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RIP Steve Jobs

Started by rynne, October 05, 2011, 05:52:13 PM

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rynne

October 05, 2011, 05:52:13 PM
AP is reporting that Steve Jobs has died.

chimera

#1
October 05, 2011, 05:57:35 PM
The Apple front page has an in memorium.

By hook or by crook, he was a titan.  I think I told you guys I saw him speak at CalTech in either '84 or '85, and he was absolutely mesmerizing.
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Aaron

#2
October 05, 2011, 06:33:25 PM
Damn. I saw a youtube of him talking at MIT? (pretty sure) Either way, he was amazing. 
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r00

#3
October 05, 2011, 09:11:19 PM
This made me really sad.  The guy had everything but his health.  8(
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individualzero

#4
October 05, 2011, 10:14:14 PM
Damn, that sucks... I was never a huge fan of Apple products, but the guy was every bit of the aforementioned titan that people say he was. Helping pioneer the way to making technology so ... globally applicable is no small feat.
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luna

#5
October 05, 2011, 11:50:32 PM
it's amazing how one person could change everyday life so much
Oh hi

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#6
October 06, 2011, 07:13:32 AM
If you had told me when I was a kid in the early/mid-90s that within 10 years Apple would be huge and revolutionize phone technology, I never would have believed it.  But that was Steve Jobs, I guess. 

videodrone

#7
October 06, 2011, 09:36:22 AM
My mother texted me the news last night. I didn't know he was even sick. :(

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sin

#8
October 06, 2011, 01:54:39 PM
yeah
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TPD

#9
October 06, 2011, 02:36:15 PM
it's really sad. he really changed everything as luna said.
hell, imagine all the advancements in technology in the last 10 years. ipods, iphones, ipads... let alone all the music stuff.

trent said it best on twitter:

"Thanks for the tools, the inspiration, the possibilities... Miss you already Steve."
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kristin

#10
October 11, 2011, 07:27:59 PM
Quote from: luna on October 05, 2011, 11:50:32 PM
it's amazing how one person could change everyday life so much

can't say it any better than this.
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