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Apple's Jonathan Ive Awarded Knighthood

prowlmedia said:
Wouldn't surprise me. Gorden Brown is a self serving idiot. But I suspect, from the biography, Jobs would have turned it down anyway.

For all you people that don't understand they system and certainly for the ones that seem to have a complete meltdown at the idea. The queen doesn't just pick these people out of a hat... they are nominated! Anyone can get one. It's no different to any other award given by your peers. The actual choice of nominees is by civil servants and independent experts.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/UKgovernment/Honoursawardsandmedals/DG_067909
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That's something we're probably never going to know; about Jobs turning down a knighthood.
 
obiwan said:
Well done Ive, and thoroughly deserved. Maybe now you can educate the world on how to pronounce aluminium...
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Yeah, they struggled with it so much they just decided to completely change the word :D

The funniest though is going through the dictionary and changing half the S's for Z's :rolleyes:
 
Piggie said:
I'm from the UK, and sorry, but whilst he may make some "cool/modern" looking things. I would never call them a great design.

Their form and look generally overtakes their use as a practical product.
Making a device that you carry, that is practically designed to fall from your hands and if it does hit a hard surface is almost guaranteed to break is a poor design for a device held by a human.

Sure, it may "look" nice, and yay, that's great. But it's not a good functional practical design.

Sorry, but I don't buy all the blind worship.

Amiga 500, N64, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Xbox360 Slim 250GB, PS3, Nokia 6210, 3 Home Made PC's, Adidas Watch, Nikon + Fuji Cameras, 32GB iPad, Furry Pigs (mainly pink!)
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Derp... What a stupid response. So you won't use these other things designed to be held by human but also MAY break if dropped by an idiot:

Drinking Glasses
Mugs
Plates
Eye Glasses
Remote Controls
Laptops
Nintendo DS's
Electric Razors
Small Children

Um...and
Nokia 6210
Adidas Watch,
Nikon + Fuji Cameras, 32GB iPad,
Furry Pigs (mainly pink!) - whatever they hell they are.

Oh I have an Idea! Lets make everything out of rubber. I repeat... Derp.
 
Liquinn said:
That's something we're probably never going to know; about Jobs turning down a knighthood.
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Information about people turning down knighthoods/etc is leaked from time to time. What we do know is that Ive didn't turn his down.

Stephen Hawking are among those who have declined a knighthood.
 
They sure do knight just about anyone, don't they. I think that if you're knighted, you should have to do real knight stuff, like weilding a sword and jousting. And you should have to wear armor in public.
 
rocknblogger said:
What is wrong with you? Do you lack the ability to be happy for someone other than yourself or are you just a bitter human being who by never achieving anything meaningful must insult and minimize others who are talented and do something meaningful.
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I think he just means its a dumb idea. The idea of someone being "knighted".
 
H2SO4 said:
Gotta admit I'm with you on this, and I'm british! Can't say I'm ashamed to be human but an award for designing simple things?
For designing complex things like cars sure. For designing a car that runs on water sure.
I'm, (insert flame here), lost as to why a knighthood is given. They seem to be handed out a little too easily. No, I don't have one before you ask, can't say I'm bothered either.
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That's invention, not design. If you're not bothered about getting one, why do you care if you think they're given out too easily, do you think he gets free bus rides or doesn't have to pay taxes?
 
apolloa said:
At least there are PLENTY more valid people receiving knighthoods along with Ive's who in my opinion doesn't deserve the honour one bit! What has he done? Oh yeah made himself a multi millionaire by working, nothing else. Well apart from create the Apple cult I suppose with his designs.

Nope, a soldier, fireman, or someone who has done tons for charity is MUCH more deserving. But at least My Ive's, so far as I know, isn't an ex crack addict or alcoholic and now rich and famous and in a dire TV soap opera!
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The Beatles got MBEs, it's just a different kind of art. And those people get the awards too, doesn't belittle them any that a genius designer gets one too.
 
Did anyone at MacNN get all worked up with Barrack Obama got his Nobel Prize for Peace (for doing nothing)? At least Mr. Ives did something, but I doubt it warranted a knighthood, but it's part publicity anyways. Maybe the Queen was so impressed with the iPod Mr. Obama gave her she put this on her todo list...
 
farleysmaster said:
The Beatles got MBEs, it's just a different kind of art. And those people get the awards too, doesn't belittle them any that a genius designer gets one too.
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The Beatles did NOT deserve the MBEs they got. End of story. Very repetitive words with boring music, but millions of fans. Might as well give Justin Bieber an award too, his music is roughly the same.

/rant over.

On the other hand Jon Ive deserved his award. And I'm glad he got it.
 
cgc said:
Did anyone at MacNN get all worked up with Barrack Obama got his Nobel Prize for Peace (for doing nothing)? At least Mr. Ives did something, but I doubt it warranted a knighthood, but it's part publicity anyways. Maybe the Queen was so impressed with the iPod Mr. Obama gave her she put this on her todo list...
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Ive getting a knighthood is rather more relevant to MacRumors than Obama getting a Nobel Prize.

And Obama getting the Peace Prize was more about the Norwegian Nobel Committee wanting to push Obama to do things that would merit him getting one than what he had done up to that point.
 
Good for him, well deserved.

I'm far from pro-monarchy, but it's just a public honour in recognition of good work or deeds. Some people get far too worked up about these things.

Edit: *haha, someone voted this innocuous post down, thus proving my point, hilarious*.
 
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TheWarden said:
For our US friends who complain about Sir Jonathon Ive, I suppose giving him the US equivalent, the Presendial Medal of Freedom, is fine, or should that be scrapped as well? You can't have it both ways.

If you can't congratulate someone for being awarded with something they deserve, then don't say anything at all.
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To be honest, as an American, I knew more about Knighthood than the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Probably all the Premier League I watch ahaha
 
Moccasin said:
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Sorry to be pedantic but as others have said, the correct shortened form is Sir Jonny/Jonathan or the full is Sir Jonathan Ive

To a pedantic geek from the UK, Sir Ive just sounds so wrong!
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Quite right. We uptight Brits are normally wary of presuming to use a person's first name, but knights (and dames) have always been so addressed. "Sir Ive" would never be used.

Congratulations, Sir Jonathan!
 
"Knighthoods" are so overdone these days they are the equivalent to being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame here in the U.S. (Hell, even I'm in there I think. :eek:), and of course... Employee of The Month.

Seriously... the criteria for Knighthood is pretty ambiguous and based mainly on a closed door popularity opinion.
 
farleysmaster said:
The Beatles got MBEs, it's just a different kind of art. And those people get the awards too, doesn't belittle them any that a genius designer gets one too.
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And I would have said the same about The Beatles too, they didn't deserve the honour. Why should someone deserve such an honour just for doing their chosen career and becoming rich and famous from it?
 
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