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Re: Ad astra: another passing.
roger #17963 10/05/11 10:55 PM
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Definitely... RIP.


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Hal Itosis #17964 10/05/11 10:56 PM
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Shocking, even though not exactly unexpected. He remained in the saddle pretty much until the end, adding one more remarkable feat to a remarkable life.


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alternaut #17966 10/05/11 11:29 PM
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I think it was a good thing that he got the chance to "hand over power". That will help people stay confident in the future of Apple. They don't have to deal with an "oh no Steve is dead, what are we going to do?" type reaction from everyone.

That pancreatic cancer is insane, how swiftly it moves. And this just goes to show you, money can't necessarily buy you a long and healthy life. I'm sure he had the best care money could buy.


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Virtual1 #17967 10/05/11 11:32 PM
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From AC360 on Twitter:
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From #SteveJobs family: "In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family." More on @AC360
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Dave #17970 10/06/11 12:27 AM
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CNN just had shots of flowers people left at the Apple Stores.


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Hal Itosis #17978 10/06/11 05:14 AM
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Excellent!

The loss can hardly be put into words; it is unlikely that the void created by Steve's death will be filled any time soon...if ever.

Edit: Paraphrasing Abraham Lincoln, the world has noted and will long remember.

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Hal Itosis #17993 10/06/11 10:48 AM
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The front page at wired.com (no permalink; it's the actual home page) currently features a collection of tributes from various luminaries, including this poignant observation from President Obama:

"...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."



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Re: Ad astra: another passing.
dkmarsh #18008 10/06/11 05:30 PM
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We need to introduce the "like" button here!

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While I think I know what you mean, I prefer the slightly more involved personal effort of a post over the racking up of Like-button clicks. That's what FB etc. is for. smirk


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dkmarsh #18023 10/06/11 08:24 PM
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... including this poignant observation from President Obama

Poignant indeed. I noticed this particular quote in several overseas newspaper obits.


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While I think I know what you mean, I prefer the slightly more involved personal effort of a post over the racking up of Like-button clicks. That's what FB etc. is for. smirk

<Like>

[actually, i kinda agree with Alex]

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Hal Itosis #18028 10/07/11 12:56 AM
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MicroMatTech3 #18504 10/17/11 10:45 PM
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I had the pleasure of meeting him once or twice at the annual Trustee's Meeting of the Maverick Concerts, Woodstock's summer festival of world-class chamber music. While AR speakers were not to my taste (they sounded good to me but not like real music), I admired the engineering that went into them and respected their quality. Back in the 1960s, I was shopping for stereo equipment and I auditioned the AR3 as well as lesser models but I settled on the Altec Lansing 604E, which I still have and enjoy.


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donikatz #18617 10/20/11 05:12 PM
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Former dictator of Libya Muammar Qadhafi (69), died from gunshot wounds while fleeing from his birth place and final stronghold Sirte, Libya.


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Former dictator of Libya Muammar Qadhafi (69), died from gunshot wounds while fleeing from his birth place and final stronghold Sirte, Libya.


I'm amazed he was there, I thought he'd fled to Saudi Arabia or something like that? Owell, he never caledl any elections, but the people have voted anyway.


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alternaut #18627 10/20/11 10:47 PM
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Former dictator of Libya Muammar Qadhafi..........

Oh, so that's how you spell it. And here I thought it was Qadaffy.


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ryck #18628 10/21/11 12:11 AM
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Not to worry (or to rejoice for that matter): Arabic-roman transliterations are notoriously variable because of the fact that several Arabic sounds don't have exact equivalents in English. So, pretty much anything goes, with that 'anything' running into millions of Google hits. And whatever we might decide to settle on, it would be different yet for languages other than English...

I suppose the official version would be the way the person(s) in question would spell it, which I'm told was something like Gathafi, as in Muammar's (passport version: Moammar!) eldest son Mohammed Gathafi's passport. But apparently different versions of the family name have been reported for other members of you-know-who.

That said, and given the fact that the newsworthiness of the name is now bound to fall on harder times, I' suspect we'll have to transition to another multiply-spellable name.

Any suggestions? laugh


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alternaut #18636 10/21/11 01:54 PM
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Any suggestions? laugh

Yes, but it's a suggestion to myself to leave the punny stuff to Jon wink (my attempts just come out sounding daffy), although I do appreciate learning something new about languages.

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ryck #18685 10/25/11 05:57 AM
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jchuzi #18986 11/08/11 11:32 AM
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He once came into "The Riv" when I was tending bar, and I was shocked by how short (5' 11 1/2") he was; his stockiness was quite amazing, though, and I think it made him appear to be even shorter than he actually was.

I'll never forget Melissa, his waitress, asking me "He wants Tanqueray and Courvoisier; which glass should I use?"

In the same glass??? I poured it into a highball...it was as two-fisted a drink as I've ever heard of and would have been insulted to have found itself in a brandy snifter.


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