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Simoply stop making people who miss election inactive. it is no longer necessary.
I remember back when I was on the Windows team at Microsoft. Apple was small potatoes and we were kicking their butt, yet still they were the leader we were striving to match in terms of the quality of their product.
His influence went way beyond Apple. What Apple created forced all of us throughout the industry to step up our game. Even when working on a product that did not directly compete, you’re still striving to create a program as elegant and simple as the iPhone.
The person he most puts me in mind of is Walt Disney. Someone who’s impact across multiple industries is far beyond anyone else.
with Einstein popping up and Disney also seems an apt part of the mix.
It’s as if he lived his life at the speed of light. A visionary at 21, a fabulously wealthy titan at 25, sadly gone, one among the tiny elite of true world changers, at 56.
don’t think Jobs was ever out electrocuting dogs and circus elephants to prove Mac OS was the best
also got a prob with comparisons to Uncle Walt but regardless count me among the believers in the cult of Apple and as Jobs knew best — all things must pass.
but impact. I don’t care for abusing animals and I’ve read that Walt was major league A-hole and exploiter but they had major, major impact.
He was, like Steve Jobs and anyone else who runs a company that is a major game changer, someone who pushed hard and believed in himself over the opinions of others.
but the point is, the comparisons are based on the breadth and depth of the impact. Many, if not most, great movers and changers have not been exceptionally “nice” people. I see I’ve hit yet another nerve. Are you a great nephew of Walt’s or something? And before you give me a serious answer to that question, it’s not a serious question.
I could be wrong, but I head he gave nothing at all to charity ? It was his money and his decision of course, but damn.
He wasn’t nearky so firendly to adults.
Robert X. Cringely (my favorite techie gossip columnist) summed it up pretty well in Infoworld this morning:
http://www.infoworld.com/t/cri…
was that he apparently vetoed two iPhone prototypes before approving a third one. Given their late start in the smartphone market (where I believe they’re still lagging, compared to their leading positions the mp3 player and tablet markets), that’s gutsy and shows how dedicated he was to realizing his vision. Not to mention his understanding of what exactly the Apple brand has meant since the introduction of the iMac.
If some of the praise for Jobs sometimes seems over the top, I’ll remember this example as proof that it really is deserved.
I post this from Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford in 2005. Brutal in its honesty but also very uplifting:
Really excellent, memorable.
We are now to be spared the no talent stylings of Hank Williams Jr before Monday Night Football games on a permanent basis. Naturally the slob whose only notable talent is his name is making the usual mistaken squawks about freedom of speech. Note to Jr: It’s the government that doesn’t get to restrict your mouthing off. Employers have every right to decide whether or not they want you to be their public face.
Also another Republican pol accuses first, is confronted with facts later, kind of like Gessler on voter fraud, Newt on how Planned Parenthood spend funds, Bachmann on vaccines causing mental retardation, etc.:
http://www.politico.com/news/s…
just want to throw in a plug for Hank Williams III. Much closer in musical ability to his grandfather. HW, Jr., IMHO, has only done a couple of noteworthy songs.
by the way, not knocking BlueCat’s post. right on, especially the Solyndra issue.
will be replaced by something we don’t feel the pressing need to mute.
Florida Lawmaker Wants to Repeal Dwarf-Tossing Ban
Melbourne, FL’s Rep. “Ritch” Workman is fighting to repeal the “archaic” 1989 Florida Statute 561.665, which bans bar games that use people with dwarfism as sporting goods.
Rep. Workman is railing against the ban which serves no other purpose than to “prevent some dwarfs from getting jobs they would be happy to get? … In this economy, or any economy, why would we want to prevent people from getting gainful employment?” While not a fan of dwarf-tossing he still believes the state shouldn’t make it illegal for dwarves to be tossed for pay if they want to.
Gainful employment — huh??
Now if only our Congress folk were as committed to creating jobs as this lowly FL rep.
A vote for me is a vote for drunks tossing dwarves! Maybe he can hire Hank Williams Jr to do a singing ad about all his rowdy friends tossing dwarves on Saturday night.
Gotta love the locals — from WestWord: Joe Sandoval, city council candidate, when stopped for DUI: “Don’t you know who I am?”
Joe works as a criminal investigator for the CO Dept of Revenue – Division of Gaming and does the same in the MMJ Enforcement Division. This former cop also serves as a school-resource officer, a citizens’ police academy coordinator and a public-information officer.
Might not know who he is but anyone wanna say what he is?
Feds target pot dispensaries for closure
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44…
Fitch slams proposed foreign profit tax break
What’s say we give our
fabulously wealthyjob creators an early Christmas present this year? (It’s the “mavericky” thing to do . . .)http://www.reuters.com/article…
when he spoke at an August town meeting in the mountains. Concerns me hugely that he supports this — so nice to see that Fitch is speaking out about the lack of economic benefit from the proposal.
From the Miami Herald:
Powerful support from a cabinet secretary.
With the commments so easy to answer there was no reason for her to not return. So why the drive-by?
There is already a thread about Duran and her fucking drive-by.
As much as I agree with you, I have the self-discipline to confine my comments to:
http://www.coloradopols.com/di…
You don’t. But you should try self-discipline sometime.