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Steve Jobs — the man who brought us the iPhone, the iPod and the iMac — has died. The co-founder of Apple was 56 years old. Jobs had been battling a rare form of pancreatic cancer for years.
While I was never a fan of Apple there is no doubt that this former Atari engineer has had a very big part to play in the industry we all know and love. RIP
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/123826...obs-dies-at-56
Computers certainly wouldn't be where they are now without him, he influenced a lot of people.
RIP
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Sad news indeed. One of IT's true icons has passed. RIP.
Already posted this in Insert Coin
Fuck the person who gets his inheritance other than his family.
A sad day in the history of Computing, video games, and most importantly, innovation. He changed the lives of many.
RIP
Oh, boy... I'm too old for this shit...
Sad, sad...
I don't like many of his inventions but he was great, for sure.
RIP
Sad day for computers, oh well...
RIP
Sad news.
RIP
2 minute difference.. Perhaps moderators can merge the topics.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crackdown
I saw his rather abrupt retirement about a month ago or so, I guess his medical issues were more serious than even he thought.
Tech wouldn't quite be what it is today without him. Sucks to think that the world will no longer have his ideas for the future.
He's peddling elitist crap that will be obsolete in 2 weeks to the angels now.
The Ipod was the best thing I ever bought. Never ever bought anything else he made though.
Sad to lose someone who's help form the industry.
He faked his death to live in obscurity in the same retirement community as JFK, JFK Jr, Elvis, and MJ. :D
He died way too young, but I couldn't stand the man or the smug asshattery his products inspired.
I doubt:Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkDragon
"Steve also co-founded and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios"
Threads merged.
Pixar was great, until they started farming sequels. They were the Treasure of CGI movies until they sold out.Quote:
Originally Posted by agostinhobaroners
I hate what Pixar became... Well, I simply hate any 3D that isn't my real life.
No, Treasure isn´t nearly as good or influental in gaming as Pixar was in its field in their prime.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
As for Mr Jobs: Sorry to hear it. I am no Apple costumer, but of course I see the great influence the man had. Working for the original Atari first, and then stealing their stuff to build the Apple at home with the Wizard of Woz. :)
You've got to save those kinds of comments until I have more rep to spread around. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by agostinhobaroners
Fuck that. Pixar sucks dick. Pixar is the reason we don't get animated Disney movies anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by sheath
Pixar isn't the reason for that, talentless moneyless humorless studios that tried to create animated movies at the same time are. Well that's the mainstream line. I blame the consumer who decided that whatever their kids were most mesmerized by was the best kind of movie. As a dad of a four year old, I can definitely say he checks out to CGI movies worse than Animated movies, and can barely pay attention to live actors. Money Money Money.
It's ALL about the money. It's facepalm-worthy when people don't realize that.
Also, I've loved almost every one of Pixar's movies, except A Bug's Life and Ratatouille. What's with all the Pixar hate in here? It's true what they say, people hate for the sake of hating.
Thats complete bullshit. I hate CGI movies is what I said. I hate shitty 3d movies. I miss classic Disney animation. I miss things like Aladdin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guntz
Sad day indeed. He helped the industry to consolidate and make computers popular.
RIP Steve Jobs .
Sad, Steve was too young. Fuck cancer. I hope apple will still keep on track without him. I don't care for their products, but I think the competition they brought was good for the industry.
No loss there:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clessy
I have to say, I'm sad he passed. I've been using Apple products my entire adult life. My first computer was an Apple 512. I usually don't care when celebrities die, but I do feel bad about Steve's passing. I'm sure he was the total a-hole everyone said he was to work with, but I enjoyed his products. I'm just elitist that way:)
RIP The MAN, one of a kind genius who truly understood technology and the wishes of consumers, he will live forever.
So young and still so much to give. I knew he was ill, I mean with how much passion he had for the company it had to be serious for him to step down as CEO... but still was shocked and sadden deeply by the news.
This news saddens me to no end. It was obvious after his resignation in August that this moment would be coming sooner rather than later, but it's still shocking and a major downer. It feels like the world has lost one of its last true visionaries, certainly the IT world. It's a shitty way to wake up this morning.
Again, you just love to hate things because you feel good hating things. Pixar over the past decade is to 3D movies as Disney was to 2D animation in the 90s (though personally I find Pixar's movies are better, but that's just me). They have made absolutely excellent movies and have further shown how washed up the Disney Company is these days and has been over the past decade.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clessy
What's an Apple 512? ... Do you mean the Macintosh 512k?Quote:
Originally Posted by sketch
Sad day indeed. Man was an inspiration to me. Never like apple's bullshit marketing much but I can't say I'm unhappy with my macbook.
iSad. :(
It's always sad to see the loss of life, so for that, RIP. Also, how did this derail into bashing Pixar? Srsly?
You're talking out of your ass again Clessy, be careful here. Disney's crappy management and poor planning is the reason there WERE no traditional animated Disney movies for a long time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clessy
John Lasseter (the head of Pixar) is a huge traditional animation buff, and big fan of Miyazaki's work (Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, etc). After Disney bought Pixar, Lasseter was instrumental in bringing traditional animation back. Plus because of John Lasseter and the work he did with Pixar, it's the reason we got another animated film, The Princess and the Frog. In my opinion, Pixar has done more for animation in general, including traditional animation, in the last decades than the original company the popularized it, Disney. I won't go into it much more, but there's a lot of documentation about Disney's poor treatment of animators in the late 90's forward until Lasseter made it a focus again.
As for Mr. Jobs, he did some amazing stuff and revolutionized computing and other fields in a lot of different ways. The world has lost an icon, but hopefully they can learn from him and continue to innovate.
All Im saying is I dearly miss traditional Disney animation and I feel that the wave of popularity caused by Pixar made it much easier for Disney to dismiss its animations. I dont know the history I just know how It felt.