Steve Jobs has died.

[Le Libérer]

Fresh off the press.
Source (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Statement-by-Apples-Board-of-bw-4118332010.html?x=0)

Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors


Press Release Source: Apple On Wednesday October 5, 2011, 7:34 pm

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today.


Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve.


His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were touched by his extraordinary gifts.

[Susurrus]

Huh. That seems sudden.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Interesting,though I fail to see how this is really news to care about.

[Geiseric]

Good riddance, apple uses child labor in china.

[Manic Impressive]

one down plenty more to go :p

[Ele'ill]

I'm sad that someone passed away- that's kind of rough- but I read this as:

"His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were torched by his extraordinary gifts"

I then thought of the X-men which I'm not a fan of or anything but it reminded me of people with extraordinary gifts. Like Rogue and Storm. Storm is pretty cool- that would be intenese to be able to cyclone at will. Just now thought I thought of Dr Hammond from Jurassic Park and the video game Trespasser. I liked that game a lot- it reminds me of a painful time. In May the rains came.


Where am I?

[crazyirish93]

why is this in politics?

[La Comédie Noire]

He'd been battling pancreatic cancer for a while from what I heard.

[RedHal]

wtf is this in politics?

[PhoenixAsh]

ipod, iphone, ipad....i0care

[CleverTitle]

That's unfortunate. Cancer is the worst, losing someone to it is equally bad. Also, it's important to keep in mind how important his contributions to home computing have been.


Good riddance, apple uses child labor in china.

Yeah, welcome to capitalism.

[Commissar Rykov]

It was Colonel Mustard in the Observatory with the Candlestick....wait we aren't playing Clue?

[RedZezz]

I'm... I'm not really sure how I feel about this.

It's not joy, nor sorrow. It's not apathy, but it's... something.

It's like finding out that an old classmate has died who was really popular, but you didn't really know him. In a sense, you knew of him, but had no personal feelings towards this individual. Sort of an "Oh, that's... interesting. How unfortunate for his loved ones".

[Catmatic Leftist]

I'm... I'm not really sure how I feel about this.

It's not joy, nor sorrow. It's not apathy, but it's... something.

It's like finding out that an old classmate has died who was really popular, but you didn't really know him. Sort of an "Oh, that's... interesting. How unfortunate for his loved ones".

To me, it's more like finding out that the school bully died; it's tragic, yet it's hard to feel remorse when you know he did all those wicked and abhorrent things.

[Os Cangaceiros]

What did he do with his money? Was he a philanthropist, or did he keep most of it?

I'm wondering how big of a payday someone is going to get from his death...

[L.A.P.]

I'm sad that someone passed away- that's kind of rough- but I read this as:

"His greatest love was for his wife, Laurene, and his family. Our hearts go out to them and to all who were torched by his extraordinary gifts"

I then thought of the X-men which I'm not a fan of or anything but it reminded me of people with extraordinary gifts. Like Rogue and Storm. Storm is pretty cool- that would be intenese to be able to cyclone at will. Just now thought I thought of Dr Hammond from Jurassic Park and the video game Trespasser. I liked that game a lot- it reminds me of a painful time. In May the rains came.


Where am I?

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/shortorder/are_u_on_drugs.jpg

[Tablo]

I couldn't care less about his death. Fuck him.

[CleverTitle]

To me, it's more like finding out that the school bully died; it's tragic, yet it's hard to feel remorse when you know he did all those wicked and abhorrent things.

Eh, capitalists will operate in capitalist interests. I think people place too much emphasis on 'morality' (and individuals) in these cases. If it wasn't Steve Jobs, it would be (and will be) someone in his place.

I can appreciate the role Jobs played in home computing, as I can with Bill Gates, and so on and so forth.

[Catmatic Leftist]

Eh, capitalists will operate in capitalist interests. I think people place too much emphasis on 'morality' (and individuals) in these cases. If it wasn't Steve Jobs, it would be (and will be) someone in his place.

I can appreciate the role Jobs played in home computing, as I can with Bill Gates, and so on and so forth.

Yea, you have a good point there. It's regrettable that his company exploited workers and engaged in child labor, but it's still rough to go through cancer and death. I forgive him, I guess.

