Steve Jobs has passed away

[GommeInc]

I think it is fair, he was after all a huge man in technology and in many respects did change the world. If the c-founder of a company dies they will put a lot up about it - even more so when it is a company as massive as Apple with such an influential co-founder..

But it's literally dragging on. There's no new information and the respects have already been given, I can't help but think it's becoming disrespectful to keep getting people to share their thoughts when there is a limit to how many times you can say R.I.P. Especially when the media is turning to making up news and information to gage more attention. He was influential, yes, but I don't want to be reminded every 5 seconds because I don't need to be. It's becoming a cult culture.

[AgnesIO]

But it's literally dragging on. There's no new information and the respects have already been given, I can't help but think it's becoming disrespectful to keep getting people to share their thoughts when there is a limit to how many times you can say R.I.P. Especially when the media is turning to making up news and information to gage more attention. He was influential, yes, but I don't want to be reminded every 5 seconds because I don't need to be. It's becoming a cult culture.

This thing on the website is the first thing I have seen since the last 'batch' (eg. when he died)

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Also, it was only two weeks ago. We are hardly talking months..

[GommeInc]

This thing on the website is the first thing I have seen since the last 'batch' (eg. when he died)

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Also, it was only two weeks ago. We are hardly talking months..

You don't have the misfortune to be followig Mashable I've literally lost all respect for them. This remembrance feed on Apple seems a bit late if I'm brutally honest, but I guess it's how it is reported rather than the actul feed. It's there as a new little feature to remember Jobs, but as it's something new it will inevitably be leaped upon. I'm expecting the BBC to leech off this feed now to make boring reports. Let Jobs rest, it's the main premise of resting in peace. You wouldn't keep muttering R.I.P. and digging up someone who is meant to be resting in peace in reality, so Christ knows why the online world is doing it. I just find it odd, and a bit rude and disrespectful.

EDIT: Never said it has been months. It doesn't mean it doesn't wear thin. The first week was fine, and then it became silent. Now they're doing what is pretty annoying which is bringing it back up and dragging it out.

[HotelUser]

But it's literally dragging on. There's no new information and the respects have already been given, I can't help but think it's becoming disrespectful to keep getting people to share their thoughts when there is a limit to how many times you can say R.I.P. Especially when the media is turning to making up news and information to gage more attention. He was influential, yes, but I don't want to be reminded every 5 seconds because I don't need to be. It's becoming a cult culture.

Again, I am not surprised you have taken this view (being completely anti-Apple that you are ). I've hardly heard about his death other than on Engadget, and everyone talking about it in real life for a few days of course! I think you might be slightly on the fussy side here!

[GommeInc]

Again, I am not surprised you have taken this view (being completely anti-Apple that you are ). I've hardly heard about his death other than on Engadget, and everyone talking about it in real life for a few days of course! I think you might be slightly on the fussy side here!

How unsurprising, an incredibly rude and ignorant post :/ When did I post anything anti-Apple? :S The BBC, Mashable, ITV keep reporting it, making up "facts" and keep digging him up to post something surprisingly uninteresting. If you took the time to read you would realise it was an attack on the media, but you like to post to create pointless arguments so it's completely unsurprising for you to glaze over a post, take none of it in and assume I must be attacking Apple. Read it again, I assume you have more than 5 brain cells to your name to be able to comprehend what I actually wrote.

I think it's disgusting to keep metaphorically digging someone up to keep reporting on how dead they are and how missed they should be. The BBC/Mashable posted another none-news article a few hours ago, about how he was working until his death. No crap Sherlocks', he stepped down as CEO but was still on the board, of course he would of kept working. It's infuriating how dumb and ignorant the media are, and how yet again a man who should be resting in peace is dug up for one more show.

EDIT: I didn't even mention Apple in that single post you quoted. Dare I say it, you were doing the 5 letter T word?

[scottish]

just saying.

[GommeInc]

just saying.

Oh yeah, I noticed this too. No-one cared about Dennis Richie, which is shocking... Isn't it disputed that iOS is a modified version of Unix, or at least loosely based on it? It's an interesting discussion, people who work for free or allow their products to be widely accessible for as little cost get forgotten while those who do very little i.e. only good at marketing and making lots of money are remembered.

[AgnesIO]

just saying.

That is basically people jealous of his success..

[AgnesIO]

How unsurprising, an incredibly rude and ignorant post :/ When did I post anything anti-Apple? :S The BBC, Mashable, ITV keep reporting it, making up "facts" and keep digging him up to post something surprisingly uninteresting. If you took the time to read you would realise it was an attack on the media, but you like to post to create pointless arguments so it's completely unsurprising for you to glaze over a post, take none of it in and assume I must be attacking Apple. Read it again, I assume you have more than 5 brain cells to your name to be able to comprehend what I actually wrote.

I think it's disgusting to keep metaphorically digging someone up to keep reporting on how dead they are and how missed they should be. The BBC/Mashable posted another none-news article a few hours ago, about how he was working until his death. No crap Sherlocks', he stepped down as CEO but was still on the board, of course he would of kept working. It's infuriating how dumb and ignorant the media are, and how yet again a man who should be resting in peace is dug up for one more show.

EDIT: I didn't even mention Apple in that single post you quoted. Dare I say it, you were doing the 5 letter T word?

The media write about what people want to read..

[GommeInc]

The media write about what people want to read..

This is quite a naive thing to say. The media do not write about what people want to read, they primarily write for the pure benefit of having their articles written and in many cases will over-do it to over-publicate even when the world doesn't care or shouldn't care. Do people really want to believe Jobs created the internet and brought PCs to the masses, all of which are not absolutely true? It's sensationalist rubbish piggy-backing a man who died, it's so disrespectful. If people really want to be fed lies, then natural selection should of got these people sooner rather than later as it's not news, it's pure lies and over-reporting where the original intension of respecting a good marketeer has turned into a media circus created purely by the media and not by what people wanting to read and to learn. If the media went by what people wanted to read, then you'd get good news articles or something based on truths or actual "news". As it stands now, they're writing to benefit themselves by posting benine statements like Jobs working until he died, which anyone with brains would know is incredibly likely as he didn't leave Apple, he stepped down as CEO and remained on the Board of Directors. If the media are writing for the people, then they're writing for an ignorant majority which I hope is not true.

That is basically people jealous of his success..

So a man who created the foundations of modern day technology deserves no respect? It's double standards, a man who actually brought computing to the masses by creating computing language versus a man who is only known as a good marketer and product designer. Also, your comment isn't based on anything, where are the obvious "jealousy" comments in that image? It's quite accurate. One man created the foundations of modern day technology (Dennis Richie) while the other based his empire on those foundations (Jobs). Importantly, one didn't profiteer from it while the other made a lot of money. You could even talk business ethics and suggest Jobs' business empire has cost more lives and poverty than Richie's creation, which hasn't cost the lives of Chinese workers or product obsession. Using the "jealous" route to sum up your argument isn't a good basis for a counter-argument.