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Steve Jobs has passed away.
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R.I.P. SteveJo
WHAT? :eek: Ahh.....:beer:0 -
RIP Sir -- a true visionary .
BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!
THE KILLERS :cool:
THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:0 -
Everyone dies, its the only certainty there is. A sense of humour helps.
Taxes go up - been pretty sure in my life time;)"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
AirCooledHeaven wrote: »Indeed. He was a very successful businessman, he produced nice products that he convinced people [STRIKE]wanted[/STRIKE] to buy, he versioned them to maximise profit, he helped push aspects of consumer technology forward, he has died prematurely, it is sad. What I don't understand are these rather tacky displays of faux grief, so undignified. I see these people and think, get a life...
Edited IMO.
Now if he had created penicillin..."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Edited IMO.
Now if he had created penicillin...
Agree with you completely. He created an army of TechnoSheep...;)0 -
AirCooledHeaven wrote: »Agree with you completely. He created an army of TechnoSheep...;)
Glad ewe didn't take offence at my hijack.....
or that he pulled the wool over their eyes."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
grizzly1911 wrote: »Edited IMO.
Now if he had created penicillin...
Someone had already created penicillin.
What's your biggest achievement? 100 posts on MSE?Hope over Fear. #VoteYes0 -
Jeff_Bridges_hair wrote: »What like then?
What he was very good at was Marketing his company and its goods.And he was exceptional at that.
Yeah, just marketing.
He only turned Apple from a company on it's knees to the most valuable and most important on the planet.
But it was all just marketing.
Thanks, genius.Hope over Fear. #VoteYes0 -
Someone had already created penicillin.
What's your biggest achievement? 100 posts on MSE?
I'm stupid what 's your excuse.:p"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
Yeah, just marketing.
He only turned Apple from a company on it's knees to the most valuable and most important on the planet.
But it was all just marketing.
Thanks, genius.
Just what makes it the most important on the planet?
How do you assess value?
Don't dispute it makes a lot of money and as a high stock market capitalisation.
What does it do with it for society?"If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0
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