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6 degrees of Steve Jobs

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Butler Trumpet

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May 26, 2004
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We've all heard of 6 degrees of separation right?
well... can you link yourself to good ol' Steve Jobs in 6 steps or less?

I'll start...

1. I'm working on my masters at The University of Louisville where Delfeayo Marsalis takes classes from time to time. (he plays trombone, and I have talked to him a few times being a music major myself)
2. Delfeayo Marsalis is Wynton Marsalis's brother
3. Wynton just did a commercial for apple (which is really freakin awesome by the way)
4. Steve Jobs.

That was fun... your turn :)
 
1. I've met Bill Gates. TWICE. The second time, he apologized to me for missing a demo I'd set up for him. (He ran out of time and didn't want to miss his flight... otherwise, I'd've met him THREE times.)
2. Bill Gates has obviously met Steve Jobs. :)
 
iDM said:
1. I bought an Apple Computer
2. Steve Jobs is CEO of Apple Computer

Did I do that wrong?


Your connections seemed a little stretched.
But this thread could be interesting......
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You know... i actually never thought of that... ha... good job being very clever....

and yeah maybe mine is a bit stretched, but Im guess someone as big as Wynton met Steve to set up that commercial :)
 
maya said:
Isn't six degrees of separation only supposed to be human being related and not product related. Maybe I am ---> :confused: on this one.
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yeah it is... thats why everyone who said, i have an iPod steve jobs is CEO of apple, technically arent connected..... clever though :)
 
clayj said:
1. I've met Bill Gates. TWICE. The second time, he apologized to me for missing a demo I'd set up for him. (He ran out of time and didn't want to miss his flight... otherwise, I'd've met him THREE times.)
2. Bill Gates has obviously met Steve Jobs. :)
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and what was your impression when you met bill gates? If it was me, I would probably be very nervous cause he could probably hire a goon to kill me at any moment, or at least give me a virus :) ..... and secondly I would have a hard time not asking him why he developed such a crappy insecure OS
 
Butler Trumpet said:
and what was your impression when you met bill gates? If it was me, I would probably be very nervous cause he could probably hire a goon to kill me at any moment, or at least give me a virus :) ..... and secondly I would have a hard time not asking him why he developed such a crappy insecure OS
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He's hard to figure out. He's a brilliant guy, but I got the feeling that he really doesn't like having to deal with PEOPLE too much. Still, when I met him, he never said "umm" or "ahh" even once... you'd say something, and then immediately he'd give a complete answer so complex that you'd swear he knew in advance what you were going to say to him.

The second time, when he apologized to me, he had a couple of ice beers in him. DEFINITELY mellowed him out. But he remembered missing the demo and he was very nice about it.
 
clayj said:
He's hard to figure out. He's a brilliant guy, but I got the feeling that he really doesn't like having to deal with PEOPLE too much. Still, when I met him, he never said "umm" or "ahh" even once... you'd say something, and then immediately he'd give a complete answer so complex that you'd swear he knew in advance what you were going to say to him.

The second time, when he apologized to me, he had a couple of ice beers in him. DEFINITELY mellowed him out. But he remembered missing the demo and he was very nice about it.
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well thats good... it makes me happier to know that at least he is a nice guy, and that he really is some kind of genius
 
1. I bought an iBook.
2. I bought an iPod.
3. I bought another iPod.
4. All that money goes to Steve Jobs.
5. Steve Jobs.
6. Denny Crane

dennycrane.jpg
 
1. When I was a kid, I lived across the street from Paul Newman's aunt.
2. Paul Newman's aunt, who was named Jewel, knew Paul of course.
3. Paul Newman has been hired as one of the lead voices in the animated film "Cars", from Pixar Studios.
4. Steve Jobs runs Pixar.
 
Chundles said:
1. I bought an iBook.
2. I bought an iPod.
3. I bought another iPod.
4. All that money goes to Steve Jobs.
5. Steve Jobs.
6. Denny Crane

dennycrane.jpg
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I don't get it. :confused: I watch the show, but I still don't get it...
 
Thomas Veil said:
1. When I was a kid, I lived across the street from Paul Newman's aunt.
2. Paul Newman's aunt, who was named Jewel, knew Paul of course.
3. Paul Newman has been hired as one of the lead voices in the animated film "Cars", from Pixar Studios.
4. Steve Jobs runs Pixar.
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thats a good one :)
 
1. I go to a performing arts school in Houston.
2. Jason Moran went to the same school.
3. Wynton Marsalis and he performed in a jazz festival together
4. Wynton is in that new commercial.
5. Steve Jobs.

also....
1. I go to a performing arts school in Houston.
2. Matt Mullenweg went to the Same school.
3. Homeboy is wordpress.
4. Apple uses wordpress to power one of its blogs.
5. Guy at apple who writes that blog, totally has probably met Steve Jobs.

and
1. once I went to apple HQ.
2. I saw a guy.
3. who knows a guy
4. that has probably met Steve Jobs.


OK, I really am steve jobs. Worship me at your own leisure. Send money to 123 fake street....[/quote]
 
preface: my mom used to work at hp, and she jobshared with a lady whose husband worked at apple (this was in the mid-80's). we're still pretty close with that family, so obviously

1. i know the guy who worked at apple (in marketing)
2. who def. knew sj.

bonus: my mom, who worked in human resources, said hi to bill hewlett and/or dave packard at least once a week.
 
thedude110 said:
ClayJ and I disagreed about Peter Gabriel.

ClayJ met Bill Gates.

Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were together in this picture.*

I think the Internet is going to have to shrink this 6 degrees of separation down to like, a smaller number.

*I know that picture has been posted to MR before, but I can't find it after 20 minutes of searching. Lacero?
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I think you have to have MET the person in order for it to be a legitimate connection. None of this "I bought <x>" or "I went to school at <y>, and so did so-and-so" business. ;)
 
I know a guy who apparently did a fair bit of work for Microsoft in its formative years – I guess through him and his contacts I could link to Bill Gates in a couple of steps, and through him to Steve Jobs. Unfortunately I don't really like the guy in question that much, so that would stop that one dead in its tracks...
 
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