Steve Jobs Named 'Financial Times' Person of the Year

[Trakker]

You, sir, are in desperate need of a little love. Enjoy Christmas.

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Giving props to some Jarheads that are blindly obeying orders instituted by Brando-esque pricks in their shiny former Republican Army palaces and don't giva a damn about the people and their feelings are not heros.

You want to be loved by Iraqis and the Arab world? Turn on your head, talk with them and learn that people are different! Learn why those people hate the US.

And learn how Bill and Melinda Gates really help, educate and show respect.
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Respect to you old Steve-O.

Too bad I'll stop using your products due to the fact that I need the hacking community to free my devices.

Too bad I grew up from being a Mac cultist - your products still inspire me and I like them. But I certainly have stopped being a sheep blindly following what you tell me to do with my devices.

Have fun with the sheep - in a few hours you will have some more ten millions turned

Do you enjoy trying to impress a bunch of nameless wonders on a worldwide forum?

For one thing, I am English not a yank - unfortunately those lads are over there not out of choice - yes they chose the Job but at the end of the day they are there against their will.

You completely missed my point, I am talking about OUR troops who will not be home for Christmas, who will be spending Christmas day in a little **** hole.

It's people like you that give Apple a bad name, you have never really 'grew up' from being a Mac Cultist, instead you troll the forums WITH you Mac.

For me, I've used Apple products since I was 7 years old - so that's 15 years of knowing what a company is like.

I now run a Apple System of 180 Macs from 2 Xserves on an AD managed network using Extreme Z IP from two File Servers and OD Managed preferences.

To you and many modern day 'Mac' enthusiasts that is all double dutch but what it means I have a passion for not only Apple Products but the effect company has on the computing world.

I don't agree with a few things Apple do but on the whole, I think they are a damn site better than 99% of these corporate monstrosities.

Have a Merry Christmas.

 

[deadkennedy]

LOL

I'm just picturing all the frothing at the mouth going on right now from the apple anti-fanboys.

You know they will be wiping spittle from their screens after they post.

I quite like Apple products, but I'm laughing my ass off seeing how you girlies worship your idol =)

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

Steve Jobs Video Blog #1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2VsmfGNLIM

 

[SandynJosh]

umm thats not the point, your own parent disowned you, thats what we are talking about here.

Sounds like YOU have personal issues that you'd like to think the rest of us share. So, to correct you, WE are not talking about this here...YOU are.

 

[SandynJosh]

There is nothing wrong with admiring a man who has done some good things, but it is overboard when people start trying to make him out to be an iGod, or an iSaviour. Enough is enough. It is past the time for a bunch of folks to iGrowthehellup and stop acting like a bunch of pre-pubescent iWeenies.

While iAgree... Today's world is too short on heroes these days and that, in itself, is sad.

 

[pr5owner]

Sounds like YOU have personal issues that you'd like to think the rest of us share. So, to correct you, WE are not talking about this here...YOU are.

lol pretending like you actually know someone, thats not possible, im pretty sure a disowned son wouldn't get a tegra2 tablet as a present to each parent (4 total, parents in law count too)

the point i was stating was steve disowned his own daughter, its a fact plain and simple, the guy is a total jackass.

 

[pr5owner]

While iAgree... Today's world is too short on heroes these days and that, in itself, is sad.

short on heroes? sj sure as hell aint a hero, making garbage products that take up space in the land fill, non upgradeable products = disposable

 

[SandynJosh]

I do (care that Steve Jobs doesn't publicly donate his wealth). Just as any great power, that money comes with responsibility. But from what we know, he doesn't care at all. So far, all he does is invent new ways to milk money from his customers. From an American perspective, that might be something good, but from a human perspective that is extraordinarily weak.

1. You have no idea if he is an anonymous donor or not.

2. Therefore, you value public, self-serving, donating over actual altruistic service to mankind.

3. You say, "...from what we know, he doesn't care at all." The same could be said, "...from what we know, he could care deeply." The difference is that the former is a shameful judgmental negative assessment based on lack of knowledge.

