Smartphones (or "computers connected by radio") really haven't made Street View itself any more useful today than it would've been in 1983.
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Watch Never-Before-Seen Footage of Steve Jobs Discussing the Future of Computers in 1983
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Smartphones (or "computers connected by radio") really haven't made Street View itself any more useful today than it would've been in 1983.
Wozniak would not have been nearly as successful without Jobs and Jobs would not have been nearly as successful without Wozniak.
Much of what Jobs talked about in 1983 had already been envisioned and discussed by others years or even decades before.
It would be even nicer if you won't trying to insult my freedom of speech, in a thread about Steve Jobs.
I don't know where you are from, but obviously you have a problem with other people not agreeing with you. But I'm not here to get or need your approval at all, remember that.
There isn't much proof that he would have lasted that much longer anyway, and at what price.
Only about 8.5% of patients with pancreatic cancer are alive five years after their diagnosis.
After seeing that video clip and noticing how much of a visionary Steve Jobs was, how is it even possible to think that Tim Cook is doing a good job?
Jobs was leading by speaking about innovation, which is something not taught in schools. Cook, on the other hand, leads by methods taught in MBA degree programs.
Jobs was soulful in that he mostly cared about how computers could help the common man. Cook is soulless in that he mostly cares about increasing profits for shareholders.
Cook doesn't seem like someone inspirational to people of average and below-average income who have creative talents. Cook seems like someone inspirational to privileged people from wealthy families who will be attending places like the Stanford Graduate School of Business and dream of getting a job at places like Goldman Sachs or McKinsey.
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I think anyone in the industry with a decent knowledge at that time could see how things were likely to pan out… I mean scientists at the time could see this. Why do they think so many manufacturing companies were spending serious money in R&D for all the materials and components that were to go into such devices?
He wasn’t the only person.
He wasn’t the only person.
It's my understanding that his particular form of pancreatic cancer would have been much more responsive to treatment than pancreatic cancers are in general.
Apparently he had to be convinced of the iPhone… people at Apple had to argue its case for him to go ahead with it.
In 1968 a certain famous film shows a type of AI… there were people before him who made huge predictions that have been borne out in many cases. I think people need to realize how much of this was already in popular culture…
Interesting stuff, but what was with the goofy tense? It is not 1983, and Steve has been gone now for more than a decade. I think it's time we start to use the past tense, people.
To be alive to experience the times when such a visionary was changing the lives of so many people? You can’t help but consider yourself lucky in that respect.
And mention was made of Woz not doing the things he did without Jobs. That’s a two way street. The relationship was symbiotic and one without the other would have never had the same impact on humanity.
Much of what comes after can be described as “standing on the shoulders of giants”.
What came after is magic. Pure and simple.
And mention was made of Woz not doing the things he did without Jobs. That’s a two way street. The relationship was symbiotic and one without the other would have never had the same impact on humanity.
Much of what comes after can be described as “standing on the shoulders of giants”.
What came after is magic. Pure and simple.
That photo of Steve was taken in Susan Kare's office.
To be fair, consider how ineffective medical science is against cancer. Radiation, chemotherapy, and surgery mostly fail and leave the patient in far worse condition with poor outcomes (miserable life, earlier death).
Steve Jobs realized this and hoped that natural treatments would prove to be more successful. Also, pancreatic cancer is one of the least treatable forms.
Steve did not abandon medical science:
If anyone is interested, here's some info on NETs. https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/cancer/neuroendocrine-tumor-survival-rate
Or the other way around - who is she looking at?
Love it. So nice to see how he explains things in such a great way. I miss Steve.
This video of Steve is fantastic
The leadership and vision shown here, by a 28 year old leader, absolutely dwarfs anything coming out of Apple anymore.
Might as well be different companies altogether
The leadership and vision shown here, by a 28 year old leader, absolutely dwarfs anything coming out of Apple anymore.
Might as well be different companies altogether
If Apple didn’t push for change in tech, we’d still be running 8”, 5.25” or 3.5” floppies, along with serial, parallel or SCSI ports. Even though the general computer industry was so new back in the early days of Apple, most competitors were already acting like legacy manufacturers content to continue using stock parts, as they were easy to incorporate into their products.
This release SHOULD'VE been done long long ago!
I feel robbed by the industry, even Apple for not pushing nor getting this out there a decade ago!
This speech, is probably MORE IMPORTANT, than Jobs' presentation of
The Macintosh!
1984 SuperBowl AD,
The iMac launch introduction,
Jobs' return to Apple,
Jobs' launch of NeXT,
Jobs' introduction of Mac OS X!
And I've just watched the speech up to "So what do you wanna talk about?!"
Man that delayed applause really shows the awe and mind opening realization a true revolution has begun! Ans many others born of the computer age - suffered the simplistic text and keyboard entry of basic PC's. Thank God Apple pushed the industry forward.
I have different views experiences and thoughts of the comouter industry today, but I'm NOT gonna show no class on this profound release. I was raised better than that!
PS: Does anyone know what album is set upright in that infamous picture of Jobs 1982 at home under the Tiffany lamp, to the left?! Or the white 6' tall object on the right - each behind him?! I presume a speaker in white is to the right.
Sadly ... even THIS picture only focused on 1 or 2 objects to create a minimal statement. What was Missed is what Jobs, and Apple are based and solely exist for:
Liberal Arts:
Fonts, Information/Education = shown by the boom he's reading.
Music: the stereo and albums in the background.
Creativity: shown by beautiful products like the Tiffany Lamp.
The 3 main pillars that Apple exist for, and was founded for!
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That’s simply not true. There have been earthshaking advances in cancer treatments. There are millions of people still alive because of those advances in treatment.
Not really. Jobs was much more about enhancing or improving existing tech, not creating the tech.