Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:36 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311501#Comment_311501 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311501#Comment_311501 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:14:40 -0700 Paul Sizer RIP. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311508#Comment_311508 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311508#Comment_311508 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:53:02 -0700 William Joseph Dunn http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311512#Comment_311512 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311512#Comment_311512 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:27:08 -0700 magnusisasillyname http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311513#Comment_311513 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311513#Comment_311513 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:28:25 -0700 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311518#Comment_311518 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311518#Comment_311518 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:54:01 -0700 Purple Wyrm
Also I find it slightly heartwarming that he managed to hold on until Microsoft finally gave up on the Zune. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311521#Comment_311521 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311521#Comment_311521 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:04:34 -0700 Fishelle
Steve Jobs said that. I didn't know this until just now when Meredith Yayanos posted it on twitter, but it's such a great quote, and this is a good place to post it too, I think.

I don't own any Apple stuff. But I can certainly appreciate what the man did, and the impact he had on the world. I have to say though, almost more than I'm sad about losing the man himself, seeing all this news about Steve Jobs makes me sad for his family. I mean, they can't even go online to get distracted and escape for a bit. I guess it's the same with anyone who has some amount of fame, but that's gotta suck. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311530#Comment_311530 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311530#Comment_311530 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:39:56 -0700 audientvoid
And hey, c'mon, PIXAR. PIXAR! ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311574#Comment_311574 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311574#Comment_311574 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:14:29 -0700 Paul Sizer ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311578#Comment_311578 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311578#Comment_311578 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:02:15 -0700 oldhat
And it's funny how much, since then, macs have always been THERE. Ever moving forward. And it's really sad to see the face of that, or more the black sweater and blue jeans of the company, is now gone forever. Hrm. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311580#Comment_311580 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311580#Comment_311580 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:37:31 -0700 lampcommander this commencement speech to Stanford a few years ago. Worth a read.

I've always felt bad for Woz. I never liked Jobs because of his relationship with Woz and just general dickery that comes with being one of the business elite. But you can't deny the huge amount of impact he both directly and indirectly had on all of our lives. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311583#Comment_311583 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311583#Comment_311583 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:46:18 -0700 Alan Tyson
What better proof could there be that he was a swell guy? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311584#Comment_311584 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311584#Comment_311584 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:56:56 -0700 andycon
Mom was pretty bummed out last night, she used to sell them back in the day before Apple stores and got to meet him once during the two conferences she got to go to that Apple held in Chicago.

I still think my old Macintosh Performa 6400 was the best computer ever made. That thing was a beast and also had the best keyboard I have ever used. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311592#Comment_311592 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311592#Comment_311592 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:39:34 -0700 joe.distort http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311594#Comment_311594 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311594#Comment_311594 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:15:28 -0700 TheEndsOfInvention
too soon? ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311595#Comment_311595 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311595#Comment_311595 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:24:22 -0700 D.J. http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311600#Comment_311600 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311600#Comment_311600 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:58:02 -0700 tedcroland
We should all take comfort in the fact that while he died very young, he lived up to his own living ethic in every way he could. He was an actualized human being in ways that many wish they could be, and that's a pretty damned amazing thing. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311620#Comment_311620 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311620#Comment_311620 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:21:57 -0700 William George http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311621#Comment_311621 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311621#Comment_311621 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:38:08 -0700 StefanJ
http://www.stephenfry.com/2011/10/06/steve-jobs/ ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311630#Comment_311630 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311630#Comment_311630 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:28:27 -0700 Flabyo
Being in the right place at the right time is seen by some as fortune, but they've said much the same about my own ex-boss.

The fact is, Jobs was a game coder before games coding existed. Was a designer of home computers before people knew they needed computers in their home. Backed CGI movies when cel was king, and recognised the impact the mp3 codec would have on the way people listen to music.

By all means mockthe apparent sainthood, he was absolutely no saint. But at the same time do not belittle the world changing things he was very much a part of.

56 is no age at all. Not when there's still so much more to be done. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311631#Comment_311631 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311631#Comment_311631 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:35:16 -0700 RandomEntity "Rest in peace, Steve Jobs. Closest things we had to Tony Stark"
Seriously, I bought my first MacBook 3? 4 years ago after just being annoyed at Windows. I'll never buy a PC again. I've owned an iPod for nearly a decade, bought the first gen iPhone the first week it was out.
There was an article in Wired I believe a few years ago about him, and how he ran Apple with an iron fist, overseeing every design decision, and that since there are no special parking spaces at the Apple campus, if he arrived late and there were no open spaces near the front of the building he would just park in the handicapped spaces.
Now knowing he was suffering from cancer for who knows how long, that becomes no longer dickish, but just sad. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311635#Comment_311635 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=311635#Comment_311635 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:09:35 -0700 SteadyUP http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313963#Comment_313963 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313963#Comment_313963 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:24:10 -0700 MartinSheen He more or less took someone down with him.

When he was diagnosed with cancer that should have instantly made sure he was NOT a candidate for a replacement liver.

Less than 2000 people get a liver and the waiting list is like 16 000 or 18 000 (I can't remember exactly)

However he is Steve Job's so of course he got the liver...

And now he is dead... hardly a surprise...

And that little girl who wanted to play piano and fly kites is now dead because this evil selfish prick went and snatched her liver.... (well... you get my point)

what a dick

edited for grammar ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313968#Comment_313968 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313968#Comment_313968 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:28:16 -0700 Will Ellwood
Edited: can't type early in the morning. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313975#Comment_313975 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313975#Comment_313975 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 07:25:07 -0700 BrianMowrey
How did you write about the dead kite flying girl without asking yourself how she would be _less_ dead if a more high-benefit recipient who was still not her had gotten the liver? And then what if the higher-benefit recipient was a fire fighter and died at work two years later? What if the recipient was an old woman with not many years ahead but running a mid-size business that employs 400 people including her whole family who would otherwise all end up without a job? How many humans are disqualified from livers once you bring hypothetical children into the mix?

And even if you think you can effectively make these kind of life-value judgments, what does the system look like that arbitrates every single limited-medical-resource dispute in a country without making any errors look like? What is the name for your system that refuses cancer patients livers without leaving your future hypothetical kite-flying daughter on the street? Insurance. We have that. It doesn't do good things.

This is all stuff talking about this subject would usually have led a person to think about by now. ]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313977#Comment_313977 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=10264&Focus=313977#Comment_313977 Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:10:03 -0700 Solario