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I'd hate to be the guy to do this but... I agree, to some extent, with Malcolm Gladwell's take on the Steve Jobs legacy. http://tinyurl.com/br6rl7b Still, RIP Steve and thanks for inspiring us. Sent from my iPhone.
Their's different types of legacies you can leave behind. apples to oranges.
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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.
The piece is the prelude of Bach's first cello suite. The thirty-five other movements in the Bach cello suites are equally beautiful, but it is mainly this movement that is played. While my cello playing was originally inspired by Ma's interpretation of the cello suites, I now find his rendition of them a bit insipid. I suggest checking out Pablo Casals' interpretation - he popularized the Bach suites, and the record…
Well played HNers.
Yesterday : "Apple is a worthless patent troll. All of their 'inventions' are things that were invented somewhere else. The only thing they did was patent other people's work, then charge twice as much for it to a bunch of worthless fan-boys." Today : "R.I.P. Steve Jobs. He did so much to change the face of technology forever." ` Sometimes you have to sit back and appreciate the fickleness of a crowd...
Both are generalisations. Besides, Apple was simply the first to do some of these things, or the first to do it well. But many were inevitable.
The hover car is inevitable. Should I not be amazed at one when I see it?
I guess not, because whoever makes it will "simply" be the first to do the inevitable.
Yesterday : "Apple is a worthless patent troll. All of their 'inventions' are things that were invented somewhere else. The only thing they did was patent other people's work, then charge twice as much for it to a bunch of worthless fan-boys." Today : "R.I.P. Steve Jobs. He did so much to change the face of technology forever." ` Sometimes you have to sit back and appreciate the fickleness of a crowd...
The subset of the 'crowd' hating on Apple is not necessarily the same as its 'fanboys'. In fact they're probably mostly mutually exclusive.
I think I just found an easter egg in Siri in tribute to Steve: http://i.imgur.com/Ptz47.png
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Reworded: "I'm so blown away by what I'm experiencing that it's hard for me to believe it's even humanly possible, what you're doing." I can't imagine anyone taking this as an insult. If that person exists, I hope I never end up in the unfortunate situation of paying them an incredible compliment.
Reworded: "I'm so blown away by what I'm experiencing that I think there's a very real possibility that you don't deserve full credit for this achievement." If you're ever in the position to give someone a hyper-superlative complement, you could simply use one of the many hundreds of constructions that don't involve doubting the skill of the recipient.
Anything to detract from the disaster that is Apple Maps. If I could I would undo two things, first revert to iOS5, then bring Jobs back. Ah, the good old days.
You would bring back Steve Jobs second ?
Yeah second, because my immediate problem is getting to my intended destination tonight and since the upgrade which screwed with my WiFi tethering and maps that's a problem.
It would take even him more than a couple of hours to fix this. A downgrade I could do myself, if Apple allowed it that is...
I'd hate to be the guy to do this but... I agree, to some extent, with Malcolm Gladwell's take on the Steve Jobs legacy. http://tinyurl.com/br6rl7b Still, RIP Steve and thanks for inspiring us. Sent from my iPhone.
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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.