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[roscoe]

I know it's been said, but he made technology accessible to everyone, and really did change the world

I remember a plaque tucked away on the top floor of the Victoria & Albert Museum that says it all....

"Only when the technology is invisible ...
......is it really of any use"




R.I.P. Steve Jobs

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[Masahiko]

Genius, great salesman, but did he really come up with all those ideas by himself? Either way, he changed the world. RIP.

[diamonddog]

yup all of the above and more…for anyone still on pc's ask yourself?????? virus

simplez

[Ashoka]

diamonddog, on 06 October 2011 - 11:51 PM, said:

yup all of the above and more…for anyone still on pc's ask yourself?????? virus

simplez

Yep still use windows. Haven't had a virus in 11 years. But then again I know what the fuck I'm doing!

like you said simplez!

I don't really know 1 network adminstrator that would use mac over a pc really. Iphone sure. Ipad sure. Mac no way.

[Ashoka]

I should mention one thing though to not appear to be a windows fan.. openSuse and debian > windows > mac.

There!

[jcs]

RIP Steve Jobs, But Tim Berners- lee actually did change the world, and he gave it to the world for free!

[deepthroat]

Think different.

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[roscoe]

Masahiko, on 06 October 2011 - 06:33 PM, said:

Genius, great salesman, but did he really come up with all those ideas by himself? Either way, he changed the world. RIP.

Of course not, and there was always a touch of snake oil ... but he knew what he wanted: invisible, usable, simple technology. For those of you who remember the C> prompt and the early days of computers, this was a miracle. Jobs was not just a great salesman, but a great operations guy, and a great motivator of people. Maybe not the nicest guy, but that is the price you pay for pursuit of an ideal

[Terry Tibbs]

"If you use a computer or smartphone today, it is either one he created, or an imitation of his genius."

iMourned.

[Bwana_LB]

jcs, on 07 October 2011 - 12:19 AM, said:

RIP Steve Jobs, But Tim Berners- lee actually did change the world, and he gave it to the world for free!

I'd have to argue that both changed the world. Interestingly, Tim Berners-Lee's first WWW server? A NeXT computer designed by Jobs.

[Bwana_LB]

Ashoka, on 06 October 2011 - 11:55 PM, said:

Yep still use windows. Haven't had a virus in 11 years. But then again I know what the fuck I'm doing!

like you said simplez!

I don't really know 1 network adminstrator that would use mac over a pc really. Iphone sure. Ipad sure. Mac no way.

My university's chief network administrator uses Macs and only Macs. Used to use Unix boxes. He HATES Windows. The IT director in my research center is also a convert and only uses Macs, and is moving faculty to Macs as quickly as possible. Times are changin'.

[Ashoka]

Bwana_LB, on 07 October 2011 - 03:24 AM, said:

My university's chief network administrator uses Macs and only Macs. Used to use Unix boxes. He HATES Windows. The IT director in my research center is also a convert and only uses Macs, and is moving faculty to Macs as quickly as possible. Times are changin'.

Somehow not surprised since universities can afford them now with the insane tuition cost increase. I thought of going back to school.. a school I graduated less than 9 years ago and tuition costs have gone up 500%.

[Jason_Bourne]

Great comments! And Jobs deserves to be praised for his contribution to this world everywhere - even on a LB forum. He was surely a genius, and more than that - he was able to learn from his mistakes. During his first tour as leader of the company he founded, he micromanaged everything and nearly ruined the company, driving people crazy in the process. When he later went back, he still micromanage, but somehow he had found out how to inspire, too. He will be remembered as a great man.

He wasn't the first with a personal computer, wasn't the first with a digital music player, wasn't the first with a smart phone, wasn't the first with pad computer - but possibly the best with all of them. Jobs could convince millions that he had what they had been waiting for, though they never knew until he showed them.

Now for the Apple fans, blinded by shiny white: The Mac OS's are safer from viruses for the simple reason that they are a far smaller market share than windows. And they are not used by network administrators for the simple reason that most networked applications only work on or work best on Windows. Neither statement is a criticism of Apple, it is a reality of the marketplace.

[LWFM]

R.I.P ... a Genius sadly dying before his time. ... Let's not forget Nikola Tesla for the electricity.

[Suknod82]

Rip steve. I'm writing this on my ipod touch btw, an amazing device.

[Solice]

Steve Jobs the man who created the ipod and iphone has died,
just a thought but has anyone tried turning him off and then back on again?

