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RIP Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
Vigo:
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on October 06, 2011, 07:11:36 pm ---Halloween costume : Zombie Steve Jobs. Too soon?
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Ooh! I'll have to see if I have any black turtlenecks, cuz that's pretty much all the dude ever wore.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: Vigo on October 06, 2011, 07:20:11 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mikezilla on October 06, 2011, 07:11:36 pm ---Halloween costume : Zombie Steve Jobs. Too soon?
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Ooh! I'll have to see if I have any black turtlenecks, cuz that's pretty much all the dude ever wore.
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Thank you. My daughter wants to be a Zombie and I usually dress to match. And I have a mock turtleneck.
Too soon? Whatever. It works precisely because it is so soon. I respect the man, and giving homage to him through pop culture is not bad taste IMO.
I think I may do it.
t3design:
I don't think Steve Jobs should be deified. He was not perfect. However, he was very good at what he did. You may not agree with everything he did (or anything). But some facts are irrefutable:
He started the computer revolution that made what all of us do every day possible.
He made computers into machines that not only anyone could use, but that everyday people would enjoy using thanks to the art of great design.
He made Apple into the most valuable company in the world.
You can sit in the dark in your mother's basement and type whatever you want from the security of an anonymous handle, but I ask you the same question Steve Jobs asked of his detractors:
"what have YOU done that's so great?"
Pixelhugger:
While you may dislike Apple's products (or more accurately their reputation and adoption) imagine taking away not only the products Jobs hyped, but the imitations they engendered. Windows really owes it's existence to MacOS, at the very least because Apple was able to successfully market and evangelize a GUI. I'm not saying it wouldn't have eventually been developed, but I think it's significant that it was released 1 year later. I remember early arguments of hard core DOS users who hated the idea of a GUI. Take a look at your (keyboardless multitouch) smartphone. It's easy to forget the RIM exec's laughter at the initial release of the iPhone for not "even having a real keyboard" If they were willing to go on record laughing at it, I think there's a pretty good chance they wouldn't have developed their own for a good long time.
Most everybody who pans Apple either uses one of their devices directly, or uses an inspired knock off. Just sayin. ::)
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on October 06, 2011, 09:24:30 pm ---at the very least because Apple was able to successfully market and evangelize a GUI.
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That they (claimedly) stole from Xerox... :laugh2:
It's like BASF. They don't make the items, they make them better.
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