4. Then you go on to make another judgment call, "all he does is invent new ways to milk money from his customers." You have no idea what motivates Steve Jobs to press for better and better user/machine experiences. For all his wealth, he may give a rip for the profit other than a way of measuring the success of his ideas.

Your concepts of a person out of your league has been warped by hunkering down in your mother's basement too long. Besides, this is the season to show some generosity of spirit... have yourself a merry little Christmas.

 

[SandynJosh]

the point i was stating was steve disowned his own daughter, its a fact plain and simple, the guy is a total jackass.

I'm truly sorry that your relationship with your own parents are so bad that you'd project it out onto other people. Where has so much anger come from that you'd call someone you never met a "jackass".

Do you know this person who may be his offspring? Does he/she feel a loss of being fathered? Has perhaps Steve quietly put her through Harvard or not? Why do you assume Steve has acted as poorly as your father has to you?

 

[*LTD*]

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Who ****ing cares about his relationship with his daughter. It has sweet f all to do with his company. Everyone who can't stomach Steve Jobs' success to the extent that they have to drag in family baloney needs to get their head checked.

Why would I care what kind of Dad SJ is? All I care about are Apple products. That's why we're here. If he thinks up great gear to sell me, it's all good.

 

[SandynJosh]

Yes, surely without The Great Steve we'd all be living in caves eating dogs and porking the sheep, huddling in poo for warmth.

You might want to tone it down a bit. I'm sure Steve wants you to stop stalking him and sending him naked photos of yourself with your iPhone.

Just so you know...I've taken your suggestions to heart, but Steve may wonder what he did wrong to earn no more naked pictures.

 

[pr5owner]

I'm truly sorry that your relationship with your own parents are so bad that you'd project it out onto other people. Where has so much anger come from that you'd call someone you never met a "jackass".

Do you know this person who may be his offspring? Does he/she feel a loss of being fathered? Has perhaps Steve quietly put her through Harvard or not? Why do you assume Steve has acted as poorly as your father has to you?

hilarious, trying to put down people because you have to justify your overpriced slow ass garbage that you purchased. How does it feel to pay top dollar for low-mid ranged hardware?

seriously? $2000 for the cheapest i5 imac 27" and all you get is a lousy low end 5770, how can you not feel ripped off? in another thread i proved you could make a computer with a high end i7 quad core, 24GB tripple ch ram, 3x SSD's in raid 5, 1500W PSU

its unbelievable that people enjoy throwing their paychecks away just because the ceo of some company told you to do so. I guess you would follow your leader off a financial cliff too. Why dont you have a mac pro with 12 cores? i dont think you've thrown away enough money yet

well i guess theres no reasoning with you, you actually think what PC world goes lol, just like i supposed a macbook pro is the best vista machine? HAHAHAHA

 

[Lennholm]

And exactly what impact has Julian Assange had on anything? Has he changed the way diplomacy is conducted? No. Has anyone been charged with a crime or forced to resign because of WikiLeaks? No. Has a ground swell of indignation risen up among the masses? No. Has anything at all been changed? Nope. Assange is a pitiful narcissist with delusions of grandeur. His organization has had no effect whatsoever on the world other than to endanger people's lives. He should be in jail, not on some magazine cover. He hates the U.S. He's a prick.

The man is only practicing his right to free speech, and the relentless prosecution of him by the different governments of the world (one government official even publically called out for Assanges death) is more evidence how the government only likes free speech when it suits them and how important it is to protect our fragile freedom of speech... And you say he's irrelevant and should be thrown in jail!? Stop being the authorities lap-dog

 

[CFreymarc]

Richard Branson is 60.

http://www.virgingalactic.com/

I don't see Branson as the man that will make private spaceflight big. He is definitely a pioneer but not the one that brings it to the masses where we buy and sell condos in low orbit.

Like Henry Ford, Branson and Bigelow made their money in another industry and throwing existing cash into something else in the latter half of his career.

I'm doing a John the Baptist prophesying someone that will come after them that will really shape the private aerospace scene. There is someone that in their youth will see this, be a total rebel and cash in bragging about their "wild flying days." Hang out in the Four Corners area and you will see a lot of fun things happen with no controlled airspace that is not making the press at all now.

