done better regardless of political views, I am very excited to read the book. Does anybody know if it will be on audible? Hard return thanks, hard return Rod excuse the hard returns. If I am practicing with the new dictate or microphone button on the keyboard. LOL ha ha
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > you maybe right. I think we are talking about what you claim the current > president is doing or not doing that can lead the list off into god knows > what. lol. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Chuck Reichel wrote: > >> Hi sandi & Christine, >> >> >> Steve Jobs innovation was do to his being free to do so! >> >> It's not about left Right or center! >> >> Freedom equals innovation but serfdom IE "regulations and unnecessary costs" >> >> equals the suppression of new innovative ideas like Steve Jobs Had! >> >> >> >> Contact me off list if you need any further clarifications! >> >> >> >> Chuck Reichel >> >> In GOD I TRUST >> >> >> >> ' >> On Oct 21, 2011, at 12:44 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: >> >>> hi, i do agree with Christine. >>> and what ever that man was totally awesome. for more than one reason. >>> 1. he made it possible for a blind person too use her or his computer >>> without sighted assistance. >>> 2. he have so far known where the market will run. >>> For not long ago i had a chat with a danish blind friend of mine. >>> We was talking about how he now adored everything mac. >>> So well he asks, Sandi, what is it that makes this os that amazing? I >>> have never had to think that little before i said "BSD" >>> He goes like, but aint that something close too that Linux you was >>> drowning us all in for the last 5 years? >>> Sure thing i said, but ya know what dude? tis is a bout 1 terabyte better. >>> 1. it is stable like a rock >>> 2 you ain't gonna break it. but last but not least. >>> 3. i don't have to come and help you out all the time while i eat >>> pizza, which have always annoyed the H outta me. >>> Don't get me wrong, i will help anyone who wanna start use a mac… >>> but why does it always have too be when i eat pizza that the damn >>> phone starts cheering? >>> I simply can't wait too read his book. >>> He have done so much. Now the huge question is after a bit of time, >>> where will apple go. >>> What will be changed? How will it effect us? >>> have a great day y'all :) >>> >>> /Sandi >>> >>> >>> On 10/21/11, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I think this is leading somewhere that this list should not go. I don't >>>> think this should be a forum for anyone's political beliefs or >>>> name-calling, >>>> whether one is on the right, the left, or dead center. >>>> Christine >>>> On Oct 21, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Chuck Reichel wrote: >>>> >>>>> Steve Jobs was correct! >>>>> >>>>> Without FREEDOM Innovative products like Apple produced would never have >>>>> happened! >>>>> >>>>> Regulations and unnecessary costs AKA stemming from "Obama's" Socialist >>>>> Marxists policies will and are at this very moment smothering innovation! >>>>> >>>>> If companies like Apple and those new start ups, are loaded down with >>>>> unnecessary regulations there is not any incentive to take the risks that >>>>> Steve Jobs took! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve Jobs enjoyed the GODLY freedom "endowed by their Creator with >>>>> certain unalienable Rights, Freedom that is, >>>>> >>>>> " that the USA offers and produced Apple! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Chuck Reichel >>>>> >>>>> In GOD I Trust >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 21, 2011, at 9:39 AM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> A glimpse in to the life of a man who changed the life of so many >>>>>> people. >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/20/steve-jobs-biography-obama_n_1022786.html?1319148475 >>>>>> >>>>>> Steve Jobs Biography Reveals He Told Obama, 'You're Headed For A One-Term >>>>>> Presidency' >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> In one of the most hotly-anticipated biographies of the year, "Steve >>>>>> Jobs," author Walter Isaacson reveals that the Apple CEO offered to >>>>>> design political ads for President Obama's 2012 campaign despite being >>>>>> highly critical of the administration's policies and that Jobs refused >>>>>> potentially life-saving surgery on his pancreatic cancer because he felt >>>>>> it was too invasive. Nine months later, he got the operation but it was >>>>>> too late. >>>>>> >>>>>> Those are just some of the tidbits about Jobs' life revealed in the >>>>>> upcoming biography, a copy of which was obtained by The Huffington Post. >>>>>> The publication date of the official biography of the >>>>>> notoriously-secretive Apple co-founder was pushed up after his death in >>>>>> October. "I wanted my kids to know me," Isaacson quoted Jobs as saying in >>>>>> their final interview. "I wasn't always there for them and I wanted them >>>>>> to know why and to understand what I did." >>>>>> >>>>>> Among other details unearthed in the book on the notoriously-secretive >>>>>> Apple co-founder: >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs' Meeting With Obama >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs, who was known for his prickly, stubborn personality, almost missed >>>>>> meeting President Obama in the fall of 2010 because he insisted that the >>>>>> president personally ask him for a meeting. Though his wife told him that >>>>>> Obama "was really psyched to meet with you," Jobs insisted on the >>>>>> personal invitation, and the standoff lasted for five days. When he >>>>>> finally relented and they met at the Westin San Francisco Airport, Jobs >>>>>> was characteristically blunt. He seemed to have transformed from a >>>>>> liberal into a conservative. >>>>>> >>>>>> "You're headed for a one-term presidency," he told Obama at the start of >>>>>> their meeting, insisting that the administration needed to be more >>>>>> business-friendly. As an example, Jobs described the ease with which >>>>>> companies can build factories in China compared to the United States, >>>>>> where "regulations and unnecessary costs" make it difficult for them. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs also criticized America's education system, saying it was "crippled >>>>>> by union work rules," noted Isaacson. "Until the teachers' unions were >>>>>> broken, there was almost no hope for education reform." Jobs proposed >>>>>> allowing principals to hire and fire teachers based on merit, that >>>>>> schools stay open until 6 p.m. and that they be open 11 months a year. >>>>>> >>>>>> Aiding Obama's Reelection Campaign >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs suggested that Obama meet six or seven other CEOs who could express >>>>>> the needs of innovative businesses -- but when White House aides added >>>>>> more names to the list, Jobs insisted that it was growing too big and >>>>>> that "he had no intention of coming." In preparation for the dinner, Jobs >>>>>> exhibited his notorious attention to detail, telling venture capitalist >>>>>> John Doerr that the menu of shrimp, cod and lentil salad was "far too >>>>>> fancy" and objecting to a chocolate truffle dessert. But he was overruled >>>>>> by the White House, which cited the president's fondness for cream pie. >>>>>> >>>>>> Though Jobs was not that impressed by Obama, later telling Isaacson that >>>>>> his focus on the reasons that things can't get done "infuriates" him, >>>>>> they kept in touch and talked by phone a few more times. Jobs even >>>>>> offered to help create Obama's political ads for the 2012 campaign. "He >>>>>> had made the same offer in 2008, but he'd become annoyed when Obama's >>>>>> strategist David Axelrod wasn't totally deferential," writes Isaacson. >>>>>> Jobs later told the author that he wanted to do for Obama what the >>>>>> legendary "morning in America" ads did for Ronald Reagan. >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill Gates And Steve Jobs >>>>>> >>>>>> Bill Gates was fascinated by Steve Jobs but found him "fundamentally odd" >>>>>> and "weirdly flawed as a human being," and his tendency to be "either in >>>>>> the mode of saying you were shit or trying to seduce you." >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs once declared about Gates, "He'd be a broader guy if he had dropped >>>>>> acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger." >>>>>> >>>>>> After 30 years, Gates would develop a grudging respect for Jobs. "He >>>>>> really never knew much about technology, but he had an amazing instinct >>>>>> for what works," he said. But Jobs never reciprocated by fully >>>>>> appreciating Gates' real strengths. "Bill is basically unimaginative and >>>>>> has never invented anything, which is why I think he's more comfortable >>>>>> now in philanthropy than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other >>>>>> people's ideas." >>>>>> >>>>>> Meeting His Biological Father >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs, who was adopted, was a customer at a Mediterranean restaurant north >>>>>> of San Jose without realizing that it was owned by his biological father >>>>>> -- from whom he was estranged. He eventually met his real Dad -- "It was >>>>>> amazing," he later said of the revelation. "I had been to that restaurant >>>>>> a few times, and I remember meeting the owner. He was Syrian. Balding. We >>>>>> shook hands." >>>>>> >>>>>> Nevertheless Jobs still had no desire to see him. "I was a wealthy man by >>>>>> then, and I didn't trust him not to try to blackmail me or go to the >>>>>> press about it." >>>>>> >>>>>> Anticipating An Early Death >>>>>> >>>>>> Jobs once told John Sculley, who would later become Apple's CEO and fire >>>>>> Jobs, that if he weren't working with computers, he could see himself as >>>>>> a poet in Paris. "Jobs confided in Sculley that he believed he would die >>>>>> young, and therefore he needed to accomplish things quickly so that he >>>>>> would make his mark on Silicon Valley history. "We all have a short >>>>>> period of time on this earth," he told the Sculleys. "We probably only >>>>>> have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do them well. >>>>>> None of us has any idea how long we're gong to be here nor do I, but my >>>>>> feeling is I've got to accomplish a lot of these things while I'm young." >>>>>> >>>>>> * * * * * >>>>>> For his first interview about the book, Isaacson talked to "60 Minutes" >>>>>> for the Sunday, Oct. 23 episode, telling host Steve Kroft that he was >>>>>> shocked about Jobs's decision to initially skip surgery for his >>>>>> pancreatic cancer -- that such a genius could make such a wrong decision >>>>>> about his own health. >>>>>> >>>>>> "I've asked [Jobs why he didn't get an operation then] and he said, 'I >>>>>> didn't want my body to be opened ... I didn't want to be violated in that >>>>>> way,' said Isaacson. >>>>>> >>>>>> "I think that he kind of felt that if you ignore something, if you don't >>>>>> want something to exist, you can have magical thinking. ... We talked >>>>>> about this a lot," he told Kroft. "He wanted to talk about it, how he >>>>>> regretted it. ... I think he felt he should have been operated on >>>>>> sooner." >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> FOLLOW HUFFPOST BOOKS >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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