[Red Commissar]

What did he do with his money? Was he a philanthropist, or did he keep most of it?

I'm wondering how big of a payday someone is going to get from his death...

I don't know, AFAIK no one knows his will/estate plan but someone's going to spill the beans on that quick.

[Nox]

Macs are shit anyway.

[CommunityBeliever]

Well that sucks. I know he was a criminal, but even criminals are human so I feel bad when they pass away.

[Misanthrope]

Oh please.... who gives a fuck?

[thefinalmarch]

Steve Jobs has died.
Okay

[CommunityBeliever]

Oh please.... who gives a fuck?

A lot of people give a fuck. Wait a week then most people won't give a fuck or a shit for that matter.

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

He's not dead, he's being cryogenically frozen until they can make him into a cyborg.

That's just what the media wants you to know at this present time, fools.

[Os Cangaceiros]

His frozen head will be placed alongside Walt Disney's

[scarletghoul]

lol its his own fault, he should have signed a pledge not to die, like his workforce http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/workers-in-chinas-apple-factories-foxconn-forced-to-sign-no-suicide-pledge/articleshow/8144332.cms

[Rodrigo]

Yeah, yeah, he was important to computing, innovated some things... Really cool. But if it weren't Steve Jobs, would've been another one; there were many other people behind Apple! And better than Jobs, like Wozniak! Another man to profit and extract value from the workers, another billionaire who would be swimming in money.

And what's the sense of creating a good computer, but so expensive just a few people can afford it? Well, because many stupid consumerist fanboys will! What's the sense, in computing, of creating a closed-source operational system? There's no excuse for it; the intentions are simple: PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT.

Ironically, dead or alive, he made no real impact on the lives of many people sadly lamenting his death.


:thumbup1: GNU/LINUX AND BSD ARE BETTER. PERIOD. :thumbup1:

LONG LIVE RICHARD STALLMAN! LONG LIVE LINUS TORVALDS! :p

[MattShizzle]

Turns out he was a fuck anyway:
http://www.christianpost.com/news/steve-jobs-ignored-poisoned-workers-pleas-for-help-at-apple-factory-54908/

A Christian source but still...



Two years ago, workers at a factory in Suzhou, China, were poisoned when Taiwanese electronics supplier Wintek, which was working under contract with Apple to make the touchscreens, replaced alcohol with N-hexane in the manufacturing process to speed up production.
Prolonged exposure to N-hexane has been known to cause damage to the central nervous system, and when workers affected by the chemical wrote to Jobs, asking him for help in medical treatment and compensation for lost wages, they allegedly never heard back from anybody at Apple, much less Jobs.

[thefinalmarch]

:thumbup1: GNU/LINUX AND BSD ARE BETTER. PERIOD. :thumbup1:

LONG LIVE RICHARD STALLMAN! LONG LIVE LINUS TORVALDS! :p


Did you just seriously denounce "Apple fanboys" and then write this?

[Il Medico]

He'd been battling pancreatic cancer for a while from what I heard.
Yeah, its sad that the Apple CEO finally lost his battle with PC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yl3UMO-TkE).

Wait...I have more!

"Reports are coming in that doctors tried reviving him, but it turns out that the defibrillator required Flash. Too zune?"

"I guess Apple's CEO is full of worms today"

"So there were these two cancer cells. One said to the other "Hey, let's get jobs."

"I guess an apple a day didn't keep the doctor away."

*Note all of the above are things my friends and I have posted on facebook. We're horrible people.

[Manifesto]

Well...somebody apparently already thought of it before I did in the comments but whatever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJoj9IqeKg

[RHIZOMES]

Yeah, yeah, he was important to computing, innovated some things... Really cool. But if it weren't Steve Jobs, would've been another one; there were many other people behind Apple! And better than Jobs, like Wozniak! Another man to profit and extract value from the workers, another billionaire who would be swimming in money.

And what's the sense of creating a good computer, but so expensive just a few people can afford it? Well, because many stupid consumerist fanboys will! What's the sense, in computing, of creating a closed-source operational system? There's no excuse for it; the intentions are simple: PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT.

Ironically, dead or alive, he made no real impact on the lives of many people sadly lamenting his death.