[LWFM]

PAPER: Dying APPLE boss left plans for four years of new products

October 7th, 2011

• Blueprints for new iPod, iPad, iPhone and MacBooks in place
  
• Permission for futuristic new Apple headquarters secured by Jobs in June

Despite knowing he was dying, Steve Jobs worked for more than a year on the products that he believed would safeguard the company’s future.
It was also revealed today that Jobs fought hard to get plans approved for a spaceship-style company headquarters in California.
It will be big enough to hold 12,000 employees in a park-like setting near the existing base in Cupertino. He appeared at a town council meeting in June to plead for the planning go ahead.
Visionary: Steve Jobs introducing the iPad2 in San Francisco on March 2 this year
Jobs had a part-time job working for Hewlett Packard at the site when he was 13 and he ensured Apple bought the land when it became available.
He has also been overseeing the development of the delayed iCloud project, which will allow Apple users to store their music, photos and other documents remotely and masterminding updated versions of the iPod, iPad, iPhone and MacBooks, ensuring at least four years’ worth of products are in the pipeline, according to Apple sources.

Pre-order sales of the first authorised biography of Steve Jobs increased by a staggering 44,000 per cent.
In memory: A tribute Apple logo created by Hong Kong student Jonathan Mak
Much-loved: Fans leave condolence notes at the Apple store in San Francisco
iSad: An admirer writes a message on a board in mourning of the death of Jobs outside an Apple store in Manila
According to the official description, the book, out on October 24, is ‘based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years – as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues’.

Brand consultancy firm Interbrand predicted that Jobs death could actually boos the value of Apple by around $670million (£431million) from $33.5billion as fans make sympathy and impulse purchases.

Jobs died on Wednesday, aged 56, following a lengthy battle with pancreatic cancer.
Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1a8lErzgW</p>

[jcs]

Solice, on 08 October 2011 - 04:27 AM, said:

Steve Jobs the man who created the ipod and iphone has died,
just a thought but has anyone tried turning him off and then back on again?

Love it!!

[nagaraka]

Today someone told me I'd be lucky if I get to his age. He's just over eighty. And I wanted to ask him but I didn't if he's life was any remarkable or interesting or on the other hand he just spends the time watching telly and seen the days pass by.
Steve Jobs did have a life too short nor long but it was a life well lived. I think he was great.

[LWFM]

Apple boss Steve Jobs condemned himself to death by refusing to accept conventional medicine, claims Harvard expert

October 14th, 2011


Apple CEO’s choice of alternative treatment ‘led to an unnecessarily early death’, Dr Ramzi Amir says
Steve Jobs would probably be alive today if he had not put off conventional medical treatment in favour of alternative remedies, a leading cancer doctor has said.
Dr Ramzi Amri, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, claims the Apple boss had a mild form of cancer that is rarely fatal and that his choice of treatment ‘eventually led to an unnecessarily early death’.
Writing on Quora, a forum frequented by Silicon Valley executives, Dr Amri said: ‘Let me cut to the chase – Mr Jobs allegedly chose to undergo all sorts of alternative treatment options before opting for conventional medicine.
Claims: Steve Jobs, pictured in June, would probably be alive today if he had not put off conventional medical treatment in favour of alternative remedies, a leading cancer expert said
‘Given the circumstances, it seems sound to assume that Mr Jobs’ choice for alternative medicine has eventually led to an unnecessarily early death.’
Mr Jobs died earlier this month due to respiratory arrest caused by pancreatic cancer. He was 56.
His death certificate, released by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department this week, said that Mr Jobs had a ‘metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor’ and there would not be an autopsy.
The certificate also stated that Mr Jobs had the cancer for eight years before his death and that he was first diagnosed in October 2003.
Leading authority: Dr Ramzi Amri is an expert on pancreatic cancer who works at Harvard Medical School
Dr Amri claimed that Mr Jobs succumbed to the disease more quickly because of his apparent refusal to embrace ‘conventional treatment’, especially over the last year, the period when he visibly began to lose weight.
The pancreatic cancer expert wrote: ‘It seems that even during this recurrent phase, Mr Jobs opted to dedicate his time to Apple as the disease progressed, instead of opting for chemotherapy or any other conventional treatment.’
For nine months between his diagnosis in 2003 and at least July 2004, Mr Jobs ‘decided to employ alternative methods to treat his pancreatic cancer, hoping to avoid the operation through a special diet ‘, according to a 2008 CNN Money article.
But the rapid advance of the cancer caused Mr Jobs to undergo an operation known as a ‘Whipple procedure’ in which he had his pancreas and duodenum removed.
Dr Amri suggests that this procedure, which is only undertaken if the cancer is quickly spreading, might not have been necessary had the Apple CEO pursued conventional medicine sooner.
He wrote: ‘The only reason he’d have a transplant would be that the tumour invaded all major parts of the liver, which takes a considerable amount of time.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049019/Steve-Jobs-dead-Apple-CEO-shunned-conventional-