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Alias
Oct 5, 2011, 8:05:54 PM10/5/11
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Rumpelstiltskin
Oct 6, 2011, 12:10:09 AM10/6/11
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:05:54 +0200, Alias
<a...@maskedandanonymous.com.invalida> wrote:
>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_Jobs_dies_at_56
That's the end of an era. I was pretty emotional when I
heard about it, though I've never used an Apple.
<a...@maskedandanonymous.com.invalida> wrote:
>http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_Jobs_dies_at_56
That's the end of an era. I was pretty emotional when I
heard about it, though I've never used an Apple.
Earl Evleth
Oct 6, 2011, 2:48:51 AM10/6/11
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On 6/10/11 6:10, in article rdaq871la4u7k9ffm...@4ax.com,
others in the past.
I figured that the sofeware would
be easier for my wife to use.
Traditionally scientists had favored Apples for graphic, I don't
know what it true now. The negative aspect for me was that I
was use to using work stations and unix and systmes have Fortran
compilers. Home computers simply do not compute using their
standard configuration, they manage various softwares and have
little value in scientific computing. The other weakness is
their lack of information on how to use. People learn to use
them mostly by hit and miss fooling around.
"Rumpelstiltskin" <PleaseDoNot...@nowhere.net> wrote:
>
> That's the end of an era. I was pretty emotional when I
> heard about it, though I've never used an Apple.
We have always used one, we have three of them now, and two
>
> That's the end of an era. I was pretty emotional when I
> heard about it, though I've never used an Apple.
others in the past.
I figured that the sofeware would
be easier for my wife to use.
Traditionally scientists had favored Apples for graphic, I don't
know what it true now. The negative aspect for me was that I
was use to using work stations and unix and systmes have Fortran
compilers. Home computers simply do not compute using their
standard configuration, they manage various softwares and have
little value in scientific computing. The other weakness is
their lack of information on how to use. People learn to use
them mostly by hit and miss fooling around.
El Castor
Oct 6, 2011, 5:00:42 AM10/6/11
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:48:51 +0200, Earl Evleth <evl...@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
I can recall advising my father to dump his Apple stock. It had no
future. The company did almost fold, and then in a last ditch effort
Apple brought back it's founder. Jobs saved the day and in the process
had a profound impact on the industry, and in a very real sense, world
culture. The iPod got the world listening to digital music. The iPhone
started the whole smart phone craze, and the iPad was the first
successful tablet computer -- and still is by far the best. The story
goes that Jobs and Wozniak dreamed of building a tablet PC -- which
they regarded as the pinnacle of personal computing. After Jobs
returned to Apple, some engineers showed him their ideas for a tablet.
He didn't think the technology was quite there, but told them it would
make a Hell of a phone. (-8
wrote:
future. The company did almost fold, and then in a last ditch effort
Apple brought back it's founder. Jobs saved the day and in the process
had a profound impact on the industry, and in a very real sense, world
culture. The iPod got the world listening to digital music. The iPhone
started the whole smart phone craze, and the iPad was the first
successful tablet computer -- and still is by far the best. The story
goes that Jobs and Wozniak dreamed of building a tablet PC -- which
they regarded as the pinnacle of personal computing. After Jobs
returned to Apple, some engineers showed him their ideas for a tablet.
He didn't think the technology was quite there, but told them it would
make a Hell of a phone. (-8
Alias
Oct 6, 2011, 6:13:22 AM10/6/11
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used Windows and now Linux since then.
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Alias
Alias
Oct 6, 2011, 6:14:03 AM10/6/11
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On 10/06/2011 11:00 AM, El Castor wrote:
> The iPod got the world listening to digital music.
On the go, maybe, but Napster was probably more of a pioneer in digital
> The iPod got the world listening to digital music.
music.
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Alias
Jim_Higgins
Oct 6, 2011, 7:31:34 AM10/6/11
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Jobs. I truly respected that man.
Earl Evleth
Oct 6, 2011, 8:25:33 AM10/6/11
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On 6/10/11 11:00, in article k9qq87tvt0qeiueb4...@4ax.com, "El
"In 1932 I had $4000 in IBM stock and now (1963) it is worth
$1,000,000".
Then he said, "But I sold it in 1935".
He was, in fact a successful investor, and got out of the market
before it crashed in 29. He said that the stocks had all gone
way above their book value, which was a criteria used in investment
circles years ago. So he sold everything. He had actually retired in
the 1920s to handle his investment when he was under 50. I only knew
him as a old man.
I worked for IBM in the 1960s and at that time IBM would sell
you its stock up to 10% of your salary but at a 20% discount.
I never kept the stock but sold it later, took my money and
ran to France!
Castor" <ElPolo...@nowhere.net> wrote:
> I can recall advising my father to dump his Apple stock. It had no
> future.
My wife's grandfather told a story on himself when he said
> I can recall advising my father to dump his Apple stock. It had no
> future.
"In 1932 I had $4000 in IBM stock and now (1963) it is worth
$1,000,000".
