"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." —President Obama tonight on the passing of Steve Jobs
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I think the Onion nailed it: "We haven't just lost a great innovator, leader, and businessman, we've literally lost the only person in this country who actually had his shit together and knew what the hell was going on," a statement from President Barack Obama read in part, adding that Jobs will be remembered both for the life-changing products he created and for the fact that he was able to sit down, think clearly, and execute his ideas—attributes he shared with no other U.S. citizen. "This is a dark time for our country, because the reality is none of the 300 million or so Americans who remain can actually get anything done or make things happen. Those days are over."
And the good folks at Westboro Baptist Church took the opportunity to send out a Tweet saying that Jobs is going to hell. The tweet was made by church leader Margie Phelps from her iPhone: Thursday morning, Phelps responded to widespread criticism of her using the iPhone to Tweet the messages, saying that the phone was created by God–not Jobs–for that purpose.
“Rebels mad cuz I used iPhone to tell you Steve Jobs is in hell. God created iPhone for that purpose!" she wrote.
RIdiculous.
Silly, but the flip side is that Jobs is a good argument for the left, or ye olde counter culture, or whatever it may be these days. He's on the record as to the importance of psychedelics in his development. This is mentioned in passing in some notices, but it's basically a non-issue at this point; I can't think of a recent public figure whose death occasioned such worshipful (and apparently heartfelt) obits across the board, so he's a good place to focus attention (Occupy Wall St take note.)
Steve Jobs founded NeXT. NeXT computers were being used by CERN when that guy invented the internet. NeXT computers were used to write the DOS version of the Doom engine. The Doom engine was the engine used for the first FPS game Doom. Doom was created by Id. That game used the Standard Galactic Alphabet which was created for the Commander Keen series, another game made by Id. The Standard Galactic Alphabet is now being used for Enchantments in the Minecraft 1.9 update.
(dictated by my kid to explain to me the link between Steve Jobs and Minecraft)
i poop my pants like the minute i get here hole place runnin on windows like really old cobwebby windows but otherwise its all about adjustin to the light well the lack of light that is imma jus take one sip i tell judas when he hands me my first shot but no no no he says drain it bitch so of course i do and right off im thinkin really this is no worse than disney parties whoa like no way gotta go therz alan turing with a pickax like its frikin minecraft but for real
Ooooo ooooo Is the Messenger of Your Doom and Your Destruction
Yes, He Is the One Who Will Set You Up As Nothing
And He Is One Who Will Look At You Sideways
His Particular Skill Is Leaving Bombs in People's Driveways.
Ooooo ooooo Has a Memory That's As Cold As An Iceberg
The Only Time He Speaks Is in Incomprehensible Proverbs
Ooooo ooooo Is the Siren, He's the Air-raid, He's the Crater
He's On the Menu, On the Table, He's the Knife and He's the Waiter
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- linda 10-06-2011 3:12 am
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- dave 10-06-2011 4:36 am [add a comment]
I think the Onion nailed it:
- jim 10-06-2011 9:35 pm [add a comment]
so funny!
- ruth 10-11-2011 2:41 am [add a comment]
And the good folks at Westboro Baptist Church took the opportunity to send out a Tweet saying that Jobs is going to hell. The tweet was made by church leader Margie Phelps from her iPhone:
- jim 10-06-2011 9:41 pm [add a comment]
RIdiculous.
- b. 10-06-2011 9:52 pm [add a comment]
Silly, but the flip side is that Jobs is a good argument for the left, or ye olde counter culture, or whatever it may be these days. He's on the record as to the importance of psychedelics in his development. This is mentioned in passing in some notices, but it's basically a non-issue at this point; I can't think of a recent public figure whose death occasioned such worshipful (and apparently heartfelt) obits across the board, so he's a good place to focus attention (Occupy Wall St take note.)
- alex 10-07-2011 1:43 am [add a comment]
Steve Jobs founded NeXT. NeXT computers were being used by CERN when that guy invented the internet. NeXT computers were used to write the DOS version of the Doom engine. The Doom engine was the engine used for the first FPS game Doom. Doom was created by Id. That game used the Standard Galactic Alphabet which was created for the Commander Keen series, another game made by Id. The Standard Galactic Alphabet is now being used for Enchantments in the Minecraft 1.9 update.
(dictated by my kid to explain to me the link between Steve Jobs and Minecraft)
- anonymous (guest) 10-26-2011 11:44 pm [add a comment] [edit]
i poop my pants like the minute i get here hole place runnin on windows like really old cobwebby windows but otherwise its all about adjustin to the light well the lack of light that is imma jus take one sip i tell judas when he hands me my first shot but no no no he says drain it bitch so of course i do and right off im thinkin really this is no worse than disney parties whoa like no way gotta go therz alan turing with a pickax like its frikin minecraft but for real
- steve jobs in hell (guest) 10-13-2011 1:25 am [add a comment]
Ooooo ooooo Is the Messenger of Your Doom and Your Destruction Yes, He Is the One Who Will Set You Up As Nothing And He Is One Who Will Look At You Sideways His Particular Skill Is Leaving Bombs in People's Driveways.
Ooooo ooooo Has a Memory That's As Cold As An Iceberg The Only Time He Speaks Is in Incomprehensible Proverbs Ooooo ooooo Is the Siren, He's the Air-raid, He's the Crater He's On the Menu, On the Table, He's the Knife and He's the Waiter
- bill 10-13-2011 3:03 am [add a comment]