, he was a key player in developing the personal computer.

He also helped make MP3 players a household item. Even if I don't like the iPod, it sped the adoption of all MP3 players on the market greatly.

Sad, but I don't know if I'ld put him on par with Thomas Edison like some of the articles are saying.

Yeah, that's a BIT far.

eh, edison was an ass- as any nerd worth his salt would tell you. but lets not open up that can of worms.

OT: honestly, i used to resent the man. for stupid reasons like how he was more successful than i'll ever be and such. now that he's dead... well, i feel bad. he was an inventor and a visionary. it is a sad day whenever the world loses a genius.

 

[emeraldrafael]

yeah... Im actually glad.

Not, and i repeat NOT because of the loss of human life. I was never an apple supporter, but I never would have wnated jobs to die.

Im just happy cause yesterday a kid in my Accting Class bought apple stock saying they were ready to make a come back and it was going to be solid. And I mean he bought a very good portion of apple stock. And now Apple Stock will plummet, and I'll just get to laugh and laugh at his "stable" stock.

 

[Bob_Dobb]

This is a Gaming forum, is it not. Steve Jobs and his computers that don't play games aren't welcome here. Although it is always sad when someone other people love die.

EDIT: Someone at Apple HQ should make the next model iPods start playing "Still Alive" randomly.

 

[SelectivelyEvil13]

When I heard today I was genuinely sad to hear of his passing. I've never been a big Apple fan, but Steve Jobs deserves credit where credit is due, and may the man rest in peace.

 

[Sylocat]

I like Apple, but I will always know him as the co-founder of Pixar.

Which reminds me, what happens to his seat on the board of directors at Disney?