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donmck

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Posted: 12:24am 06 Oct 2011

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http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/apple-founder-steve-jobs-de ad/story-e6frf7jo-1226160010773

Members of this group won't need any sort of explanation about who the person was.

RIP Steve.

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BobDevries

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Posted: 12:26am 06 Oct 2011

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Steve Jobs was just 56 years old, younger than some of us here (me included). A sad loss indeed.

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Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

CircuitGizmos

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Posted: 12:56am 06 Oct 2011

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

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Gizmo

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Posted: 01:24am 06 Oct 2011

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That is sad news. Steve Jobs was one of the founders of our modern age, and inspired change, creative thinking and competition in the PC world.

A great loss.

Glenn

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elproducts

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Posted: 03:35am 06 Oct 2011

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Sad sad day.
He was one of my heros.
As I type this on my iMac I will forever be thankful for what he did for the computer industry and all of us.
Xerox PARC creations (GUI, Mouse, Ethernet, Laser Printer, etc) would probably never have been more than an memory if it wasn't for Steve Jobs.
Picasso said Good artist copy, Great artists steal.
Jobs admitted he was a great thief.
Or to put it better we all stand on the shoulders of Giants before us.
Steve Jobs was a Giant.

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planet42
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Posted: 04:04am 06 Oct 2011

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I totally respect Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak for the enormous contributions they've made to computing. Condolences to Steve's family & friends.

If any of you get the chance pick up a copy of "Iwoz: How I Invented the Personal Computer and Had Fun Along the Way" by Steve Wozniak. Talks about the two of them tinkering away in their backshed (that sounds familiar!) building all sorts of gizmo's. They made something that interefered with TV transmissions over short distances. Steve W. used to crack-up with laughter at his college campus when students would be watching TV and he interfered with the reception from a safe distance, so as not to be noticed. The students would try holding the antenna in all sorts of different ways to get a good signal, but just when they thought it was ok, it would go crazy again. Those naughty chaps!

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Posted: 05:02am 06 Oct 2011

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respect

he turned upside down the whole industry, send Apple again on the top and ruined the business of such giants like Nokia, HP

see him in iHeaven

vasi

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Posted: 08:43am 06 Oct 2011

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Let's hope he succeeded in imprinting parts, if not all, of his vision about tomorrow computers to his team. Otherwise, we will really regret him.

Not long ago I saw his "goodbye" movie and I knew he was close to a new trip beginning.

There is a nice logo photo and an interesting movie.Edited by vasi 2011-10-08

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haiqu

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Posted: 07:12pm 06 Oct 2011

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I'd also like to mention that Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, founding member of the band Pentangle, passed on the same day. He was 67.

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Keith @

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Posted: 02:39am 10 Oct 2011

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Win some, lose some! Love it or hate it!

Doesn't take the losers long to start firing ...

http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-products-steve-jobs-wron g.html

At least the Maximite is priced nicely! Maybe someone will put one in a clear cube.

Keith

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rhamer
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Posted: 04:22am 10 Oct 2011

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I wish I got things wrong as often as he did....... Perhaps I'd be writing this from my yacht...

Cheers

Rohan

Rohan Hamer
HAMFIELD Software & Hardware Solutions

Makers of the Maximite Expander.

http://www.hamfield.com.au

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