:thumbup1: GNU/LINUX AND BSD ARE BETTER. PERIOD. :thumbup1:

LONG LIVE RICHARD STALLMAN! LONG LIVE LINUS TORVALDS! :p



Apple was an innovatory company in home computers before they went for that particular business model you are decrying.

[Lobotomy]

:lol: I love what one of my facebook friends posted.


*Something bad happens to a Corporate CEO*
YEAH MAN HE GOT WHATS COMING TO HIM FUCK THE FAT CATS! 99%! 99%! KARMA *****
*Steve Jobs dies*
oh man so sad RIP Steve :*( I bet there's no flash in Heaven.

I am trying my hardest to be hip and trendy but you guys are sending me mixed signals...

[#FF0000]

LONG LIVE RICHARD STALLMAN! LONG LIVE LINUS TORVALDS! :p



9sJUDx7iEJw

RICHARD STALLMAN IS THE SHINING RED SUN IN OUR HEARTS

[Leonid Brozhnev]

He's not dead, he's being cryogenically frozen until they can make him into a cyborg.

That's just what the media wants you to know at this present time, fools.

If it's an iCyborg he'll crash within 5 minutes because his scratch disks will be full...

[Zanthorus]

Where am I?

Well for starters, you obviously haven't read enough Marvel comics, since if you had you'd know that the Human Torch is a member of the Fantastic Four, not the X-Men :tt2:

[00000000000]

It's very eerie how flippant and often cruel we can be about a human being that's died. I agree that it's not really news-worthy (like 'Lady Di' and any othe famous persons death that makes the media salivate with rubber-necking delight). But the 'news' is a result of ..well..the News..and Apple releasing an official statement about their former CEO's death.
If you don't care, then that's fine, but saying 'fuck that guy' and 'good riddance' seems really unneccessary.

...the jokes are quite funny tho.

[PhoenixAsh]

He's not dead, he's being cryogenically frozen until they can make him into a cyborg.

That's just what the media wants you to know at this present time, fools.

an....wait for it...iBorg :D




goddamnit!! Ashini beat me too is :( ...I can save this...iLate :) Yeah...much better :)

[Rafiq]

One less piece of shit in the world.

[Meridian]

Overpriced hipster bullshit products in my opinion.

That said, one shouldn't celebrate someones death.

[Volcanicity]

Did he have any kids?

It would be nice to know he died having created more jobs.

[Kornilios Sunshine]

Under no circumstances should people be happy about someone's death.It is the most cruel thing in humanity I think.Despite Jobs was a capitalist,I was really sad about his death.But he also left very much money for his children and family,so despite the fact his family will be sad about his death,they would have money..

[PhoenixAsh]

I am going to post here what I posted on my facebook:

*************

ZOMG ZOMG..... today Tony Acton died!!!

No idea who the guy is...I bet he didn't invent an iPhone or something similar...I bet he is one of the thousands who died today...but being upset about his death makes as much sense as being upset about Steve Jobs dying.

so here is to you Tony Acton! You will be missed.

**************

[Nox]

Today thousands of African children died of starvation.

[Sperm-Doll Setsuna]

The fact that the personality cult around this useless parasite is so prevalent is the most offensive thing of all. People seem to associate with him and see him as one-of-them or something to an extent that you rarely see with CEO's. Goes to show the extent of the cultish nature of Apple and the cleverness of their marketing departments.

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

I trolled the fuck out of everyone on my Facebook feed who was posting fucking eulogies for him.

[EvilRedGuy]

Die Harder.
Cry Harder.

Bourgeois piggie. The REAL work comes from the workers who created them.

Stay in your grave and take your computer friends with you(looking at you Bill Gates).

:thumbdown:

[EvilRedGuy]

Under no circumstances should people be happy about someone's death.It is the most cruel thing in humanity I think.Despite Jobs was a capitalist,I was really sad about his death.But he also left very much money for his children and family,so despite the fact his family will be sad about his death,they would have money..


Yeah, im sure the Capitalists are sad about yours and million other unheard workers dead.



