Take a number: Steve Jobs turned away from busy San Fran pizzeria

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  • Reply 221 of 249
    Six pages of comments.



    I'm just glad the writer described what Steve was wearing. Because I care.
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  • Reply 222 of 249
    ksecksec Posts: 1,569member
    What is happening to AI? I definitely dont consider SJ to be richest people on the planet.
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  • Reply 223 of 249
    Wow he does wear the same clothes everywhere...
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  • Reply 224 of 249
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    He did get to jump to the head of the kidney transplant line right?



    Liver. I have no evidence for or against any such thing taking place. I simply don't know. I am just happy he's alive. And it illustrates the importance of being an organ donor.
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  • Reply 225 of 249
    If reservations are required, why would anyone think that Steve Jobs is any better?... Sorry, just because you're a billionaire does not mean you supersede everyone else.
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  • Reply 226 of 249
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    Originally Posted by ksec View Post


    What is happening to AI? I definitely dont consider SJ to be richest people on the planet.



    Does it matter?
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  • Reply 227 of 249
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
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    Originally Posted by a_greer View Post


    I have always been bothered by this saying, am I the only one who puts pants on 2 legs at a time?



    Do you sit on a chair or the bed while doing this or do you like stand up and jump into your pants?



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by psionic001 View Post


    Fake,

    The reality distortion field is only bending the light in this photo.





    In which case the photo would be true, because the RDF is distorting everything around him causing the weird shadows.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by solipsism View Post


    FYI: In San Francisco refer to it as the Bay Area, SF (ess eff) or San Francisco, but never San Fran. I was schooled on that localized faux pas the first time I went there. As I recall, SF was the most common phrasing.



    Well, lived in SF for about almost 3 years, this is about spot on. Though I think "Bay Area", "The City" and "San Francisco" is most commonly used (well, at least, 10 years ago when I was there). I would cringe when my uncle would say, "So, how's Frisco?" ... But then he was working in New York for several years in the 70s (or 80s, can't remember). Oh, yeah, "San Fran" was never really used. Interestingly, I recall saying "SF" was quite uncommon.



    Ah, it was a tumultuous time, the dot com boom and bust at the turn of the century. So many people in and out of the city, there were so many people that came from many other places. I was received well by the natives because I sought to learn their ways. Or maybe it was just that I drank a lot and thought that I was received well.
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  • Reply 228 of 249
    nvidia2008nvidia2008 Posts: 9,262member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by sapporobabyrtrns


    He did get to jump to the head of the kidney transplant line right?



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    Originally Posted by Suddenly Newton View Post


    Liver. I have no evidence for or against any such thing taking place. I simply don't know. I am just happy he's alive. And it illustrates the importance of being an organ donor.



    The story goes that it was recommended he sign up on the waiting list at a Memphis hospital. A liver became available at some point, and apparently it had to be transplanted in 4 hours time. So Steve took his private jet and Boom! he was there. The story goes that Steve said he only managed to get the liver because he could be there in such a short time to do the transplant. DId he somehow skip ahead of other people on the Memphis hospital waiting list? I don't know.



    As for being an orgon donor, hell yeah, they can chop me up any way they want once I'm dead. I've always had the fantasy of dropping my body into the deepest jungle you can find on earth and just let me decompose au naturel. But then others wouldn't get my organs.



    I always did think cemeteries in crowded cities are a big gawddamned waste of valuable space.
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  • Reply 229 of 249
    iq78iq78 Posts: 256member
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    Originally Posted by Robin Huber View Post


    Accepting your credentials as true, can you explain what appears to be an aberrant shadow in my previous post. I genuinely would like to hear what you have to say about that particular element in the pic.



    Are you talking about a shadow that is not represented by a line in the 2nd photograph? Because all of the shadows that are marked by lines are shown to be intersecting at the horizon, as they should. Yes... they will cross at the horizon.



    It's hard to explain in words any better than the picture with the red and blue lines indicate, unless you are referring to a shadow that does not have a line running along it. The only shadows I see are the telephone wires which are mostly running horizontal and the shadow against the building.



    Please explain if the shadow you are referring to does not have a representative line, because I don't see it.



    -GP



    (And yeah... it is very childish to not call people idiots, but it is so funny to hear such confidence coupled with such ignorance.)
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  • Reply 230 of 249
    finetunesfinetunes Posts: 2,065member
    All of this (six pages) just because SJ wanted a pizza--should have ordered a delivery.
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  • Reply 231 of 249
    gxcadgxcad Posts: 120member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by macinthe408 View Post


    Obviously not written by an SF native.



