[Proculation]

herbie herbie:

Freakinoldguy Freakinoldguy:

Say what you will about him and his products.

He was a visionary who made all our lives a little easier because of it.

I just can't see myself typing a command line anymore to open a program.

RIP

Don't run into any Linux geeks. I keep telling them Jobs put a nail in that coffin before most of them were even born!

He will be missed, a true visionary.

Jobs created NeXTSTEP that *became* Darwin at the end. All based on UNIX like Linux. So all Linux geeks should pray for Jobs' soul.

[bootlegga]

While I may not have liked the way he ran Apple, I did admire his ability to innovate and take technology in way most people couldn't. RIP

[ShepherdsDog]

I wonder if Gates cried out....'There can be only one!!' or is that being to iNsensitive?

[xerxes]

Doubt it. He and Jobs were good friends as well as competitors. This was Gates' official comment:

"The world rarely sees someone who has had the profound impact Steve has had, the effects of which will be felt for many generations to come. For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor. I will miss Steve immensely."

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Obama Obama:

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented. Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to Steve’s wife Laurene, his family, and all those who loved him.

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http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how ... u_die.html

[BartSimpson]

On the upside I hear Apple is now introducing the iCasket for dead consumers.

[xerxes]

Too soon mate. Too soon.

[BartSimpson]

xerxes xerxes:

Too soon mate. Too soon.

No, it isn't. This turd is being lionized in the media as if he were a saint when he managed to go to the front of the line for a liver transplant that a cancer patient should never have qualified for in the first place. Of course, his money had nothing to do with that.

My question is this: who was the person on the transplant list who died so Steve Jobs could buy a few more months of life?

[Brenda]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

xerxes xerxes:

Too soon mate. Too soon.

No, it isn't. This turd is being lionized in the media as if he were a saint when he managed to go to the front of the line for a liver transplant that a cancer patient should never have qualified for in the first place. Of course, his money had nothing to do with that.

My question is this: who was the person on the transplant list who died so Steve Jobs could buy a few more months of life?

Gotta love your healthcare system, don't you.

[bootlegga]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

xerxes xerxes:

Too soon mate. Too soon.

No, it isn't. This turd is being lionized in the media as if he were a saint when he managed to go to the front of the line for a liver transplant that a cancer patient should never have qualified for in the first place. Of course, his money had nothing to do with that.

My question is this: who was the person on the transplant list who died so Steve Jobs could buy a few more months of life?

But isn't that better then the 'death panels' that socialized medicine would bring?

/sarcasm

Jobs' liver transplant is exactly the reason many Canadians want nothing of privatized health care - because as you noted - the wealthy get health care and the poor don't.

I'll take our system - where everyone gets the same level of treatment - over the US system where the wealthy get the best health care in the world and everyone else gets whatever scraps are leftover.

[DrCaleb]

Brenda Brenda:

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

xerxes xerxes:

Too soon mate. Too soon.

No, it isn't. This turd is being lionized in the media as if he were a saint when he managed to go to the front of the line for a liver transplant that a cancer patient should never have qualified for in the first place. Of course, his money had nothing to do with that.

My question is this: who was the person on the transplant list who died so Steve Jobs could buy a few more months of life?

Gotta love your healthcare system, don't you.

He got the transplant in Switzerland, rumour has it.

So someone that could have had that liver might be dead, and so is he.

[Brenda]

So someone explain something to me. If you could afford to lengthen your life, (and you can afford it because you invented a product that changed every body's life, and that made you rich) would you go for it, or would you "do the right thing" (for who anyway??) that MIGHT (not sure, MIGHT) make someone live longer than you?
Your liver is not working anymore because of cancer, but "the other candidate"'s liver might be of an alcoholic?

Would you choose some other, unknown person's life over your own?

I wouldn't. Hell, if I could afford to get a new liver when I needed one, I would buy one too. It may help me, it may not. But I would certainly try!!

[Brenda]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

xerxes xerxes:

Too soon mate. Too soon.

No, it isn't. This turd is being lionized in the media as if he were a saint when he managed to go to the front of the line for a liver transplant that a cancer patient should never have qualified for in the first place. Of course, his money had nothing to do with that.

The healthcare system you are so fond of, allows that.

I have a friend (in Pennsylvania) who battles cancer. How fucking fair is it, that to be able to afford the chemo, she STILL has to work (through her 8 (!!) rounds of chemo), she had to sell her car, and is on the brink of having to sell her house, only to fucking live???

Really Bart, don't give me that crap.

$1:

My question is this: who was the person on the transplant list who died so Steve Jobs could buy a few more months of life?

Who cares?
Like you always say, he is rich, he worked his ass off, he can afford it.

That's the freedom you guys fight so hard for in the US, isn't it?? Then don't bitch if someone actually takes advantage of what he has accomplished.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/05/tctv-r ... is-legacy/

http://allthingsd.com/20111005/the-steve-jobs-i-knew/