Then he said, "But I sold it in 1935".
He was, in fact a successful investor, and got out of the market
before it crashed in 29. He said that the stocks had all gone
way above their book value, which was a criteria used in investment
circles years ago. So he sold everything. He had actually retired in
the 1920s to handle his investment when he was under 50. I only knew
him as a old man.
I worked for IBM in the 1960s and at that time IBM would sell
you its stock up to 10% of your salary but at a 20% discount.
I never kept the stock but sold it later, took my money and
ran to France!
mg
Oct 6, 2011, 11:24:02 AM10/6/11
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On Oct 5, 6:05 pm, Alias <a...@maskedandanonymous.com.invalida> wrote:
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_J...
>
> --
> Alias
Jobs was a great American and a great entrepreneur. We need more
businessmen like him and a lot less fast-buck artists like the ones in
the banking industry, for instance.
> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_J...
>
> --
> Alias
Jobs was a great American and a great entrepreneur. We need more
businessmen like him and a lot less fast-buck artists like the ones in
the banking industry, for instance.
Jerry Okamura
Oct 6, 2011, 1:04:13 PM10/6/11
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Will there ever be another person like Steve Jobs in the future?
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El Castor
Oct 6, 2011, 1:07:19 PM10/6/11
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:25:33 +0200, Earl Evleth <evl...@wanadoo.fr>
wrote:
A friend cursed the day when she failed to buy Bank of America when it
was $5. So here it is (or was), back at $5. No way on Earth she would
buy it. Human nature.
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was $5. So here it is (or was), back at $5. No way on Earth she would
buy it. Human nature.
Lawrence T. Akutagawa
Oct 6, 2011, 3:10:30 PM10/6/11
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"Jerry Okamura" wrote in message news:icljq.1706$ZQ7...@newsfe09.iad...
Will there ever be another person like Steve Jobs in the future?
"Alias" wrote in message news:4e8cf0eb$1...@news.x-privat.org...
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_Jobs_dies_at_56
Isn't a person's DNA unique such that the odds are astronomically small that
there will "ever be another person like Steve Jobs in the future?"
Evelyn
Oct 6, 2011, 3:28:02 PM10/6/11
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On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:02 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgke...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Steve Jobs was also a Buddhist, by the way.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/tech/innovation/steve-jobs-philosophy/index.html
Evelyn
wrote:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/05/tech/innovation/steve-jobs-philosophy/index.html
Evelyn
Thumper
Oct 6, 2011, 4:00:50 PM10/6/11
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China to make those products?
Thumper
Thumper
Oct 6, 2011, 4:02:12 PM10/6/11
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Thumper
mg
Oct 6, 2011, 8:09:39 PM10/6/11
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:28:02 -0400, Evelyn <evely...@gmail.com>
wrote:
That's interesting. I'll bet the Christian, talking heads on TV won't
spend very much time accentuating that fact. :-)
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spend very much time accentuating that fact. :-)
mg
Oct 6, 2011, 8:19:12 PM10/6/11
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On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:02:12 -0400, Thumper <jayl...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Nobody is perfect, I guess, but I believe the majority of Apple's
46,000 employees are in the U.S.
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46,000 employees are in the U.S.
Thumper
Oct 7, 2011, 7:00:41 AM10/7/11
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Thumper
mg
Oct 7, 2011, 9:56:48 AM10/7/11
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On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:00:41 -0400, Thumper <jayl...@comcast.net>
wrote:
>On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:19:12 -0600, mg <mgke...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:02:12 -0400, Thumper <jayl...@comcast.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:02 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgke...@yahoo.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Oct 5, 6:05 pm, Alias <a...@maskedandanonymous.com.invalida> wrote:
>>>>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_J...
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>>Jobs was a great American and a great entrepreneur. We need more
>>>>businessmen like him and a lot less fast-buck artists like the ones in
>>>>the banking industry, for instance.
>>>
>>>He uses sweat shops to produce Apple goods.
>>>Thumper
>>
>>Nobody is perfect, I guess, but I believe the majority of Apple's
>>46,000 employees are in the U.S.
>
>That's only because he uses non employees to make the goods.
>Thumper
I suppose that's true.
>On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:19:12 -0600, mg <mgke...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:02:12 -0400, Thumper <jayl...@comcast.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 6 Oct 2011 08:24:02 -0700 (PDT), mg <mgke...@yahoo.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Oct 5, 6:05 pm, Alias <a...@maskedandanonymous.com.invalida> wrote:
>>>>> http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220576/Apple_Chairman_Steve_J...
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alias
>>>>
>>>>Jobs was a great American and a great entrepreneur. We need more
>>>>businessmen like him and a lot less fast-buck artists like the ones in
>>>>the banking industry, for instance.
>>>
>>>He uses sweat shops to produce Apple goods.
>>>Thumper
>>
>>Nobody is perfect, I guess, but I believe the majority of Apple's
>>46,000 employees are in the U.S.
>
>That's only because he uses non employees to make the goods.
>Thumper
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