What a guy, flesh and bone, and all the stronger for it.
Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
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Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#172Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Addendum to your rewording "... BECAUSE I'M SO MOVED THAT BEFORE TODAY I'D HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN A FUCKING DEITY TO DO WHAT YOU JUST DID." Edit: Further, I don't believe in God but I also don't believe I've ever felt I deserved "full credit" for an achievement in the way you're describing.
Calm down mate, I'm merely disagreeing with you. I do understand your point, and I do think that your interpretation makes for a reasonable hypothesis, but it's my opinion that it's less plausible given the exact wording originally provided.
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#173Page miserably fails to load on Chrome running on Ubuntu http://imgur.com/eWREY
Latest Chromium on FreeBSD x64, no flash, works perfectly.
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#174Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
That's not at all what he was implying.
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Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#175Am I the only one who finds it kind of sick that Apple is squeezing out as much PR as possible of the death of their former CEO? Let the man rest in peace.
You're not allowed to talk bad about apple here. Enjoy your shadow ban.
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#176Yesterday : "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...
If other HNers are like me, this might explain it: I'm not a big fan of Apple. And lately I think they've become the "Big Brother" they were fighting in the 1984 commercial. However, I'm a huge Steve Jobs fan. He's right up there with Henry Ford and Fred Harvey on my list. Just watch this little clip and you can see why I like one and not the other: http://www.wimp.com/stevemoment/
Is that a trailer for The Matrix?
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#177Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think he means "[if Michael Dell died] would Dell remove their products from the landing page?". Dell does not have a personality like Apple did. How about, if Tim Cook died, would Apple do the same?
If I remember correctly (I'm not totally sure), a few years ago Apple had a full page tribute when one of their directors died. So I'd say yes, probably. EDIT: This was it: http://mashable.com/2010/03/18/jerome-york-tribute/
They had a full page tribute when George Harrison died. But I guess being one of the Beatles justifies special commendation.
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#178Earlier quoted context omitted.
No person or company is perfect. Apple does some things very right, and some things very wrong, and I don't think there's anything wrong with pointing out instances of both.
If Apple were a person it would be psychopathic.
Name a large and successful corporation that isn't.
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#179Yesterday : "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...
Apple sucks
Re: Apple's tribute to Steve Jobs, one year on.
#180Jobs, meh. Hardly up there with Ford or Rolls & Royce, for example. Far more inspiring, far greater creations, and much more interesting companies.
Still, his products were ever so pretty.