    Do not call it "San Fran" nor "Frisco." It's "The City." Or, if you're referring to it from outside the Bay Area, San Francisco works just fine.



    Speak for yourself, please. I'm about as San Francisco as they get and personally never heard of anything close to your "rule". I know literally TENS of people who are SF native that refer to this city as "Frisco".



    As for the owners of the restaurant wanting Jobs to come back. Don't think announcing that he has been there is going to help in that regard. Privacy, please.
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  • Reply 232 of 249
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
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    Originally Posted by SpamSandwich View Post


    Jeez. When did AI turn into TMZ.com? Nuke this thread now, before it destroys the web site from within.



    your finest post



    this is a real dumb AI FLUFFER NUTTER



    and steve is not a billion aire

    steve owns stock

    very little cash





    good by cruel world





    A I > > MOW YOUR LAWN !!!









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  • Reply 233 of 249
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    Originally Posted by NeilM View Post


    And here was the final reason to un-bookmark the increasingly useless, not to mention poorly written, AI web site. What a waste of perfectly good electrons.



    You can't waste electrons, dummy.
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  • Reply 234 of 249
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Robin Huber View Post


    But that, unfortunately, is not the point. What they have said, and what you have reiterated are all quite correct. We all grasp the fundamental laws of physics (optics and light) here. The problem is, these facts don't account for what appears to be a problem in the picture.



    No, the real problem here is that IT DOESN'T MATTER. I don't care if it's real or faked. Even if the story is true (which I doubt), the fact that Jobs went to a restaurant that was already full and didn't have an empty table isn't news.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by ksec View Post


    What is happening to AI? I definitely dont consider SJ to be richest people on the planet.



    As of last year, he was #43 on the list. With Apple's stock price increases, he has likely moved up.

    http://www.cultofmac.com/steve-jobs-...ual-list/17767



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    Originally Posted by RJMajestic View Post


    You can't waste electrons, dummy.



    No, but you can waste electricity by browsing the web.
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  • Reply 235 of 249
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    Wow he does wear the same clothes everywhere...



    I can see his closet: the top row is all black turtlenecks, the bottom row all jeans. Makes choosing an outfit a snap.
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  • Reply 236 of 249
    dr millmossdr millmoss Posts: 5,403member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by RationalTroll View Post


    I can see his closet: the top row is all black turtlenecks, the bottom row all jeans. Makes choosing an outfit a snap.



    Intended as a joke, I imagine -- but this is Steve's stated reason for his wardrobe.
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  • Reply 237 of 249
    naboozlenaboozle Posts: 213member
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    Originally Posted by Chris_CA View Post


    The vanishing point for shadows are directly beneath the light source (the sun in this case) so they would be behind the camera, not in front of it.

    The shadows should appear to point outwards from the center of the picture, not towards the center.



    I could explain why this is not the case, but why don't you just go outside and verify your hypothesis?
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    chris_cachris_ca Posts: 2,543member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by jragosta View Post


    No, the real problem here is that IT DOESN'T MATTER. I don't care if it's real or faked. Even if the story is true (which I doubt),



    There's another picture of him and his family crossing the street to his car, over here ->http://blogs.sfweekly.com/foodie/201..._get_a_tab.php

    plus the rest of story.
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  • Reply 239 of 249
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    Originally Posted by donarb View Post


    Dude, it's called parallax. Look it up some time.



    I'm always surprised (even though I shouldn't be) when people ignore evidence that contradicts their preconceived notions (politics/economics, as well as physics). Go outside and look at shadows of yourself and telephone poles. Then ask yourself why you think parallax is relevant even though the shadows appear to be parallel. The light source (the sun) is very far away - at infinite distance as far as human perception is concerned.
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  • Reply 240 of 249
    naboozlenaboozle Posts: 213member
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    Originally Posted by LuisDias View Post


    Or perhaps you are clearly dumb at these things. Please enlighten me where do you see any contradiction on the picture. You speak of "sharp" shadows. Probably you are comparing them with the shadows of the cables which are blurred. And then you really think you are "on to" something. But you are not. You are only witnessing the product of your ignorance. Go outside and see a shadow of any cable that is well above you, like 4,5 meters. Then compare to your shadow.



    Oh, hello! Your shadow is now sharper than the cable's! OMG do you realise what that means? It means, you are not really you, you are a photoshopped person!!



    Lol, my worst fears are confirmed!!
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