Steve Jobs has died

[The Apocalypse]

I hope this isn't in poor taste, but doesn't anyone find it convenient that literally ONE DAY before Jobs dies Apple introduces basically AI for iPhone?

All I'm saying is if Jobs was half the genius that he was (and chances are he is) you know that he discovered a way to digitally record his brainwave patterns and store them on a server, thereby effectively making him immortal.

Apple will never confirm this though.

His conscience probably downloaded somewhere and one day Apple will create a form of Cylons.

 

[Dark Sentinel]

His conscience probably downloaded somewhere and one day Apple will create a form of Cylons.

Bwahaha.

All I'm saying is that it's extremely interesting that the last thing Jobs would have worked on is AI software.

 

[Lencho01]

Pirates of Silicon Valley will be shown tonight at 8 on TNT...

http://collider.com/pirates-of-silicon-valley-special-presentation-steve-jobs/119083/

 

[GhostPoet]

The world has lost one of its great men and amazing inventors.

 

[EML420]

I never got any apple products (not hate but prices) Steve Jobs pushed the envelope for electronics thats sure RIP Steve Jobs.

 

[GhostPoet]

I never got any apple products (not hate but prices) Steve Jobs pushed the envelope for electronics thats sure RIP Steve Jobs.

Even if you've never bought an Apple product, it's likely you're still been effected by the impact he made on the technology industry. Things like downloading movies and music are largely due in part to the introduction of the Ipod into the mainstream. He pretty much jump started the digital revolution.

 

[Raiden]

Even if you've never bought an Apple product, it's likely you're still been effected by the impact he made on the technology industry. Things like downloading movies and music are largely due in part to the introduction of the Ipod into the mainstream. He pretty much jump started the digital revolution.

Exactly. Steve Jobs has really impacted the digital age that we live today, whether we buy Apple's products or not.

 

[dark_b]

Even if you've never bought an Apple product, it's likely you're still been effected by the impact he made on the technology industry. Things like downloading movies and music are largely due in part to the introduction of the Ipod into the mainstream. He pretty much jump started the digital revolution.

you got to be f...... kidding me.

 

[Anita18]

Anyone else find it funny that, to announce the Westboro Baptist Church will be protesting at the funeral, they tweeted with an iPhone?

You would think, a better way to protest their negative opinions of Steve Jobs, would be to boycott the products he made.

A couple of years. I think they had it under control but then he just lost the battle. Pretty sad stuff. I hear that's the worst form of cancer too. RIP Steve Jobs.

He actually had the rarer, nicer form of pancreatic cancer. The usual kind kills you mere months after they find it. It's a monster.

At least he got a little more time to do what he wanted and spend time with his family, but cancer never really is far away.

you got to be f...... kidding me.

No, really. Before iTunes, music companies simply said that there was no alternative for selling music other than buying physical CDs and they were spending all their efforts fighting piracy. iTunes proved that people were perfectly willing to pay for music online if it was easy.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

He actually had the rarer, nicer form of pancreatic cancer. The usual kind kills you mere months after they find it. It's a monster.

At least he got a little more time to do what he wanted and spend time with his family, but cancer never really is far away.


No, really. Before iTunes, music companies simply said that there was no alternative for selling music other than buying physical CDs and they were spending all their efforts fighting piracy. iTunes proved that people were perfectly willing to pay for music online if it was easy.

I think this...

...had more of a profound impact regarding downloadable content.

Jobs' huge contribution was not in revolutionizing how media could be transfered and shared over the internets. Instead, he recognized, very early on, that this was going to be the future and developed the iPod to lead the way. That is how he changed the way media is used, shared, purchased and distributed.

 

[Marx]

The impact that Steve Jobs has had on the world is incredible. I've been hearing comparisons of Jobs to Thomas Edison. When you think about everything that Jobs has had a hand in inventing and the reach that it has, the comparison isn't too far off.

 

[dark_b]

The impact that Steve Jobs has had on the world is incredible. I've been hearing comparisons of Jobs to Thomas Edison. When you think about everything that Jobs has had a hand in inventing and the reach that it has, the comparison isn't too far off.

did Jobs invent all the inovations himself or did he guide other smart peopel to do it?
just asking.

 

[Paradoxium]

What a cool, hipster word. So cool. Down with "the man", man.

I'm sorry did I offend your connoisseur like sensibilities?

How about anal retentive control freak over DRM and hardware? Does that make you feel more warm and fuzzy now? I just don't think he is Jesus, I don't hate him either, it's mixed. I do have to use Apple for work.

 

[bullets]

He had a hand in the inventions but also collaborated with others.

 

[zanos]

I don't think he really died. I think they took him back home to his home planet.

As punishment for giving us humans technology we weren't ready for?

I've been thinking about this as well. When Jobs left Apple in the 80's, the company really took a nose dive. And then when he came back, they were awesome again and more popular than ever.

Yes, because of all the new innovations Steve Jobs created. But what will they do now that they won't have him to rely on? It'll be pretty odd not seeing any new products coming out of Apple for the foreseeable future.

