Steve Jobs Dies
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Steve Jobs was very much like Hiroshi Yamauchi.
He was a visionary, a leader and a truly formidable opponent who like Mr Yamauchi pretty much singlehandedly made his company what it is today.
And like Mr Yamauchi, Steve Jobs was sometimes a difficult, rude and even brutal individual. Neither forgot that their companies were above all, in the business of making money. But without these traits we would not have had the innovation which lead to the simple, ergonomic and user friendly technology we have today.
Mr Job's legacy will live on in every smartphone, app, laptop, desktop and tablet computer. But today, the world is very much a less exciting, more corporate place.
He was a visionary, a leader and a truly formidable opponent who like Mr Yamauchi pretty much singlehandedly made his company what it is today.
And like Mr Yamauchi, Steve Jobs was sometimes a difficult, rude and even brutal individual. Neither forgot that their companies were above all, in the business of making money. But without these traits we would not have had the innovation which lead to the simple, ergonomic and user friendly technology we have today.
Mr Job's legacy will live on in every smartphone, app, laptop, desktop and tablet computer. But today, the world is very much a less exciting, more corporate place.
" He was the third president of Nintendo, joining the company in 1949 until stepping down on May 31, 2002, to be succeeded by Satoru Iwata. Yamauchi is credited with transforming Nintendo from a small hanafuda card-making company in Japan to today's multi-billion dollar video game company. He also became the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball team in 1992, which is now managed by former Nintendo of America chairman Howard Lincoln."machomuu said:
Thank you - worth reading more than the google page though ;-)Nujui said:
I highly recommend David Sheff's book 'Game Over: How Nintendo Dominated an Industry / Conquered the World' for anyone interested in the history of Nintendo (and Mr Yamauchi).
Apple hasn't really been Steve-powered for a while now. A lot of Apple's recent ideas are coming from other people.Luigi2011SM64 said:
I doubt anything's going to change.
EDIT: And to jump back a few pages, someone said something about Apple not affecting anything but whoever uses their products. That's actually pretty wrong. They've done tons of stuff that revolutionized the computer industry, such as the invention/popularized the idea of having a GUI on a PC, made it more accessible to the public, and much more.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/apple-use...ust-died,26270/
I laughed, then I thought of this thread and I laughed some more.
I laughed, then I thought of this thread and I laughed some more.
I just want to thank whoever made this topic for making me see Steve Jobs face every fucking morning.
Narayan said:
I try to close the tab really fast, but then I question myself: why is the face of Steve Jobs on the mainpage of GBATemp for two days now? And not a small face at that.
Shinji_PG said:
You could also just make a bookmark of the forum section if you are annoyed about the news part on the front page. Also if you don't want to hear about Steve Jobs, you could also just stay away from the internet for a few weeks. I doubt it'll be more quiet during the next few weeks regarding Apple and Steve Jobs.
-Qtis
As you can see by my post count, I don't really participate in the forums that much. I check GBATemp's main page every morning, for every other piece of news (usually game or nintendo related).
And it's one thing to talk about Steve Jobs death, another is to smash a huge photo of his face on the main page.
I am cutting my internet usage, thank you very much. Facebook got too annoying with reposts of the same video where Steve Jobs says he doesn't know what a pancreas is. Most other websites I visit are suffering the same and for that I won't be checking them for a while.
But GBATemp (I thought) is different and that's why I even bothered to even post here. Because instead of having people telling me to just stop using GBATemp altogether, I'd like to understand why a website about Nintendo releases and homebrew scene is smashing Steve Jobs' face on the mainpage. Was he a supporter for homebrew stuff or something? I'm uneducated in that matter.
And it's one thing to talk about Steve Jobs death, another is to smash a huge photo of his face on the main page.
I am cutting my internet usage, thank you very much. Facebook got too annoying with reposts of the same video where Steve Jobs says he doesn't know what a pancreas is. Most other websites I visit are suffering the same and for that I won't be checking them for a while.
But GBATemp (I thought) is different and that's why I even bothered to even post here. Because instead of having people telling me to just stop using GBATemp altogether, I'd like to understand why a website about Nintendo releases and homebrew scene is smashing Steve Jobs' face on the mainpage. Was he a supporter for homebrew stuff or something? I'm uneducated in that matter.
I don't use macbooks simply cause i don't like them, but you cant deny what this guy has done for the world of computers.
RIP Steve Jobs, one of the pioneers of pioneers of electronic tech.
RIP Steve Jobs, one of the pioneers of pioneers of electronic tech.
Allow me to explain.Shinji_PG said:
The front page contains news, and the concept of news is to inform people about what sort of events have recently taken place. There's three main aspects to this which relate to your complaint.
[*]In news stories pictures are often included for various reasons.
- As the saying goes, "a picture's worth a thousand words". While a description of a certain scene or act could take up to a paragraph or more, an image of the subject or scene can tell a greater story in less time.
- If said scene is unbelievable, many people would prefer photographic evidence to pure text.
- A quick glance at an image can get the intended subject or story across to viewers better than text. If somebody's a big fan of dogs and sees this article for example, the included image will tell them that the story most likely revolves around canines, saving time in glancing through all the articles.
[*]The subject of this news is a certain person, so it makes sense that most articles will include a picture of the person.
[*]News is most often posted in chronological order. That way readers see the latest news first.
[*]Since no new major news has been posted in two days, this news item is still at the top of the list.~Best regards, The ShutUpYouWhiner Department
I still didn't get my answer about what is Steve Jobs face doing on GBATemp's mainpage.
So why don't we have a picture of him dead? That would better relate to the news, I think.
EDIT: Btw, here's an interesting piece of news from today.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/07/business...html?hpt=hp_bn1
I suppose it could replace Steve Jobs' news.
Rydian said:
So why don't we have a picture of him dead? That would better relate to the news, I think.
EDIT: Btw, here's an interesting piece of news from today.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/07/business...html?hpt=hp_bn1
I suppose it could replace Steve Jobs' news.
A main focus of this site is hacking/tweaking game systems and handhelds. Apple makes many high-selling handhelds, in fact there's an entire section for their devices here.Shinji_PG said:
As for your suggestion, economics are not a main focus of this site.
Go away, troll.
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