[bcasey25raptor]

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It's only been 18 months since the iPad was released; but today whenever I view an electronic display I occasionally catch myself 'swiping' or 'pinching' the screen to adjust it, even if it does not have those capabilities.

It's funny. When multitouch ipods first came out i criticized them and said i would never buy one. I stated the screen would constantly be dirty, and it would scratch. Now look at me today. Proud owner of not 1 but 3 ipod touches.

 

[grokit]

 
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Just watched his 2005 Stanford Uni commencement speech... Was a great speech the first time I watched it.
 
This time, it's really something else...
 
YouTube - 2005 Stanford University Commencement Speech

Not many people get to write their own eulogy, he knew he was terminal when he gave that speech.
 
He not only re-defined the way we interact with technology, but perhaps capitalism as well. There has never been and there will never again be a CEO like him. He brought Apple back from death's doorstep but couldn't do it for himself.
 

 

[bcasey25raptor]

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Not many people get to write their own eulogy, he knew he was terminal when he gave that speech.
 
He not only re-defined the way we interact with technology, but perhaps capitalism as well. There has never been and there will never again be a CEO like him. He brought Apple back from death's doorstep but couldn't do it for himself.
 

The fact he knew his fate shows he didn't do it just for money. There is something else that motivated him. He had a massive amount of self determination to his company.
 

 

[Uncle Erik]

Goodbye, Steve.

When I was seven in 1979, my school put me on an Apple ][. Very exciting. Growing up, there were always Apples around. Always in the classroom, at ome and at my friends' houses. Woz and Jobs were big childhood heroes.

Lots is being said about the tech and innovative products right now.

But what really impresses me is what a damned tough guy Jobs was.

I've seen what cancer does to people. Even people in their thirties. It's hell. But I haven't seen someone keep working and fighting through it the way Jobs did. Add a liver transplant, too. Jobs kept working, kept going and kept at it. If anything is to be admired, it's the way Jobs gave the finger to cancer. It eventually got him, but not without a fight.

Also, loads of sympathy to Jobs' wife and four kids. It can't be easy.

(And good luck to Mr. Cook.)

 

[bhd812]

 
 
he said it best!

 

[Varley]

R.I.P Steve.

 

[ClieOS]

A giant has fallen. RIP, Steve..

 

[WarriorAnt]

 

[pekingduck]

A brilliant idea 

 
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I am deeply sorry to hear that he has just left this world. Too sudden, too soon. I just bought an iPod Classic and engraved “Thank you, Steve.” on the back plate. This will be my favorite iPod of all time.
 
Thank you Steve, for your visionary and remarkable contribution to the world. You influence and your spirit will live on.

 

 

[onyu]

shame he's gone
 
iSad

 

[MorbidToaster]

Yesterday was a rough day after I got this news. I had a ton of respect for Steve, and technology (a world I love) will never be the same. 
 
I sure hope his legacy is carried on well. 

 

[ZarakiSan]

 
 
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Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.

How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.

While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

 

 

[alphaphoenix]

I don't want this to derail this thread, but I came upon an article about Steve and his estranged father.  I didn't know that Steve was put up for adoption at birth and that he's half Syrian.  That article states Steve's father is a VP for a casino and longed to call and talk to his son, but claimed he didn't out of fear of his son thinking his father was after his fortune.  The father didn't know about his son's death until days after.  So sad, and so still young.
 
IMO, the iconic Apple logo is like the brightest star in the technology mainstream.   I think Steve wouldn't have it any other way.  I still vividly remember playing the game "Oregon Trail" on an Apple IIe in second grade. 

 

[Guidostrunk]

 
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I don't want this to derail this thread, but I came upon an article about Steve and his estranged father.  I didn't know that Steve was put up for adoption at birth and that he's half Syrian.  That article states Steve's father is a VP for a casino and longed to call and talk to his son, but claimed he didn't out of fear of his son thinking his father was after his fortune.  The father didn't know about his son's death until days after.  So sad, and so still young.
 
IMO, the iconic Apple logo is like the brightest star in the technology mainstream.   I think Steve wouldn't have it any other way.  I still vividly remember playing the game "Oregon Trail" on an Apple IIe in second grade. 

 

 

[grokit]

Steve lost a lot of ground between June of 2010 and June of 2011. In retrospect, I'm surprised he held on to the CEO post so long:
 
  
 
You've come a long way baby.
 

 
The II was my first computer as well. Apple, what an awesome fruit.