Steve Jobs

[Violet]

Think it's pretty bad, that pancreatic cancer/chemotherapy is destroying.
I think they chose the worst image tbh.

[Tathan]

****, he doesn't look well. Impressive he survived the pancreatic cancer tbh, it's about the worst kind to get, but he is/was supposed to be clear of it after having his pancreas out and a liver transplant.

[Allvaux]

Excuse my ignorance, but who is Steve Jobs?

[Tathan]

He's the founder and CEO (well until this week) of Apple, who are as of a couple of weeks ago the most valuable company in the world. Somehow selling some Jesus Phones makes you bigger than Exxon, Shell or Microsoft, so he's to be applauded for that one. He almost died a few years ago, came back to work, left again, came back, and has now left permanently and looks like he's about to shuffle off this mortal coil tbh.

[Tathan]

And as I peruse the Guardian this morning (the bleeding liberal that I am), I find a nice article all about him

Steve Jobs: the computer and design guru who inspired absolute devotion | Technology | The Guardian

and then another in the Torygraph

Steve Jobs founded Apple not once but twice - Telegraph

Anyone else thing both those articles read like obituaries??

[Violet]

Excuse my ignorance, but who is Steve Jobs?

He oversaw the creation of nice to look at yet expensive, under-powered PCs, mobile phones and mp3 players to rabid metrosexual fanboy hipsters.

[chip]

Im not a massive apple fan in general, but you just have to admire steve jobs, his vision, his dedication, and his sheer inteligence.

Shame to see him reduced so badly physically but I bet even now he is sharp mentally.

Pixar and Apple are a hell of a legacy to leave behind though.

[Tathan]

The more I look at that pic, the more I think bullshît... It's only on TMZ's site, nowhere else I can find and it doesn't quite look right.... photoshopped imo.

[Scary_Fish]

Shocking Steve Jobs Illness Pics Might Be Fake (Updated)

[wayne451]

Why is he wearing a dress?

[SteveM]

He oversaw the creation of nice to look at yet expensive, under-powered PCs, mobile phones and mp3 players to rabid metrosexual fanboy hipsters.

Summed up nicely

[chip]

Why is he wearing a dress?

its the new iDress, and a white version will also be available but not for another 2 years.

[Nemesis]

its the new iDress, and a white version will also be available but not for another 2 years.

And neither will be compatible with any underwear from any other manufacturer.

[Violet]

its the new iDress, and a white version will also be available but not for another 2 years.

Wait for the IDress 2, it has a pocket and is double stitched.

[Tathan]

He's dead Jim.

[Violet]

I hate to have to even admit I wasn't an Apple fanboy, but had great respect for the guy. RIP

[Nemesis]

[chip]

56 isnt much of an age.

Certainly achieved a lot though in the time he did have.

RIP

[innovation]

They were saying on the radio that it says something when being responsible for pixar is your 3rd greatest achievement.

I'm certainly no fan of apple but the man was certainly good at what he did, and whatever he did for that matter.

[Ed]

He oversaw the creation of nice to look at yet expensive, under-powered PCs, mobile phones and mp3 players to rabid metrosexual fanboy hipsters.

lmao very true.

[chip]

One good summary I saw was that Bill Gates put a computer in every office, but Steve Jobs put one in every dorm room and then eventually every pocket.

Im not really into apple products in general, overpriced and over styled for me, but the reality is that we are ALL using apple developed GUI copies on pretty much everything we do, it really was largely Steve Jobs who set out the way that we interact with technology. You gotta respect the impact he had even if you dont use his products directly I reckon.

[Giles]

Agree with teh psosts above.
Will eb interesting to see what Hollywood make out of his life when the make it...

I personnaly think that he was great and pushed technology where it is today, which (in most respects) is a good thing.

However I think ultimately teh 'closeness' of Apple will eventually be it's downfall as people expectations will be full intergrationn across all platforms and devices.

[Ed]

I'll shed a tear when the guy who invented this dies:

[Tathan]

Read an interesting article today about the public outpourings of grief from ****wits like Stephen Fry, while people who do genuinely amazing things like cure diseases or find new farming methods (saving millions of lives) are routinely ignored.

It's a ****ing phone. Consumer vulgarity, greed and arrogance rank this above food and medicine. I don't want to live on the planet any more.

[wayne451]

I don't want to live on the planet any more.

Hold that thought. I will bring a rope round for you in a few minutes.

No backing out this time ginger taff! lmao