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Offline CBGhia

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RIP Steve Jobs
« on: October 06, 2011, 05:32:13 AM »

Steve Jobs was a genius and a visionary.  He was probably the single greatest inventor to grace the world since Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla.  Plus, he rode a Motorcycle. Love the pic of him on that old airhead.



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RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2011, 05:50:15 AM »
True that!


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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2011, 06:23:46 AM »
Now that I'm at a COMPUTER.... He doesn't JUST have to be a hero to mac users. He was an innovator on many different levels. Although Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse, Steve Jobs is the reason PC's and Mac's and whatever else you use has one. He pushed it on the naysayers and made it acceptable and truly eased our computing experience.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #3 on: October 06, 2011, 06:59:31 AM »
Crap!  :( :-\
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #4 on: October 06, 2011, 07:24:29 AM »
He lived a hundred of our lifetimes.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2011, 08:29:34 AM »
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #6 on: October 06, 2011, 09:43:06 AM »
Quote from: CBGhia on October 06, 2011, 05:32:13 AM

Steve Jobs was a genius and a visionary.  He was probably the single greatest inventor to grace the world since Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla.  Plus, he rode a Motorcycle. Love the pic of him on that old airhead.



That's going a bit far I think, closer to Edison than Tesla. Tesla was a true genius, Edison not so. Jobs was a very astute marketer and salesman who's biggest contribution was to convince people to pay for things they otherwise got for free. Woz was the genius.

I admire the guy for his business prowess, that's for sure. RIP.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2011, 10:19:11 AM »
Well, one might think the Pope died, but then I'm not a Mac user. At least it pushed the Amanda Knox story off the front page.  ;)
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2011, 11:43:56 AM »
I am not a Mac user.  I don't use an iPhone either.  I know that the User interface on Windows computers would not have developed as quickly if not for Apple.  I also wouldn't have my Android phone, and social communication via hand held devices probably would be nothing like what we have today.  Jobs created things that no one knew they wanted until he made it.  Granted, the fanboys would buy the iturd if he produced it.
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Quote from: dave500 on February 14, 2014, 03:53:33 AM
if you dont trial spin the camshaft in the head and cover you are a novice,with no natural mechanical appitude,destined for destruction.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2011, 12:21:02 PM »
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2011, 03:25:20 PM »
Quote from: DukieFrankenkit on October 06, 2011, 09:43:06 AM
Quote from: CBGhia on October 06, 2011, 05:32:13 AM

Steve Jobs was a genius and a visionary.  He was probably the single greatest inventor to grace the world since Thomas Edison or Nikola Tesla.  Plus, he rode a Motorcycle. Love the pic of him on that old airhead.


That's going a bit far I think, closer to Edison than Tesla. Tesla was a true genius, Edison not so. Jobs was a very astute marketer and salesman who's biggest contribution was to convince people to pay for things they otherwise got for free. Woz was the genius.

I admire the guy for his business prowess, that's for sure. RIP.

I gotta agree why three times as much for something else? Because you just got "SOLD!"

But he did ride a sweet bike so I give props RIP! And he was wayy too freackin young! Damn! I'm only 7 years away that's hard to think about.
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Re: RIP Steve Jobs
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2011, 02:28:36 AM »
Quote from: Bob Wessner on October 06, 2011, 10:19:11 AM
Well, one might think the Pope died, but then I'm not a Mac user. At least it pushed the Amanda Knox story off the front page.  ;)

Yeah, I remember this was around a dozen years ago.

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