Cortese's Corner - The Off-Topic Chat Thread

Sintra is a must for anyone who goes to Lisbon.

 

Even the journey on the train up that way from Lisbon is a real joy.

 

So... this is the Steve Jobs memorial statue. Bloody awful.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-tech-founders-fans-dub-stuff-nightmares.html

 

Steve Jobs: bloody awful.

Fitting.

 

Really? What makes you say that? He may well be, but never thought of him as such.

 

It's not Steve Jobs fault that there are so many " latest must have " merchants out there !

I know what you mean , but the APPLE service suits a lot of people . If that's for ease of use , or fashion statement , who knows . Who cares if you are an APPLE accountant ..............

 

Amsterdam is great, my cousin lives there. So I have been there a few times.

 

Well...you've got me started now.

In 1997 an "anonymous party" sold 1.5 million shares of Apple stock, causing the company to make its biggest losses in twelve years. Steve Jobs convinced the directors to oust the then CEO, Gil Amelio, in a boardroom coup, and Jobs then took his place. It later became clear that Jobs was the anonymous party who had caused the slump.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Amelio#Apple_Computer

He ****ed over his friends for personal gain on more than one occasion:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakout_(video_game)#History_and_development

That is exactly what he specialised in. He didn't invent anything and he wasn't an innovator. He just marketed the **** out of something and made it a fashion accessory. Oh, and he also had the nerve to publicly pick on Bill Gates, claiming that he has never invented anything. Rather laughable. Then you've got the fact that he always had to be sure he was the face of the company and everyone knew who he was, despite the fact that the vast majority of great work that put the company in this position was done without him at the helm. How many CEOs of tech companies feel the need to do that? Gigantic ego.

Here is some more dirt:

http://gawker.com/5847344/what-everyone-is-too-polite-to-say-about-steve-jobs

Also he wore turtlenecks. You know what guys who wear turtlenecks are like.

 

...the world's best secret agents?

 

Only if it's a tactleneck.

 

Bought this laptop.

http://www.very.co.uk/lenovo-y510p-...phics--metal/1346265441.prd?_requestid=500900

Has 4gb graphics card instead of 2gb.

 

Ooh, return of the beef dripping picture!

 

Going retro!

 

TSS will be very happy - though speaking of him, where's he been lately?

 

Stain to thread please. Stain to thread.....

 

Getting a stain on your threads is never cool, LTL.

 

I turned down the opportunity to live in New York and go to Columbia University when I was just turned 19..... Yes, I was a fool. I went there for 10 days to suss it out and could have had a soccer scholarship coupled with French and Business degree!

Doh

 

Hindsight is a wonderful thing, but what were you thinking? I hope your alternative also worked out for you.

 

Maybe he's gone cold turkey. He did mention thinking about it before.

 

If it's the case, I can't blame him too much considering how some parts of "out there" have been lately.