# Steve Jobs dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 5, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733 "2011-10-05T23:40:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/161 "2011-10-07T08:50:22Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Was this Jobs feller famous? To his accolytes he was. To those of us who value USB ports, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/162 "2011-10-07T11:15:09Z")
You forget yer history, he was the first dude to say ‘Okay, if usb is so darned cool, lets get rid of all the other oddball ports’. And was he famous? In some parts. Me, I’m known to play a wicked set of spoons, but I’ll bet ya never heard of me.\* \*-no, not really. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/163 "2011-10-07T15:14:24Z")
Steve Jobs was the only celebrity I have interacted with without becoming a blithering idiot. I work at an art supply store in Palo Alto. For the second time in a month, he and his family came in. It was a Sunday, and things were slow. Another customer recognized him and started blubbering praise, shaking his hand, etc. Steve was gracious. When it came time for me to ring him up, I gave him a knowing smile and proceeded as usual with the task. I thanked him when we were done, and when he smiled and said “thank you” back, it felt to me like he appreciated the normal treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/164 "2011-10-07T18:13:50Z")
I was just listening to my iPod on shuffle today and [this song](http://www.bbspot.com/News/2009/06/steve-jobs-is-still-alive.html) comes on ☹ Too few people make any difference at all, a lucky few get to change the world. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/165 "2011-10-07T18:19:07Z")
MSNBC write-up [here](http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2011/10/07/8207566-colbert-sends-jobs-one-last-e-mail). First paragraph: > [@](#): > > “Folks, as I’m sure you know, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs passed away (Wednesday) night,” Colbert began. “He was a visionary who changed the way we use computers, listen to music, communicate and stay awake in meetings. But the thing I will miss is that no one else could make me beg quite like him.” ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/166 "2011-10-07T18:30:29Z")
Oh my. I watched that video, and it was incredibly sweet. Just when I get sick of the Jobs hysteria, I see something like that that makes me go “Aww.” Like [this](http://i.imgur.com/0Vv1j.jpg) one. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/167 "2011-10-07T18:47:53Z")
Here is my favorite Steve Jobs tribute: [Here’s to the crazy ones.](http://wimp.com/stevejobs/) ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733/168 "2011-10-07T19:50:03Z")
To be honest I think Steve Jobs was kinda over-hyped and never more so than in the last couple of days. I am sad he is dead though and he undoubtedly made the tech industry more interesting. I am looking forward to reading his soon-to-be-released authorized biography by Walter Isaacson which has to be one of the most best-timed biographies of all-time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-jobs-dies/598733.md?page=8)