Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense
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Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense
#2I think that it would be stupid not to have him on stage as part of the introduction of the new iPhone. It's not like everybody doesn't know about it, and it would generate a lot of goodwill among developers and Apple employees.
It's like the story of the Air Force commander and the mechanic: One day, a military big-wig took off in an Air Force transport, which almost crashed, and was forced to land due to mechanical failure shortly after take-off. Upon inspection, it became obvious that the mechanic in charge of the plane's engines had screwed up and been sloppy.
Rather than berating him, the commander looked at him and said, "I trust that you won't screw up again. In fact, I trust you so much, that I'm putting you in charge of fixing it."
Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense
#3Douche.
Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense
#4That is a nixie tube watch on his left arm. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nixie_Wozniak.jpg
Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense
#5Douche.
It's called having a sense of humor and it's not harming Gray at all.
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#8This seems to me rather insensitive -- more importantly, it's probably not worthy of Hacker News.
Edit: Given the downvotes, I'd be quite happy to hear any legitimate grounds for disagreement. I consider the widely disseminated mocking of someone who hasn't knowingly signed on as a public figure to be insensitive (independent of how funny or clever that mocking might be, and independent of whether being insensitive will have any effect on the target's career).
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Strong disagree.
Would you care to clarify why? Apple is either upset with Gray or it isn't. Woz wearing an irreverent shirt won't change it either way.
Wozniak having a "sense of humor" about someone else's misfortune doesn't help that person. Meanwhile, there's the guy's name, plastered on a rich famous guy's belly, being mocked. I stand by my original comment and believes it sums the situation up precisely.
Re: Steve Wozniak has a little bit of fun at Gray Powell’s expense
#10That is a nixie tube watch on his left arm. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nixie_Wozniak.jpg
What beautiful devices.