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[Neonivek]

Your ignorance of the man's history is showing, badly.

If people even remembered his other work... MAYBE I'd mention it.

However like Issac Newton, the vast majority of his work is going to be forgotten by the public consciousness.

[Vector]

. . .

More appropriate example would be Leibniz, hon.  We haven't forgotten Newton nearly as much as he deserves.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Infinitesimals > Fluxions!

[Vector]

Infinitesimals > Fluxions!

Cauchy did it best, and I'm standing on that.

But seriously, Leibniz is best known for being made fun of by Voltaire.

[KaelGotDwarves]

Saying that this is the best of all possible worlds is just asking for a bunch of cynics to metaphysically cut you a new one.

I do love Candide so...

[G-Flex]

I thought Xerox beat them to that.

Not for the average home user, though, as far as I know. The idea of making computers accessible for people at home via a GUI was pretty new.

[DJ]

In other words it's just a market expansion, not technological advancement.

[Neonivek]

. . .

More appropriate example would be Leibniz, hon.  We haven't forgotten Newton nearly as much as he deserves.

Possibly... But I meant more that like Newton, who did a lot of work in mostly defunct fields, The vast majority of Steve Job's work isn't similarly not going to be remembered.

He is going to be remembered as that Apple guy who gave us the Ipod.

[forsaken1111]

He is going to be remembered as that Apple guy who gave us the Ipod sold us overpriced crap.

[Angel Of Death]

I guess everyone at Apple just lost their Jobs.

*BA DUM TSHHHHH*

[Neonivek]

He is going to be remembered as that Apple guy who gave us the Ipod sold us overpriced crap.

Honestly? I hope so...

His marketing actually made things quite a bit worse >_>

[forsaken1111]

I guess everyone at Apple just lost their Jobs.

*BA DUM TSHHHHH*

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ow...

[micelus]

I guess everyone at Apple just lost their Jobs.

*BA DUM TSHHHHH*

Is it bad that I lol'd?

I'm two days late but, RIP Steve Jobs. I never bought your crap but I liked the style.

[Neonivek]

To put how I feel into words.

I feel like I am watching a popular restaurant that sold bad food burn down. Where all the critics who outcried their dislike of their food suddenly are talking about how great their bread was and how their tap water tasted like water from a fresh spring lake while I still remember how bad both of those were.

[forsaken1111]

To put how I feel into words.

I feel like I am watching a popular restaurant that sold bad food burn down. Where all the critics who outcried their dislike of their food suddenly are talking about how great their bread was and how their tap water tasted like water from a fresh spring lake while I still remember how bad both of those were.

This is why the thread makes me so sad. Suddenly Steve Jobs is a saint and Apple is an amazing company which has never done anything wrong. Have we really forgotten some of the things that have happened?