Steve Jobs is a prominent person, he's not a Christian, and he opposed Prop 8. I'm guessing the first bit is the most important since Westboro feeds on publicity.
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Steve Jobs' Funeral Today, No Public Memorial Event Planned
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Steve Jobs is a prominent person, he's not a Christian, and he opposed Prop 8. I'm guessing the first bit is the most important since Westboro feeds on publicity.
thanks for sharing ... i think most apple fans are grieving quietly in their own space and in some profound way just like you are...
i know I am... I've just been watching Steve's videos, reading what I can about his life and been in silence quite a lot processing the loss... for a guy I never met... so sad yet incredibly amazing.
RIP Steve and thank you
It's not going to be a coffin. Maybe a stainless steel urn until his ashes can be spread on a river somewhere.
I love that they did this as a private ceremony. I'm sure Jobs planned it that way. It makes sense that he would also have control over that aspect of his death too.
I suppose that mourning will take place through the weekend, but by Monday... it will be back to business as usual at Apple. Steve probably planned that too.
RIP my mentor
to the magician, the dreamer and the poet who taught me so much...
who inspired me by actions... by focusing your life and energy on what you loved...
family and craft...
and how you gave and gave and gave, burning out rather than rusting out....
and now it's time for your rest...
though it's doubtful those in your new plane of existence will get much rest as your creative energies just won't stop....here or there...so they better adjust to their unconventional new neighbor.
to the magician, the dreamer and the poet who taught me so much...
who inspired me by actions... by focusing your life and energy on what you loved...
family and craft...
and how you gave and gave and gave, burning out rather than rusting out....
and now it's time for your rest...
though it's doubtful those in your new plane of existence will get much rest as your creative energies just won't stop....here or there...so they better adjust to their unconventional new neighbor.
Not trolling and don't need counselling
There is an Apple device in almost every household and in the households that there aren't there is almost certainly a pc with a mouse or a DVD of Toy Story, Steve's life and work exists in almost every home in those countries so it is right that there should be a minutes silence for Steve
Suck on that, Westboro.
I applaud you Tomorrow! Westboro is about as low life as you can get. Steve made the world better.
RIP Steve. You will be missed greatly.
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Suck on that, Westboro.
Well done sir...
Steve deserves a respectful, private gathering just as he would have wanted. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family and those close to him. I'm very pleased Westboro didn't get the opportunity to destroy that time for Steve and his family.
"Not today, Fred"
Will you stop it already, what are you going to do when you're confronted with a real tragedy? Steve Jobs died not Jesus, you guys are going way overboard. Somebody needs to slap people like you in the face to snap you out of whatever fantasy world you're living in. Steve Jobs was the CEO of an electronics company. His contributions to humanity pale in comparison to what the people he's being compared to have achieved. He did nothing for human rights or world peace and he didn't end world hunger either, but you wouldn't know it the way some of you idiots are acting.
Steve, because of you, we thought differently. You were the "Apple" of our "i." Rest in peace. You will genuinely be missed. 
I made this wallpaper background and listened to Steve Job's narrating "Think Different" several times today I have never thought I would be so sad over the death of a man who I probably had no chance to ever see...http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8rwsuXHA7RA
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Lets not give these leaches any attention or credit, good or bad for anything. I refuse to even speak their name, they don't deserve it.
I'm very confident in saying that Jobs and his family planned this funeral timing and method, and always intended to keep it private. This is their time to pay respects to Steve Jobs as a husband, father and brother. The public side to pay respects for his work as CEO happens on apple.com, in front of every store, and other various outlets. Divided and separate, just as Jobs lived his life.
Agreed. This is not a religious forum, but i seriously take issue with them. They say (via Twitter for iPhone) that they want to protest his funeral because
Don't Christians believe that God uses people to change the world? Don't Christians believe that God gives people free will? How would they expect Steve Jobs to not give people free will if God does give free will? Them and people like them are the reason Christianity and religion as a whole are hated in today's world.
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It still is like a bad dream, I agree with the above posters. Don't know the man personally, never met him, I am not close to him - but I feel sad unlike the death of any other of my idols. Maybe also because of his relative young age - and the painful thought of what else would have been possible (its a bit like the question what if Mozart would have lived another 30 years...?)
The passing of Steve Jobs has certainly been more like the passing of a celebrity movie actor or singer than that of a CEO. It feels the same way -- like the world lost somebody that meant something to them. I'm a little surprised at how much I am saddened by the passing of a man I never met. I only new Steve Jobs through his creations which were a part of my life since my first Apple ][e at school or the Apple //c I bought with my paper route money.
Incidentally, the Apple //c cost about the same back then as the MacBook Air does today. And like the Mac Book Air, back when I bought it, the Apple //c was Apple's most portable computer (everything but monitor was built in and it had a handle on the back for carrying it). I remember it being $1000. My Mom purchased it on Apple credit plan and my brother and I each paid $40 per month to pay it off over the course of about a year. We learned to develop software on that machine after we outgrew our Atari 400 and its tape drive -- it was a big step up to get the 5.25-inch floppy and the 128K of RAM with 64K "RAM Disk" (early file system cacheing).
Incidentally, the Apple //c cost about the same back then as the MacBook Air does today. And like the Mac Book Air, back when I bought it, the Apple //c was Apple's most portable computer (everything but monitor was built in and it had a handle on the back for carrying it). I remember it being $1000. My Mom purchased it on Apple credit plan and my brother and I each paid $40 per month to pay it off over the course of about a year. We learned to develop software on that machine after we outgrew our Atari 400 and its tape drive -- it was a big step up to get the 5.25-inch floppy and the 128K of RAM with 64K "RAM Disk" (early file system cacheing).
Steve Jobs was a very talented person who succeeded many things. He is a great man. He made cool gadgets. However, asking the USA, Germany...etc to keep silence is a little too much. He was great but not that great.
Yes, you need counseling.