FCP Bob 1,320 Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Confirmed or a CBS mistake?confirmedhttp://www.apple.com/ Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,755 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 He was a good lookin' dude....Drudge has up a young pic...ALSO:http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-foru...t&p=3453094 Link to post Share on other sites
digitalmonkey 929 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I love my Mac. Thanks, Steve. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,755 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I have to use a Mac for my photojournalism gig, and they are really awful. I really don't understand the love for them. Everything is harder to do than on a PC. You can't even just right click to delete something or create a new folder, at least not with the Mac's we use. I admit that there could be an upgraded OS out there somewhere that I don't use. NOT impressed. Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 I have to use a Mac for my photojournalism gig, and they are really awful. I really don't understand the love for them. Everything is harder to do than on a PC. You can't even just right click to delete something or create a new folder. At least not with the Mac's we use. I admit that there could be an upgraded OS out there somewhere that I don't use. NOT impressed.I used a PC all my life until about 3 years ago when I got a mac for work. I was never really more on one side or the other, but I used to be bothered by "mac fanatics" who thought their computers could do no wrong and who thought PC's were for idiots. Having used my mac for a while, I really, really LOVE it, and wouldn't ever want to go back. To be fair, it would pretty much be impossible to go back because most of the things I do with my mac depend on the fact that it has a Unix-based operating system (unlike Windows). And, for what it's worth, I can right-click and create a folder. You just have to change a setting (assign bottom-right of track-pad as "right-click"). Though I usually create folders through the command line. Link to post Share on other sites
SAM_Hard8 50 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 All Mac's are PC'sMac's are great and Windows machines are great. Depends on what you are used to and how you like to do things.Back to the topic.Has there been a tech company CEO who meant more to his company than Jobs? He was an innovator and a true leader. Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 NO, THERE HASN'T. Link to post Share on other sites
SAM_Hard8 50 Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Last American Who Knew What The **** He Was Doing DiesGod damn filters! The OnionCUPERTINO, CA—Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Computers and the only American in the country who had any clue what the fuck he was doing, died Wednesday at the age of 56. "We haven't just lost a great innovator, leader, and businessman, we've literally lost the only person in this country who actually had his shit together and knew what the hell was going on," a statement from President Barack Obama read in part, adding that Jobs will be remembered both for the life-changing products he created and for the fact that he was able to sit down, think clearly, and execute his ideas—attributes he shared with no other U.S. citizen. "This is a dark time for our country, because the reality is none of the 300 million or so Americans who remain can actually get anything done or make things happen. Those days are over." Obama added that if anyone could fill the void left by Jobs it would probably be himself, but said that at this point he honestly doesn’t have the slightest notion what he’s doing anymore Link to post Share on other sites
SAM_Hard8 50 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 CHARLES NAPIER R.I.P. (1936 - 2011)Charles Napier, Hollywood actor known for playing authority-types, dies at 75 Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 CHARLES NAPIER R.I.P. (1936 - 2011)Charles Napier, Hollywood actor known for playing authority-types, dies at 75 One of those "that guy" character actors. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 7, 2011 Share Posted October 7, 2011 I went Mac 3 months ago and I don't miss IBM clones at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Voldemort 0 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 RIP Al Davis.Just win baby. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,755 Posted October 8, 2011 Share Posted October 8, 2011 HAHAHHA... just as they were putting together a good team. I enjoy God's sense of humor immensely. Link to post Share on other sites
timwakefield 68 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 CHARLES NAPIER R.I.P. (1936 - 2011)The leader of the space-hippies from Star Trek The Original Series (as seen in the whole 2nd half of that youtube vid)! I've been watching the original series recently, which I hadn't seen much of before, and of course it's great. And of course he's great as the ridiculous space-hippie. Seen him in about a hundred other things too, but that's where I've seen him most recently. Link to post Share on other sites
GeneralGeeWhiz 0 Posted October 10, 2011 Share Posted October 10, 2011 this happened 2 miles from my house... and happened on the same day and same town as steve jobs died so no one heard of it.3 Shot dead by disgruntled fired worker, Cupertino CA Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 3 Shot dead by disgruntled fired worker, Cupertino CASome managers are way too cavalier with how they go about firing employees. They're saying that he was fired because he knocked down a power line with a dump truck... Maybe he has an established record of carelessness- in which case his termination was fair- but maybe he doesn't and they were just looking for any chickenshit reason to get rid of him.Taking away a mans employment is one of the most traumatic things you can do to that man. A lot of managers don't understand that. They exist in a privileged bubble and toy with the stability of their employees lives like its some sick game. Whenever I hear of a workplace shooting, you always feel bad and there's really no justification for taking things that far, but I can totally, totally understand the sorts of circumstances employees encounter during the termination process that causes them to totally snap and just say 'fuck it...'