 

[franswa za]

jobs well done! apple team.......

sent from my iWhatever

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[franswa za]

kudos to "cummings" for the great interpretive graphics

 

[arcite]

Success breeds contempt.

 

[louis Fashion]

Move to Political Thread

Anyway great photo.....oh,..ok cartoon.

And god knows why anyone on this forum would care to comment on Mr. Jobs private life, given the subject matter.

However, Apple has become a wild success because of attention to detail and a management climate which pushes attention to detail. How many products in the world today exhibit such craftsmanship? In a world of horrid plastic crap Apple products stand out. There is not that much good stuff out there. Enjoy.

 

[fox10078]

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I'm truly sorry that your relationship with your own parents are so bad that you'd project it out onto other people. Where has so much anger come from that you'd call someone you never met a "jackass".

Do you know this person who may be his offspring? Does he/she feel a loss of being fathered? Has perhaps Steve quietly put her through Harvard or not? Why do you assume Steve has acted as poorly as your father has to you?

hilarious, trying to put down people because you have to justify your overpriced slow ass garbage that you purchased. How does it feel to pay top dollar for low-mid ranged hardware?

seriously? $2000 for the cheapest i5 imac 27" and all you get is a lousy low end 5770, how can you not feel ripped off? in another thread i proved you could make a computer with a high end i7 quad core, 24GB tripple ch ram, 3x SSD's in raid 5, 1500W PSU

its unbelievable that people enjoy throwing their paychecks away just because the ceo of some company told you to do so. I guess you would follow your leader off a financial cliff too. Why dont you have a mac pro with 12 cores? i dont think you've thrown away enough money yet

well i guess theres no reasoning with you, you actually think what PC world goes lol, just like i supposed a macbook pro is the best vista machine? HAHAHAHA

How does it feel to waste your life talking smack on the internet

 

[Kristenn]

Is Pr5owner seriously comparing an AIO computer to a expandable tower?

FAIL!

Seriously. I can build a tower faster than that AIO!

No! Really?! Tell me where you gain the knowledge!

Find me an AIO with a faster graphics card, same size screen, HD space, RAM for less $2000.

Also, I'm pretty sure the 5700 is a MOBILE when means its more like a 5800.

 

[Glideslope]

Success breeds contempt.

Only from those who lack the fortitude to be Successful.

 

[litchie]

And exactly what impact has Julian Assange had on anything? Has he changed the way diplomacy is conducted? No. Has anyone been charged with a crime or forced to resign because of WikiLeaks? No. Has a ground swell of indignation risen up among the masses? No. Has anything at all been changed? Nope. Assange is a pitiful narcissist with delusions of grandeur. His organization has had no effect whatsoever on the world other than to endanger people's lives. He should be in jail, not on some magazine cover. He hates the U.S. He's a prick.

At least we now know what US government's policy on internet freedom: it is good if and only if it is used to serve US government's interests, otherwise it is terrorism and endangers people's lives.

Congratulation, you acquire the ability to "doublethink".

 

[pr5owner]

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How does it feel to waste your life talking smack on the internet

slow day at work, nothing better to do lol

 

[Hal Itosis]

Meanwhile, Bill Gates is working to make the US and the world a better place - not just making shiny toys for rich folks on the Internet.
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Ohhh - it's shiny.

...skim it down to the essentials, shine it up, and then let him sell it like crazy.

Yes, shiny things on the Internet fly off the shelves like hotcakes....

Ahh, how nice to see the peanut gallery have their talking points all synched up. Yeah, right... “shiny”. As if that somehow summarizes the secret of Apple's success (despite the miserable state of the economy of late). I.e., i guess we can just ignore those pesky little 'highest ratings for customer satisfaction' type of details.

Yes, surely without The Great Steve we'd all be living in caves eating dogs and porking the sheep, huddling in poo for warmth.

You might want to tone it down a bit. I'm sure Steve wants you to stop stalking him and sending him naked photos of yourself with your iPhone.

You're giving "tone it down a bit" advice to someone?

 

[alec]

They made him look like a vampire with that drawing.