Removing their products from the landing page to pay tribute to Steve. Would Dell or Samsung do this? Genuine question.
Microsoft might do it if it was Bill who passed away? Don´t you think?
Absolutely, but not Ballmer! Sorry, was that mean?
Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
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#53Music by Yo-Yo Ma I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY
Yes; it's Bach's Cello Suite #1. You've probably also heard it in Master and Commander, where it was performed by Yo-yo Ma. It's one of my favorite pieces of string music.
Bach's cello suites were what originally inspired me to start studying music. And the first recording of them I ever heard was Yo-Yo Ma's original recording (he has at least one newer recording now).
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There's no personality cult around any CEO like there was around the Steve.
Perhpas not in the tech industry. Bill Gates is pretty legendary in his own rights. I remember when growing up, he was the man you wanted to be. Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Phill Knight, Michael Bloomberg, and I'm sure plenty of other CEOs have a pretty good "personality cult" Perhaps not as cultish as Steve Jobs, but still very legendary and an important face to their company and industry nonetheless.
Walt Disney, too.
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"When Jobs was ill, Yo Yo Ma came to visit, bringing his 1733 Stradivarius cello and performing a concert in the Jobs’ living room. Jobs, who had been moved to tears by the music, told him, “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” He made Ma promise to play at his funeral".
> “Your playing is the best argument I’ve ever heard for the existence of God, because I don’t really believe a human alone can do this.” Which is kind of an insult to Yo Yo Ma.
I would not think so. My impression is many artists (musicians too) feel inspired by a higher spirit, so to speak. Personally, I am not a believer, but I understand how it can feel when one is.
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Everything coming out now went through him, do you think it really takes a year to develop products? The maps team had been working on the new maps for years. I guess Apple should have invented warp drive in the last year too.
He wouldn't have released it, he will be spinning in his grave right now. They need to ditch Cook and get someone with a pair of balls.
I think they would have released it. It seems they had little choice. It was either release it or renegotiate their contract with Google since it is almost up.
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#57Removing their products from the landing page to pay tribute to Steve. Would Dell or Samsung do this? Genuine question.
"It's technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities...[with humanity]... that yields us the result that makes our heart sing"
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#59Page miserably fails to load on Chrome running on Ubuntu http://imgur.com/eWREY
The VLC Multimedia Plugin doesn't seem to exist anymore: http://askubuntu.com/questions/113411/chrome-embed-vlc-playe...
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#60Music by Yo-Yo Ma I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZn_VBgkPNY
Wow, before coming here and seeing this comment, I had my speakers off and assumed there was no sound. I thought the video was just as good, if not better, completely silent.