Steve Jobs Says PC Folks' World Is Slipping Away 1067
theodp writes "Provoked by an iPad ad promising a 'revolution,' Valleywag's Ryan Tate fired off a late-night missive to Steve Jobs. Jobs responded, and the two engaged in an after-midnight e-mail debate over lockdown, Cocoa vs. Flash, battery life, and whether 'freedom from porn' is a bug or a feature. 'The times they are a changin',' quipped Jobs, 'and some traditional PC folks feel like their world is slipping away. It is.' Tate was unswayed by the Apple CEO's reality distortion field, but did come away impressed by Jobs' willingness to spar one-on-one over his beliefs — at two in the morning on a weekend."
Freedom from porn. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:From: "PC Folk" (Score:1, Funny)
*Note* Side effects of the failure may cause "Liver damage"...
-1, Major asshole
Re:Sounds to me... (Score:5, Funny)
"There's an App for that ..."
"Your App has been rejected by the Apple Store. Because we said so!"
Jobs Bot Beta v0.26 (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Steve held his own... (Score:5, Funny)
Steve Jobs still seems like a dick.
Steve: "So what if I come off as dickish? What've *you* done to change the world that gives you license to criticize me?"
Following people are allowed to criticize Jobs: Nobody.
Among people you might think would be allowed to criticize Jobs, here's why they can't:
Bill Gates: Windows is useless. The PC is over.
Linus Torvald: Haha. Exactly what's your market share again?
God: Who is this God? Even if he existed, what has he developed for computers? Nothing? Moving on.
Anyone not computer related: YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS ARE BUNK.
Re:Steve held his own... (Score:2, Funny)
Derek Smart. Need you ask?
Re:haha (Score:4, Funny)
More like succeeding by not having a hand crank on the front of your car. Most people don't miss that.
Signs of insanity... (Score:2, Funny)
LOL. This is like the pope telling scientists that “reality” is slipping away.
My friend Jobs... before you tell others that their reality is slipping away, maybe you should check if you yourself still live in reality. ^^
I’m just saying... no Java or Flash (or in fact any freedom to run what you like) on your devices, “because Steve Jobs said so” instead of what would have actually made sense... that should have been the first sign to bring the nice guys in the white coats with the straitjacket... ;)
Re:Freedom from porn. (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah unwashed hippies like Stallman and compulsive narcissists like Job envision their magical sex free computing utopias (one being software anarchy, the other being software slavery) all they like, but we real humans will prefer the platform with boobs.
Re:From: "PC Folk" (Score:3, Funny)
sqrt(-1), Whoosh
Re:Try this one... (Score:5, Funny)
myself I still make do with a parallel port printer.
Did the nursing home forget to give you your meds again?
Re:Insomnia and stupidity (Score:5, Funny)
Jobs' empire is falling down around him. All hail FOSS, Linux, Android, and no more closed-source.
It is, after all, the 10th anniversary of the year of Linux on the desktop.
Re:From: "PC Folk" (Score:5, Funny)
sqrt(-1), Whoosh
Well played. It's the all new iWhoosh.
"Sent from my iPad" (Score:5, Funny)
Why, did you do something with your iPad that was unauthorized by Apple?
Re:haha (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah!
It's better to have an elite few make the stupid unwashed masses make all the decisions for those below them because it's for the best. So what if the masses don't *like* fire in their beds or shit flavored ice cream. The elite few consisting of me and people I like know that it's for the best.
George Orwell, eat your heart out.
Re:haha (Score:3, Funny)
Grandma doesn't use an iPad. It hurts her hand to hold it and type. Grandma also isn't playing duke nukem on it. Grandmas need multitasking and want to view videos. This device isn't for her. She's always questioning why she can't have it her way. She keeps asking "where's the beef?"
Re:Steve held his own... (Score:3, Funny)
"By the way Pastor Niemoller, how many thousand year Reichs have you built?"
Yeah, I Godwinned it.
Re:The article is just a troller (Score:5, Funny)
I'd say that Steve stayed pretty much on message with what he's been always saying, even without his PR department to filter out his intent.
I never really considered that "I'm a pompous douchebag" was Steve Jobs' message, but when I view it that way, it makes a lot of sense.
I mean, the man makes products that obviously there's a huge market for and good for him, but god damn it's like a one-man circle jerk up in there.
Re:Try this one... (Score:5, Funny)
http://matrisciano.posterous.com/how-to-print-from-an-ipad-6 [posterous.com]
Re:Sounds to me... (Score:1, Funny)
Steve Jobs. Nerd Status : REVOKED! (Score:3, Funny)
Steve Jobs broke the sacred rule. He's taking a stand against porn.
Steve Jobs... You're NERD Status has been REVOKED!
You're now one of them... ew.
Got my Ipad specifically for Pr0n,just dont get it (Score:2, Funny)
Bug Report (Score:5, Funny)
Description:
Transitory phrase for incidental topic is ineffective.
Actual Result:
By the way, what have you done that's so great?
Expected Result:
One more thing... what have you done that's so great?
Re:Sounds to me... (Score:1, Funny)
*looks at GP's username*
*looks at parent's username*
Oy vey!
*fetches the popcorn*
Re:Sounds to me... (Score:3, Funny)
He confirmed it to me by e-mail today at 01:18 EST.
The trick, you see, is to e-mail Mr Jobs at the end of the week sometime between midnight and 02:00.
His personal assistants have long passed out from being driven to exhaustion. He's a little tired himself after a week of turning the crushed egos of virgin flunkies into Magical Devices. He forgets that he is the Willy Wonka Of Technology (TM) and the Greatest Living Proponent Of The Turtleneck (TM) and that I am a worthless middle-aged code monkey with debts, a family, a 12 year old Volvo that I call the Swedish Hooker, and a 15 year old bicycle that I use most of the time because I can't afford to ride the Swedish Hooker.
I ask him questions about various things such as home maintenance, tax deductions, and how to cook for four people on a shoestring budget. He always answers.