 

[Paradoxium]

He didn't really invent anything new. He knew how to repackage, tweak and simplified it. It made things easier and more intuitive for consumers. Think DOS command lines to GUI interfaces. Then market and target the niches of the non-geek community, thus making it more accepted in society. The mistake made by other companies is lensing their products through a geek - technically feature laden goods - making it difficult for normal consumers to grasp on and choose. While I would not necessarily use all their products, I appreciate that thought process. It makes bank.

But I just don't like his control freaky attitude (hence my use of technofascist). I prefer some flexibility for a lack of better words. Like being able to change the batteries of a phone for an example.

 

[Spider-Vader]

Anyone else find it funny that, to announce the Westboro Baptist Church will be protesting at the funeral, they tweeted with an iPhone?

You would think, a better way to protest their negative opinions of Steve Jobs, would be to boycott the products he made.

You're giving those a**holes waaaay too much credit. They're ******s. They don't have the mental capacity to comprehend what you just posted.

 

[nkotb]

have they tried unplugging him and then plug him back?

 

[Spidey-Bat]

The impact that Steve Jobs has had on the world is incredible. I've been hearing comparisons of Jobs to Thomas Edison. When you think about everything that Jobs has had a hand in inventing and the reach that it has, the comparison isn't too far off.

No, it is very, very far off. Jobs didn't invent the computer, laptop, MP3 player, or tablet. Edison was very influential in the early days of motion pictures, how successful has that industry been? His work on circuitry is profound, we've become dependent upon electricity for our survival. The day we become dependent upon iPads and iPhones is a very sad day for humanity.

Dox hit it on the head. He took existing ideas, simplified (ie made them less powerful and more expensive) them, and marketed them in a way that made people think not only did they need that type of product, but they needed Apple's product. And he did it brilliantly.

 

[Anita18]

But I just don't like his control freaky attitude (hence my use of technofascist). I prefer some flexibility for a lack of better words. Like being able to change the batteries of a phone for an example.

On one hand, I can see why Jobs was so controlling of his product, although I still admire the open-source mentality prevalent on PCs and Linux.

The Apple products were Jobs's babies, and he likely couldn't stand the thought of having their image be compromised because someone hacked into them using a nonapproved program. There also might have been physical specs that Jobs was not about to give up to put in a replaceable battery.

I'm not sure if calling him a technofascist is quite accurate, though. There's still the fact that the iPhone allows third-party apps, albeit they all had to be reviewed by Apple. I think that's what a lot of people were attracted to when it was first released. Hell, it's how I wanted an iPod Touch - I wanted to get the cool apps I'd been hearing about.

Now there are ENTIRE BUSINESSES revolving around making iPhone apps, and making lots of dough around the platform. Just ask Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds. And my bf, who learned how to make iPhone apps in his spare time and recently got a well-paying fulltime job to continue doing it. In this down economy, mobile development is still red-hot.

Doesn't sound like the machinations of a technofascist to me. A control freak, sure, but if he really was a fascist, third-party apps would not have been allowed at all.

No, it is very, very far off. Jobs didn't invent the computer, laptop, MP3 player, or tablet. Edison was very influential in the early days of motion pictures, how successful has that industry been? His work on circuitry is profound, we've become dependent upon electricity for our survival. The day we become dependent upon iPads and iPhones is a very sad day for humanity.

Dox hit it on the head. He took existing ideas, simplified (ie made them less powerful and more expensive) them, and marketed them in a way that made people think not only did they need that type of product, but they needed Apple's product. And he did it brilliantly.

I roll with designers online and it has been a nonstop eulogy since yesterday. And for good reason - Steve Jobs spread the idea that it was necessary for a piece of technology to be functional, intuitive, AND beautiful.

So while he may not have invented things practically out of thin air like Edison did, he certainly had a huge impact on how we approach technology today.

 

[zanos]

He actually had the rarer, nicer form of pancreatic cancer. The usual kind kills you mere months after they find it. It's a monster.

At least he got a little more time to do what he wanted and spend time with his family, but cancer never really is far away.


No, really. Before iTunes, music companies simply said that there was no alternative for selling music other than buying physical CDs and they were spending all their efforts fighting piracy. iTunes proved that people were perfectly willing to pay for music online if it was easy.

I read online that Jobs didn't get surgery/chemo right away after he was diagnosed and opted for dieting.

 

[Thebumwhowalks]

During the discussion on last night's 'Newsnight' on BBC2, the journalist quoted Jobs as saying that his use of LSD had a profound effect on his working vision.
I thought that was interesting anyway.

R.I.P Steve Jobs, a tripper.

 

[Hound55]

They'll iron out this cancer bug in the upcoming iJobs 2...

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

i'm still trying to wrap my head around why the morons at that church are going to protest

yeah i know in the past they've never had any valid reasons or even functioning brain cells but this is so random

 

[Spider-Who?]

Not to lessen the guy's success, but i've wondered how all the designers, engineers, project directors, etc who've worked their asses off to invent these products feel about one man taking all the credit.