.A guy I once knew always told a story about having to fire an employee who made a pretty significant error. They worked at a printing company and this guy screwed up a huge industrial order had to be scrapped, at pretty significant expense to the company (tens of thousands). Everyone actually really liked the guy (he had been there for 12 years), but the snafu was so colossal and expensive, the senior managers at the corporate office demanded someones head and they had no choice but to let him go. He then went out into the parking lot and shot himself. Contrast that with a shitty manager who berates and humiliates an employee, or who terminates them for some BS reason having more to do with their personal feelings rather than job performance- that's the difference between the guy getting distraught and killing himself, versus getting disgruntled and coming back to kill you. Link to post Share on other sites
digitalmonkey 929 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Some managers are way too cavalier with how they go about firing employees. They're saying that he was fired because he knocked down a power line with a dump truck... Maybe he has an established record of carelessness- in which case his termination was fair- but maybe he doesn't and they were just looking for any chickenshit reason to get rid of him.Taking away a mans employment is one of the most traumatic things you can do to that man. A lot of managers don't understand that. They exist in a privileged bubble and toy with the stability of their employees lives like its some sick game. Whenever I hear of a workplace shooting, you always feel bad and there's really no justification for taking things that far, but I can totally, totally understand the sorts of circumstances employees encounter during the termination process that causes them to totally snap and just say 'fuck it...'.A guy I once knew always told a story about having to fire an employee who made a pretty significant error. They worked at a printing company and this guy screwed up a huge industrial order had to be scrapped, at pretty significant expense to the company (tens of thousands). Everyone actually really liked the guy (he had been there for 12 years), but the snafu was so colossal and expensive, the senior managers at the corporate office demanded someones head and they had no choice but to let him go. He then went out into the parking lot and shot himself. Contrast that with a shitty manager who berates and humiliates an employee, or who terminates them for some BS reason having more to do with their personal feelings rather than job performance- that's the difference between the guy getting distraught and killing himself, versus getting disgruntled and coming back to kill you.I concur! Link to post Share on other sites
vbnautilus 48 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Yes, managers must take great care to make sure than any violence by a fired employee will be directed at himself. Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I think that there has to be some serious underlying mental disease for someone to react that way (suicide or shooting spree) to being terminated. So yeah, it's traumatic and can be horrible if done poorly, but it's hard to blame employers for all of those instances in which a person near the edge snapped due to a regular part of having a job. Though I'm sure there are extreme instances of employers driving someone insane. Link to post Share on other sites
Mercury69 3 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Charles Napier was also in The Blues Brothers. He was the leader of the Good Ol' Boys that was supposed to play at Bob's Country Bunker. I think he also played Fred Ward's partner in Miami Blues (early Alec Baldwin movie that is quite good) Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,755 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 I think that there has to be some serious underlying mental disease for someone to react that way (suicide or shooting spree) to being terminated. So yeah, it's traumatic and can be horrible if done poorly, but it's hard to blame employers for all of those instances in which a person near the edge snapped due to a regular part of having a job. Though I'm sure there are extreme instances of employers driving someone insane.Really? I totally disagree.I do agree that people are responsible for their own actions and murder can never be "blamed on the employer". However, depression and hopelessness can make you totally irrational, and many effects could be dampened and mitigated by dealing with employees gently, as Scram suggested. Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 Really? I totally disagree.I do agree that people are responsible for their own actions and murder can never be "blamed on the employer". However, depression and hopelessness can make you totally irrational, and many effects could be dampened and mitigated by dealing with employees gently, as Scram suggested.I think that it's extraordinarily rare for a "normal", well-adjusted person to commit suicide or go on a shooting spree due to being fired from a job. That's all I'm saying, and I'm not sure it discounts anything scram said, it's just an addition that should be considered. Link to post Share on other sites
speedz99 145 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 This one in particular is interesting. I mean, really, read the article. Sounds to me like a guy prone to temper tantrums who did a very good job suppressing that part of him until the stress over his job got to be too much. That's a guess, of course, but he certainly wasn't a saint, even if he did do some "community work". You could say he "snapped", but it sounds to me like it was premeditated to a certain degree. Link to post Share on other sites
LongLiveYorke 38 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Dennis Richie, the guy who invented "C".http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4378 Link to post Share on other sites
iZuma 764 Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 the guy who invented "C"I'm pretty sure that's not true Link to post Share on other sites
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