TRASH TRAITORS CALLED REVLEFT WHO HAS SYMPATHY FOR OUR ENEMIES, THE EXPLOITERS OF US, OUR SLAVE OWNERS. Ohh our beloved slave-owner thanks for whipping us. :tt1:

[Tablo]

loxmPuBOiPM

[MustCrushCapitalism]

He's only remembered because he was a rich capitalist who used unfair labor practices, yet so many die each year who've contributed much more to humanity and are simply forgotten, as Stalin said - "the death of one is a tragedy, the death of millions is but a statistic".

[Rodrigo]

Did you just seriously denounce "Apple fanboys" and then write this?

It was a joke. :huh:

[thefinalmarch]

Did he have any kids?

It would be nice to know he died having created more jobs.
I love you

It was a joke. :huh:
Judging from the content and tone of your previous posts, it sure didn't sound like it.

[CommunityBeliever]

Stalin said - "the death of one is a tragedy, the death of millions is but a statistic".

Too true.

[Il Medico]

Did he have any kids?

It would be nice to know he died having created more jobs.
Oh man, oh man, oh man. :laugh:

[Le Socialiste]

loxmPuBOiPM

The fuck? :huh:

[Tablo]

The fuck? :huh:
:lol:

[EvilRedGuy]

loxmPuBOiPM

Say what?

[MarxSchmarx]

Did he have any kids?
Apparently one of his final projects was to make a statement to his kids explaining why he didn't spend more time with them.


It would be nice to know he died having created more jobs.

He cut the philanthropic program when he retook Apple and refused to reinstate it. Obviously charity was not a priority for this man, a supposed pescatarian married in a zen buddhist ceremony. Let this be the poster child for "lifestylism"

At least Bill Gates will probably have a footnote mentioning what he has done for helping people suffering from diseases lead better lives in the Encyclopedia Sovietica. Steve Jobs should have none of that.

[the last donut of the night]

im a pc

[thefinalmarch]

Apparently one of his final projects was to make a statement to his kids explaining why he didn't spend more time with them.


He cut the philanthropic program when he retook Apple and refused to reinstate it. Obviously charity was not a priority for this man, a supposed pescatarian married in a zen buddhist ceremony. Let this be the poster child for "lifestylism"

At least Bill Gates will probably have a footnote mentioning what he has done for helping people suffering from diseases lead better lives in the Encyclopedia Sovietica. Steve Jobs should have none of that.
I'm not sure if you quite understood the pun (then again this is chit chat so your post could be messing with my mind entirely). Creating more jobs = Creating more "Jobs" - "Jobs" being his descendants.

[Искра]

Steve Jobs runin chit chat topic about Hoxhaists.... fuck you Steve, you ***** :blushing:

[Volcanicity]

Apparently one of his final projects was to make a statement to his kids explaining why he didn't spend more time with them.


He cut the philanthropic program when he retook Apple and refused to reinstate it. Obviously charity was not a priority for this man, a supposed pescatarian married in a zen buddhist ceremony. Let this be the poster child for "lifestylism"

At least Bill Gates will probably have a footnote mentioning what he has done for helping people suffering from diseases lead better lives in the Encyclopedia Sovietica. Steve Jobs should have none of that.

I don't know if I should feel sad that you've taken me so seriously or glad that my punning on Jobs's surname worked so well. :confused:

[Obs]

loxmPuBOiPM

You can hear her fart at exactly 1:00.

My work here is now done.

[Rafiq]

You can hear her fart at exactly 1:00.

My work here is now done.



Best thing contributed to thread so far imo

[MarxSchmarx]

Ooh look at me, I came up with a brilliant pun between "jobs" and "Jobs" how unusual; I am so clever lolz... kthxbai

Indeed, my general sentiment to your supposed insight is summed up here:
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=puns

In short:


The sheer level of narcissism it takes to think that anyone gives a shit about whether or not you meant to write your pun is mind boggling. If narcissism were measured in units of mass, the skulls of people who pointed out puns would crush in on themselves in a giant black hole of stupidity.

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://anarchistnews.org/files/pictures/2011/hipsterjobs.jpg

[Volcanicity]

Ooh look at me, I came up with a brilliant pun between "jobs" and "Jobs" how unusual; I am so clever lolz... kthxbai


Wow.I dared to make a joke in Chit-Chat only to get a shitty response from someone who seriously lacks a sense of humour.lolz...kthxbai.