Page miserably fails to load on Chrome running on Ubuntu http://imgur.com/eWREY
Odd, it's not a Linux-wide problem. I'm running a variant of Arch with Chrome 21, worked fine for me.
And with Chrome on Ubuntu, like them, it worked fine for me.
Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
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Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#112Yesterday : "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.
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#113Removing their products from the landing page to pay tribute to Steve. Would Dell or Samsung do this? Genuine question.
First and foremost - they know that it wont stop one person from buying -- eventually, even if, arguendo, it would temporarily stop someone, if they watch Steve's message they will get the company DNA so sooner or later they will convert them. Second, money is not always everything. You know H&N the biggest New York tech shop -- multiple stores high, automated baskets flying everywhere, a product's catalog of 1,500 p…
I think you mean B&H?
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#114Yesterday : "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...
It's really a little from column A, a little from column B. I'm a huge Android guy right now, and that Samsung lawsuit annoyed me to no end, but I still watched that video straight through and even sat in a bit of silence at the end. Even I can recognize what Steve and Apple have done, and what America and the world has lost in his dying early.
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#115There are few founders that are remembered as fondly as Steve after they retire or pass away: Grove, Gates, Hewlett, Packard come to mind. Something to think different about.
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Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#116A moving tribute and wonderful video in and of itself. I'm far too young (21) to fully appreciate everything he embodied. His early death really makes you appreciate the luck of being alive. From the normal to the billionaire magicians, remember this:
"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time." - Mark Twain
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#117Yesterday : "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...
Amazing how drawing two biased samples from a population can result in differing observations!
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
It says at the top that you need to allow VLC play to play the video...
I actually have it installed. But it couldn't load the video anyway. More critically, there was no gracious fallback. All I get is a completely broken page with absolutely no outgoing links or any textual content!
The video is the only content on the page. If you don't have your system configured to play video (user error), why would you expect a fallback?
There is, in fact, a little "X" that loads in the top left. http://elsewhe.re/Jwtz
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#119Well, I don't think it's the most fitting tribute to Jobs. It sounds more like an Apple commercial. Granted, Apple is the sum of his life's work. But a tribute to someone should be more than that person explaining the greatness of Apple, it should be someone explaining the greatness of Jobs, IMHO.
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#120Well, I don't think it's the most fitting tribute to Jobs. It sounds more like an Apple commercial. Granted, Apple is the sum of his life's work. But a tribute to someone should be more than that person explaining the greatness of Apple, it should be someone explaining the greatness of Jobs, IMHO.
It's perfect. What could be a more fitting tribute to Steve Jobs than to put an elegant facade on someone else's work?