No, however Bill Gates at least has some charity in him. Jobs was a selfish miser who did his best to shut out his friends, charities and even the mother of his own daughter. No doubt he was a genius, and possibly the most influential visionary in the last 100 years. But as a person, he was dispicable, IMHO. What amazes me is that he managed to live long enough to die at the hands of a disease.
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No, however Bill Gates at least has some charity in him. Jobs was a selfish miser who did his best to shut out his friends, charities and even the mother of his own daughter. No doubt he was a genius, and possibly the most influential visionary in the last 100 years. But as a person, he was dispicable, IMHO. What amazes me is that he managed to live long enough to die at the hands of a disease.
Prepare to follow this thread as it moves to the arena very soon.
No, however Bill Gates at least has some charity in him. Jobs was a selfish miser who did his best to shut out his friends, charities and even the mother of his own daughter. No doubt he was a genius, and possibly the most influential visionary in the last 100 years. But as a person, he was dispicable, IMHO. What amazes me is that he managed to live long enough to die at the hands of a disease.
Prepare to follow this thread as it moves to the arena very soon.
Hopefully not to toss to much fuel on the Arena move... but Mr. Gates didn't move into the Nice column until recently. He as well tried to shut out and cut off some of the people that helped start the MSFT empire. He was pretty cold and ruthless before he left the company.I guess the whole "daughter thing" stuck in my craw. Here's a guy with plenty of resources to help his child have basic comforts and security, but just to spite his ex-girlfriend, he denied the little girl for years, and fought providing ANY support for her. I think if he had spent the remainder of his life and fortune helping the poor and needy, I'll never be able to forgive him for that one situation alone. Doesn't matter, he got his in the end.
Funny thing but if one is relentless in the pursuit of a disease's cure or a criminal's capture / prosecution then that individual (or group) is praised for having such a great behavioral trait. If an anarchist is relentless in the pursuit of the destruction of order, or the neighborhood 'crazy' cat lady has 47 cats, that individual is criticized for the overzealous pursuit of a single item and obsessive behavior. But really, isn't it the same thing?
Brian
For Brian, his goal is for us to like him based on the number of posts he has under his name.
Nah, if I wanted to do that, I would post things like '+ 1' and similar. Besides, I don't think posts in the Open forum or Arena count in the post score. And I do not even read the arena, let alone post there.
The guy who really wants to post a lot is Kirby! That little guy has an opinion on everything, often more than one opinion on the same subject and sometimes even conflicting opinions on the same subject. It is unbelievable. I have to restrict his computer access (both PC and Mac) or he would overrun the place.
Besides all of that, I know that a high post count does not mean that any of the posts themselves are useful. The Internet gives everyone a voice but I am still not convinced that that ever was a good idea. Sort of the way penicillin would seem to be a great idea until it cures pneumonia in someone like Joseph Stalin....
Brian
Nah, if I wanted to do that, I would post things like '+ 1' and similar. Besides, I don't think posts in the Open forum or Arena count in the post score. And I do not even read the arena, let alone post there.
The guy who really wants to post a lot is Kirby! That little guy has an opinion on everything, often more than one opinion on the same subject and sometimes even conflicting opinions on the same subject. It is unbelievable. I have to restrict his computer access (both PC and Mac) or he would overrun the place.
Besides all of that, I know that a high post count does not mean that any of the posts themselves are useful. The Internet gives everyone a voice but I am still not convinced that that ever was a good idea. Sort of the way penicillin would seem to be a great idea until it cures pneumonia in someone like Joseph Stalin....
Brian
I guess the whole "daughter thing" stuck in my craw. Here's a guy with plenty of resources to help his child have basic comforts and security, but just to spite his ex-girlfriend, he denied the little girl for years, and fought providing ANY support for her. I think if he had spent the remainder of his life and fortune helping the poor and needy, I'll never be able to forgive him for that one situation alone. Doesn't matter, he got his in the end.
I agree that the Mac is a better platform, and most Apple products lead where others try to follow. Until my employer starts using them, I'm stuck with the MS Windows platform.
Steve,
Okay...
so I've been reading the whole thread...
starting with the title...
and I want to know...
When are you going to put the car tire on your new Mac???
It's killing me!!!
Steve,
Okay...
so I've been reading the whole thread...
starting with the title...
and I want to know...
When are you going to put the car tire on your new Mac???
It's killing me!!!
Hopefully not to toss to much fuel on the Arena move... but Mr. Gates didn't move into the Nice column until recently. He as well tried to shut out and cut off some of the people that helped start the MSFT empire. He was pretty cold and ruthless before he left the company.
Define "recently"? His charities have been around for more than a decade. And the amount of $$$ we're talking about is significant.