Steve Jobs Will Not Be Down For Breakfast!!!

[hobie16]

I knew Guy when I worked at Apple. He threw a huge party when the 500th application was released for the Mac.

[knitster]

I knew Guy when I worked at Apple. He threw a huge party when the 500th application was released for the Mac.

Please excuse me while I let my inner Apple fanboy out for a moment...



Back to your regularly scheduled program. I promise to keep him locked up in the future.

ETA: It just occurred to me that, being the internet and all, my tone could seem extremely condescending in the above post which is not my intent! I really *am* a huge Apple fan girl and I really *did* squeal when I read your post about Guy's party!

[hobie16]

Apple was always good for parties. I was in MIS and we were going through a huge expansion of all the voice and data systems. Part of that was to put in a huge battery room and 750 MW Cummings powered generator.

The prime contractor mentioned the generator was already to start and all that was needed was a five gallon gas can as the underground tank hadn't been installed yet.

The next thing we knew, there were tables loaded with food and beer in the back parking lot. We all got beers, the contractor stuck a hose in the gas can and hit the starter button. The generator roared to life and we were enveloped in black diesel exhaust.

Everyone cheered and we spent the rest of the day eatin' and drinkin'.

[DonutGoddess]

Scumbags .

I think it should be illegal to picket a funeral. It's very disrespectful.

[ktulu]

I think it should be illegal to picket a funeral. It's very disrespectful.

I think it is their right to do so, but my freedom of expression in punching them in the face should also be defended :D:

[knitster]

I think it is their right to do so, but my freedom of expression in punching them in the face should also be defended :D:

word.

I'm honestly shocked that they haven't been shot yet. I mean, with all the soldier's funerals that they picket, it's a wonder that one of us crazy Texans hasn't gone on a shooting spree.

[hobie16]

From Fake Steve Jobs:

One last thing: R.I.P., Steve Jobs



Rest in peace, Steve Jobs.
O shaman,
O wizard,
O golden son of Zeus and mortal woman, you
defied the gods, stole fire
& gave it to mankind.
For this they struck you down.
Bastards!
“One more thing.”
That was catch phrase.
Or was it the one about putting a dent in the universe?
I like them both,
but you have to admit,
“One more thing” is punchier.
Jon Ive says you inspired people
but you could also be difficult at times.
A bit unkind of him, I think.
What genius isn’t difficult?
Picasso was a jerk. So were Tolstoy and Beethoven.
So was Michelangelo, I bet,
though to be honest
I really don’t know anything about Michelangelo
because I missed class on the day we discussed him.
But based on his work
I’d bet he was a total dick.
What beauty can ever be created without pain?
What great art has ever been produced without suffering?
And don’t say “Seinfeld” because (a) that wasn’t
as easy as it looked & (b) twenty years later
it really hasn’t held up as well as everyone
thought it would, has it.
What you did, however,
now that
will be remembered forever.
I don’t mean the products.
The Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad.
Yes, you invented them
& yes, we have heard of them
but no, Steve Jobs,
your greatest accomplishment
was not some piece of hardware
not some lines of code
not the mouse and the graphical user interface
which let’s face it you really kind of just
borrowed from Xerox PARC
& “borrowed” might not be excactly the right word
for what you guys did
but on this day of all days let’s not quibble
about word choice.
No, Steve Jobs, your greatest accomplishment
is what you did to us.
You gave us joy.
You restored our sense of childlike wonder.
You enabled us to live in a world where
we always believed that something amazing & magical
was just around the corner
and that the future would be better than the past
because in fact,
as long as you were alive,
it was.
Your name, old friend, is the definition of hope.
Not literally, I mean, not if you
look up “hope” in the dictionary,
but you know what I’m trying to say.
And now, with you gone,
what happens to us?
Have we reached our peak?
Our zenith? Our apogee?
Or some other word that means the highest point
you can reach?
I think maybe we have.
Because here’s what I see.
I see
America in decline:
a civilization unsure of itself,
adrift, confused, puffed up
with phony patriotism,
an empire run by number crunchers,
by MBAs & investment bankers
by quick-flippers & angel investors
who make nothing
who build nothing.
But you, Steve–
you flew in the face of that.
You were the one who invented,
who created,
who said no,
that’s not good enough,
go do it again.
Go make it amazing
astounding
profound
perfect
& stop being such a whiny little bitch
because your kid is in a school play
& and you don’t want to work late.
People call you a visionary.
I believe that was literally true.
I believe you had a vision, way back
in the early days,
of where everything was headed
& once you’d had this vision
you set out to make it real,
the way a sculptor sees
a finished statue inside a block of marble
& slowly chips away
until everything unnecessary
has been removed
& the vision becomes real.
Steve, I’m sorry.
I wrote this lame-ass poem
a while ago
because I believed that when this day came
my mind would go blank
& I would not be able to write
& all I would want to do
would be to go out walking in the woods
alone
by myself
not talking to anyone.
I was right.
That’s all I want to do.
In fact that’s where I am right now.
I’m out in the deep woods
where there is
no sound
except
the wind moving through the trees
shaking the high branches
the leaves letting go
drifting to the ground.
I hear my footsteps on the wet path.
I hear my breath
I think of nothing.
I do not want to talk
or write or sing your praise.
I do not want to cry or mourn.
I will not say that life is pointless or empty without you,
because the truth is,
no matter what happens,
life is good.
Too short, of course.
But always good.
So anyway.
Here in the woods, alone,
I make peace with your leaving.
I offer you
one last namaste. I press
my hands together,
& bow to honor
the divine inside you.
I pray you will
forgive me
for going on too long,
& now I promise: no more words.
Because words mean nothing.
Words fall short.
Words scatter like dry leaves,
stirred by the wind,
swirling, rising upward,
tangling with each other,
like some incantation gone awry,
unable to bring you back.

[felinefan]

Hobie, that was a masterpiece. Though I prefer PCs, I couldn't help but be touched by the beauty and honesty of your poem. It was just the right length to express your feelings.

[hobie16]

Hobie, that was a masterpiece. Though I prefer PCs, I couldn't help but be touched by the beauty and honesty of your poem. It was just the right length to express your feelings.

Thanks but it's not mine. Dan Lyon, a tech writer, created Fake Steve Jobs a few years ago to comment on Apple specifically and Silicon Valley in general. It had some wild characters including a deranged Larry Ellison. It's a fun read if you've had any experience with the Valley culture.

[shilohmm]

Absolutely disgusting. Those people have a special place in hell waiting for them. :mad:

Some of them are practically in it now. Fred Phelps is a classic narcissistic abuser, and he runs that group with an iron hand. Many if not most of them are doing what they do out of sheer fear. :( At one point Phelps was fairly sane -- he was a lawyer who specialized in civil rights cases to the point of getting an award from the local NAACP for his efforts -- but according to all the kids who've left the church, he abused his kids from the git go.

I thought it was great that the US flags at Disney are at half staff in honor of Jobs, but someone on board X is trying to argue that this is illegal and All Wrong because Jobs never held a government position.

It is amazing how one company led by one man changed the world. Steve Jobs is the computer industry's Walt Disney.

:teleport2

I'm giving you the rainbow tunnel because that comparison is brilliant. :D: