I've been on Gmail since the beta, and they did not require a phone number. I made an additional email account on Gmail half a year ago and they didnt require a phone number. Now they do.
Excellent point. Its ridiculous to think that we the people have any control or influence over our government. They do what they want and make it appear as if you asked for it.
They rarely ever do what the people ask them to. They instead will give them a bill for example: "National Health Care reform act" which sounds great on a glance but it will be full of corporate hand outs and designed in a way that doesnt help the people at all get what they voted for.
Its all a magic trick with lots of misdirection. Politicians do not care about or say or do anything that voters want them to do.
An election is a method of being elected into wealth. It has little to do with what the people want or representation.
"He, being a black man from Harlem, could have been confronted in Wall Street by some ashkenazi jew thug with a gun, and he was just an O.J.Simpson-like with afro curly hair black man. Its not racist, its just that he was out of place and did not know what to expect. Oh, wait..."
Your example makes no sense.
Remember this is a skinny bald white guy with a macbook running around in a neighborhood looking to confront a THIEF!!!!! He does not know what kind of THIEF this person is.
Its not racist to assume that a THIEF is a thug.
Do not confuse my statement with hating Puerto Ricans. That is your own interpretation or prejudice.
It is possible for a theif in a Puetro Rican neighborhood to be a street thug. Remember this guy was chasing a thief!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone who has a problem him mentioning the general ethnicity of the neighborhood is an ass. There is nothing wrong with describing people by ethic background.
He stated it because he was making the point that he was out of place. He was a fish out of water and did not know what to expect if he had entered deeper into the community as an outsider not being aware of the nature of the area.
He could have been confronted by some Puerto Rican street thug with a gun, and he was just a skinny white guy. Thats the point. Its not racist, its just that he was out of place and did not know what to expect. OBVIOUSLY whoever took his iPhone is a peice of shit theif... so its reasonable to assume that the person could have been capable of far more violent acts or trouble.
The point was... he simply didnt fit in, and did not know what to expect and that they stuck out like a sore thumb (which would have made it easier for the theif to notice 3 white guys with a macbook looking for their stolen phone)
Whether you agree with the outcome or not, foreign labor has helped to reduce the price of many of the goods and services that westerners rely on every day.
Really? I dont see it that way at all. What prices are actually cheaper?
Nike sneakers are still $90-$150 and they're still made for.45 cents an hour in China
LCD TV still cost as much and more than an old American made Zenith tv.
The fact is... everything is cheaper to make overseas, but its still sold back to us at American prices.
The only one getting the break is the corporation selling the item because their cost has lowered. They're not passing on the savings to the buyer.
To contrast that... If they were making the products in America, you can be sure that the corporations would pass on the COST of manufacturing in the US to the buyer.
A $400 dell computer is hardly a computer i want to own. Its not going to be good. Its going to be cheap.
Computers are a special case because they typically lower in value due to newer technology. Thats to be expected and great. It has little to do with manufacturing overseas, but more to do with the next big thing.
I'm not against manufacturing things overseas, but when we make EVERYTHING overseas we have a serious problem. That is the problem we're in now.
There is nothing wrong with American workers. The businesses just see an easier profit with overseas manufacturing and lets face it... business doesnt ever give a fuck about you.
I'll take a disc that I own over digital downloads full of DRM.
Granted the disc has DRM also but at least its a physical disc that I own and know has a higher bitrate than a streaming HD video.
I cant stand digital on demand HD video because its overly compressed. It generally looks ok until fast motion scenes come on, and then suddenly it looks like 320x400 real player video 1998.
Digital distribution is ok to a point, but I want to own a physical copy. Once the central service goes out of business etc, you're digital download is worthless. This applies to videogames as much as movies and music.
Think of the classic gaming scene. In the future there wont be a chance to play today's games because most of them require a multiplayer server that is tied to xbox live, or psn.
The price i pay for health care isnt unique to me tho. It is a rate that all NY Blue Cross Blue Sheild members pay. You pay that price even if you're healthy.
It just so happens that I have health issues.
Is it fair that the healthy still pay the $1,150 a month and that I and other group policy members are using their money to pay for our health care?
Its not fair that I have a medical condition. I hope you were not saying that. Its fair that its costly? I dont think so because the cost is inflated. The cost of medical care in this country is ridiculous and only the top 1% of the country can afford to get medical care without being in an insurance policy.
The concept is we all pay in, and we all benefit when we need coverage. The problem is teh price of a group policy is too great to enter the group for most people. If more people were allowed to enter the group, there would be more funds in the group, and thus lower rates. Its quite simple really.
If you like the health care group policies as is... What is wrong with adding more people to the paying pool of funds? It can only improve the coverage of Americans and lower individual rates.
Yes I do. I'll tell you why. I pay for health insurance. Other Americans are benefiting from ME paying my health care. Its an insurance policy. The money I pay, doesnt just go to me. It goes to a pool of people and that money is pooled together to pay for the group of people within the policy. Thats how it works.
So YES. I do in fact believe I have a right to a portion of those American's paychecks because they pay into the same group...
Thats how universal health care works as well... HOWEVER the difference is that more people pay into the group policy and the result is everyone gets to pay far less!
I understand that some people contribute more to society. I am greatful. We all are. That does not make them more important to me than my mother who has done far more for me than Steve Jobs ever did. Steve Jobs may have given us Apple and all the toys that come along with it but for as big as he is... My mother and father have done far more for me than Steve Jobs ever will.
Thats my point.
I may not be of importance to you personally but hear me out. I wont insult you because i think this is important to learn or atleast understand within perspective that to each of us, we have people who are important to our lives. My family is more important than you to me on a personal level. However you're in the same position. We do not know each other, but we know our families. So in a sense we are in the same boat. It does not make you more important than me, or I more than you.
Somewhere right now is a child dieing of cancer. Is it sad? Extremely. Does it change my life? Not every day no... but it does hurt. It should. It should mean something to us as people.
We're too selfish sometimes. I'm no saint but I want you to have the best of health care because I want the best of health care. Its right to try and help each other. If it is wrong, then why do we have civics? Why do we have society? Why do we bother?
Why do we have communication skills? We are people that are tied to each other, like it or not. We are competitive but at the same time we fail to realize that we do need each other.
You may not need ME specifically, but you need other people in your life. I do.
I'm tired of the games, the lies, the deceptions. People's lives are on the line and the republicans and some democrats have the fucking nerve to play politics as usual and treat us as if we're their little children they distract with lies and misdirection.
FUCK OFF REPUBLICAN LEADERS... You're a joke. These are serious times and we need SERIOUS PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS SOLUTIONS.
Enough really is enough.
Personally, I would rather have Single Payer Universal Healthcare but the democrats lack the balls to stand up for whats right. Call em up and call them out.
Its time to chip away the fat from washington one liar at a fucking time.
It sound quite similar. The difference being is that in NYC there arent any houses to own. Its all apartments for the most part. Houses dont start showing up until you get outside of Manhattan into Brooklyn & Queens where many of the houses closer to Manhattan resemble 2 level apartments without yards etc. They slow start turning into houses as you get further away from Mahnattan in those areas. Then in Nassau county its more typical houses but the population density is ridiculous. Still there are neighborhoods with multi million dollar houses etc. So there is room.
But generally people want to make their money in NYC and live else where or move later in life because its cheaper. The city is very expensive. Some people such as my father have an apartment in the city, and a house in Connecticut. After living in the city for a good 25+ years hes going to probably move out permanently.
I grew up both in NYC and Long Island being that my parents are divorced. So my mother had a house, my father had an apartment. I got to see both lifestyles up close. There is no question that i preferred being in a less hectic place than the city.
Anyone that owns a car in new york city keeps it in a garage and never daily commutes with it. It's all subways, taxis, buses and footwork. The car generally gets used on weekends by those who own them because they leave the city on the weekends.
Long Island is different than Manhattan. People will drive into the city from their houses. I think perhaps this may be somewhat more similar to your situation because you do not have to drive into the city, you can take the train which is what most people do. You can even take the subway into the city from Queens. I say this is perhaps more similar to your situation because those that do this tend to live in houses and they dont need their car to get into the city. However they tend to live in a suburban area, some of which is technically considered NYC (Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx) but really doesnt look much at all like Manhattan.
In those areas or parts of NYC.. raising a kid isnt bad (depending on the neighborhood of course)
Of course there are plenty of people that raise kids in Manhattan but being that i was able to have both of those experiences, i would choose the suburbs outside the city. I actually got to experience quite a few areas growing up. The City, Long Island, Connecticut, and Upstate NY. Out of those places, I prefer Connecticut because it is nicer being surrounded by nature than concrete. The downside is it takes a lot longer to get back to the concrete if you need to.
It is true that your immune system is constantly fighting cancers and often wins without you even knowing.
Suppressing the immune system CAN increase the risk of Cancer (I'm on immune suppressing medicine now) However my Immune system is a bit over active. So i dont know if I will get cancer... but studies of the medicine show that cancer is a real side effect.
However 15 years ago i was on what Steve will probably be taking, which is Cyclosporin. Its an immune suppressing medicine used in transplant patients. Its side effects are kidney failure and of course cancer. I did not experence any of those either. That was 15 years ago.
thats not to say i wont get cancer because of it... but its also says that it doesnt neccessarily cause cancer all the time either.
Our immune systems all vary. Some people are immune to HIV. Some people dont get breast cancers... etc.
Its hard to say what will happen, but its easy to show what has happened to some in testing or experience.
If Steve had a liver transplant, he has no option. Thats a serious surgery and he needs that organ to live. He will risk cancer again if it means surviving.
Which is the very thing i'm dealing with. I never had cancer, but i need to suppress my immune system to keep my body from going insane so i can live.
Cancer is the risk in life no matter what medicine you're taking.
We should care about him as a human being rather than want him to survive so he can announce the next iphone. It's his life... He's a human being suffering with life and death situations. Think of how hard that is for anyone to deal with.
It may be his private life, but there is empathy and he is a public figure. I think its a great lesson for all of us, in that we learn to care about life, rather than his wealth.
And then we take that same lesson and apply it to those without wealth, or middle class people etc. It is a very scary time for any human... fortunately for Steve he has money to buy a chance at recovering. Many do not have that luxory and frankly if we value life.... be it Steve Jobs or your mothers or childs... It should NEVER come down to how much money they have when we're talking about providing care in life and death.
I dont care what Steve had done in his life for Apple...
We're talking about his life, not his carear. We shouldnt want him to survive because he is the Apple god that he is... but because he is a human being going through something extremely painful and sad.
Anyone looking at this in terms of "economics" or "Apple needing him" is just silly.
Steve Jobs is a human being, suffering with life and death situations these past years. It is terrible and I hope he recovers, not because i want him to return to work.... but because I WANT HIM TO LIVE and not DIE.
Anyone thinking about this in terms of money, carear etc... needs to stop. You need to see life for what it is, and what it means to each of us and those around us.
If he lives, and he never wants to work for Apple again, and just wants to garden... I would be perfectly happy. He is a HUMAN BEING just like you or I. It is sad and if anything he is a representation of the frail nature of humanity. No matter how much money you have, your liver can fail, you can get cancer and die.
No one in those situations should ever be judged or have value placed on them based on how much money they have.
I'm sorry.. I pay $1,150 a month for health care. Many people do. To them and myself, $1,150 is a huge amount of money for me each month.
Do you think I should get less health care than Steve Jobs? That $1,150 is a lot harder for me to pay than Steve Jobs. He could pay 10x that each month and sleep just fine.
Me on the other hand... works very hard for it and its still difficult to budget. So in a sense i'm working a hell of a lot harder than Steve Jobs for my "right to live".
Why should he get any better treatment? In relative terms... I deserve the very BEST health care because I'm risking more of my life to afford it.
If Steve Jobs dies, it means just the same to his family and the people around him, as it would if you had died.
The only difference is how much money he is worth. That i find simply disgusting. That kind of thinking is why we have GM and AIG begging for hand out after they ripped people off, and failed to run their businesses correctly.
That kind of thinking got us in this mess.
If you only care about a fellow citizen based on how much money they're worth, you are not the kind of person i would consider "good"
Those kind of people outsourced our jobs. Those kind of people bled our economy dry by not employing us, and selling us goods made overseas. Those kind of people run our government.
This is not how life should be. I'm not a jesus nut, I dont even beleive in god... but i DO beleive we have to have some sense of morals in how we treat life itself... be it human, or dog.
Cruel is cruel... and i dont want to ever judge someone based on how much money they have because it says something about yourself! It says that you're a coward that wishes you were that rich person... so much that you would put them before your very own life. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SICK.
Everyone is valueable to those around them in life and death situations. Would you love your mother more because she's rich? IF so... you're SICK.
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I've been on Gmail since the beta, and they did not require a phone number. I made an additional email account on Gmail half a year ago and they didnt require a phone number. Now they do.
And on a side note...
Why does google now require a phone number when applying for Gmail?!
Scary.
exactly... and Microsoft gets to take all of the shit, while Apple gets away with the same tricky bullshit.
Apple is just as evil as Microsoft, if not perhaps more so.
The republicans and democrats ARE the same people :) They have always controlled 2/3 branches of government :)
Real reform needs to come from people who are willing to vote for a new party.
The democrats and republicans are a 2 headed monster that needs to be made extinct.
Excellent point. Its ridiculous to think that we the people have any control or influence over our government. They do what they want and make it appear as if you asked for it.
They rarely ever do what the people ask them to. They instead will give them a bill for example: "National Health Care reform act" which sounds great on a glance but it will be full of corporate hand outs and designed in a way that doesnt help the people at all get what they voted for.
Its all a magic trick with lots of misdirection. Politicians do not care about or say or do anything that voters want them to do.
An election is a method of being elected into wealth. It has little to do with what the people want or representation.
Support Universal Single Payer health care...
Obama's plan is bullshit and the Democrats have no real motive to pass real health care reform.
Its sad but this turkey is done.
"He, being a black man from Harlem, could have been confronted in Wall Street by some ashkenazi jew thug with a gun, and he was just an O.J.Simpson-like with afro curly hair black man. Its not racist, its just that he was out of place and did not know what to expect. Oh, wait..."
Your example makes no sense.
Remember this is a skinny bald white guy with a macbook running around in a neighborhood looking to confront a THIEF!!!!! He does not know what kind of THIEF this person is.
Its not racist to assume that a THIEF is a thug.
Do not confuse my statement with hating Puerto Ricans. That is your own interpretation or prejudice.
It is possible for a theif in a Puetro Rican neighborhood to be a street thug. Remember this guy was chasing a thief!!!!!!!!!!!!
ID still makes games? I havent played an ID game since Doom 3.
Anyone who has a problem him mentioning the general ethnicity of the neighborhood is an ass. There is nothing wrong with describing people by ethic background.
He stated it because he was making the point that he was out of place. He was a fish out of water and did not know what to expect if he had entered deeper into the community as an outsider not being aware of the nature of the area.
He could have been confronted by some Puerto Rican street thug with a gun, and he was just a skinny white guy. Thats the point. Its not racist, its just that he was out of place and did not know what to expect. OBVIOUSLY whoever took his iPhone is a peice of shit theif... so its reasonable to assume that the person could have been capable of far more violent acts or trouble.
The point was... he simply didnt fit in, and did not know what to expect and that they stuck out like a sore thumb (which would have made it easier for the theif to notice 3 white guys with a macbook looking for their stolen phone)
Whether you agree with the outcome or not, foreign labor has helped to reduce the price of many of the goods and services that westerners rely on every day.
Really? I dont see it that way at all. What prices are actually cheaper?
Nike sneakers are still $90-$150 and they're still made for .45 cents an hour in China
LCD TV still cost as much and more than an old American made Zenith tv.
The fact is... everything is cheaper to make overseas, but its still sold back to us at American prices.
The only one getting the break is the corporation selling the item because their cost has lowered. They're not passing on the savings to the buyer.
To contrast that... If they were making the products in America, you can be sure that the corporations would pass on the COST of manufacturing in the US to the buyer.
A $400 dell computer is hardly a computer i want to own. Its not going to be good. Its going to be cheap.
Computers are a special case because they typically lower in value due to newer technology. Thats to be expected and great. It has little to do with manufacturing overseas, but more to do with the next big thing.
I'm not against manufacturing things overseas, but when we make EVERYTHING overseas we have a serious problem. That is the problem we're in now.
There is nothing wrong with American workers. The businesses just see an easier profit with overseas manufacturing and lets face it... business doesnt ever give a fuck about you.
Sadly that has also become the American way.
I'll take a disc that I own over digital downloads full of DRM.
Granted the disc has DRM also but at least its a physical disc that I own and know has a higher bitrate than a streaming HD video.
I cant stand digital on demand HD video because its overly compressed. It generally looks ok until fast motion scenes come on, and then suddenly it looks like 320x400 real player video 1998.
Digital distribution is ok to a point, but I want to own a physical copy. Once the central service goes out of business etc, you're digital download is worthless. This applies to videogames as much as movies and music.
Think of the classic gaming scene. In the future there wont be a chance to play today's games because most of them require a multiplayer server that is tied to xbox live, or psn.
This has to be bullshit. There is no way that more people own an HD DVD player than a Playstation 3.
I like Blu Ray just fine...
The price i pay for health care isnt unique to me tho. It is a rate that all NY Blue Cross Blue Sheild members pay. You pay that price even if you're healthy.
It just so happens that I have health issues.
Is it fair that the healthy still pay the $1,150 a month and that I and other group policy members are using their money to pay for our health care?
Its not fair that I have a medical condition. I hope you were not saying that. Its fair that its costly? I dont think so because the cost is inflated. The cost of medical care in this country is ridiculous and only the top 1% of the country can afford to get medical care without being in an insurance policy.
The concept is we all pay in, and we all benefit when we need coverage. The problem is teh price of a group policy is too great to enter the group for most people. If more people were allowed to enter the group, there would be more funds in the group, and thus lower rates. Its quite simple really.
If you like the health care group policies as is... What is wrong with adding more people to the paying pool of funds? It can only improve the coverage of Americans and lower individual rates.
Yes I do. I'll tell you why. I pay for health insurance. Other Americans are benefiting from ME paying my health care. Its an insurance policy. The money I pay, doesnt just go to me. It goes to a pool of people and that money is pooled together to pay for the group of people within the policy. Thats how it works.
So YES. I do in fact believe I have a right to a portion of those American's paychecks because they pay into the same group...
Thats how universal health care works as well... HOWEVER the difference is that more people pay into the group policy and the result is everyone gets to pay far less!
No. A porsche and a mansion are luxory items. HEALTH CARE should not be a luxory item.
I dont need a Porsche and a mansion to live but I do need my health.
Perhaps people that look at things like you, see things in a materialistic light. I dont. This is life and death not "toys".
I wont call you those things. I understand.
I understand that some people contribute more to society. I am greatful. We all are. That does not make them more important to me than my mother who has done far more for me than Steve Jobs ever did. Steve Jobs may have given us Apple and all the toys that come along with it but for as big as he is... My mother and father have done far more for me than Steve Jobs ever will.
Thats my point.
I may not be of importance to you personally but hear me out. I wont insult you because i think this is important to learn or atleast understand within perspective that to each of us, we have people who are important to our lives. My family is more important than you to me on a personal level. However you're in the same position. We do not know each other, but we know our families. So in a sense we are in the same boat. It does not make you more important than me, or I more than you.
Somewhere right now is a child dieing of cancer. Is it sad? Extremely. Does it change my life? Not every day no... but it does hurt. It should. It should mean something to us as people.
We're too selfish sometimes. I'm no saint but I want you to have the best of health care because I want the best of health care. Its right to try and help each other. If it is wrong, then why do we have civics? Why do we have society? Why do we bother?
Why do we have communication skills? We are people that are tied to each other, like it or not. We are competitive but at the same time we fail to realize that we do need each other.
You may not need ME specifically, but you need other people in your life. I do.
I think that is probably the point
Republican Leaders, you are not welcome and you are a joke in every sense of the word. Want proof? Watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4Syk09MSsc
I'm tired of the games, the lies, the deceptions. People's lives are on the line and the republicans and some democrats have the fucking nerve to play politics as usual and treat us as if we're their little children they distract with lies and misdirection.
FUCK OFF REPUBLICAN LEADERS... You're a joke. These are serious times and we need SERIOUS PEOPLE WITH SERIOUS SOLUTIONS.
Enough really is enough.
Personally, I would rather have Single Payer Universal Healthcare but the democrats lack the balls to stand up for whats right. Call em up and call them out.
Its time to chip away the fat from washington one liar at a fucking time.
Well speaking as a NY'er...
It sound quite similar. The difference being is that in NYC there arent any houses to own. Its all apartments for the most part. Houses dont start showing up until you get outside of Manhattan into Brooklyn & Queens where many of the houses closer to Manhattan resemble 2 level apartments without yards etc. They slow start turning into houses as you get further away from Mahnattan in those areas. Then in Nassau county its more typical houses but the population density is ridiculous. Still there are neighborhoods with multi million dollar houses etc. So there is room.
But generally people want to make their money in NYC and live else where or move later in life because its cheaper. The city is very expensive. Some people such as my father have an apartment in the city, and a house in Connecticut. After living in the city for a good 25+ years hes going to probably move out permanently.
I grew up both in NYC and Long Island being that my parents are divorced. So my mother had a house, my father had an apartment. I got to see both lifestyles up close. There is no question that i preferred being in a less hectic place than the city.
Anyone that owns a car in new york city keeps it in a garage and never daily commutes with it. It's all subways, taxis, buses and footwork. The car generally gets used on weekends by those who own them because they leave the city on the weekends.
Long Island is different than Manhattan. People will drive into the city from their houses. I think perhaps this may be somewhat more similar to your situation because you do not have to drive into the city, you can take the train which is what most people do. You can even take the subway into the city from Queens. I say this is perhaps more similar to your situation because those that do this tend to live in houses and they dont need their car to get into the city. However they tend to live in a suburban area, some of which is technically considered NYC (Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx) but really doesnt look much at all like Manhattan.
In those areas or parts of NYC.. raising a kid isnt bad (depending on the neighborhood of course)
Of course there are plenty of people that raise kids in Manhattan but being that i was able to have both of those experiences, i would choose the suburbs outside the city. I actually got to experience quite a few areas growing up. The City, Long Island, Connecticut, and Upstate NY. Out of those places, I prefer Connecticut because it is nicer being surrounded by nature than concrete. The downside is it takes a lot longer to get back to the concrete if you need to.
Well, I'm an Angeleno, and have been all my life. Is it possible I know more about what people in LA do than you?
Yes, thats why i specifically stated "What I know of LA..." because i cant possibly know more than you since you live there.
You dont need to be smug about it. I recognized that you may have a lot to contribute to my understanding of LA... just as I might have of NY for you.
It is true that your immune system is constantly fighting cancers and often wins without you even knowing.
Suppressing the immune system CAN increase the risk of Cancer (I'm on immune suppressing medicine now) However my Immune system is a bit over active. So i dont know if I will get cancer... but studies of the medicine show that cancer is a real side effect.
However 15 years ago i was on what Steve will probably be taking, which is Cyclosporin. Its an immune suppressing medicine used in transplant patients. Its side effects are kidney failure and of course cancer. I did not experence any of those either. That was 15 years ago.
thats not to say i wont get cancer because of it... but its also says that it doesnt neccessarily cause cancer all the time either.
Our immune systems all vary. Some people are immune to HIV. Some people dont get breast cancers... etc.
Its hard to say what will happen, but its easy to show what has happened to some in testing or experience.
If Steve had a liver transplant, he has no option. Thats a serious surgery and he needs that organ to live. He will risk cancer again if it means surviving.
Which is the very thing i'm dealing with. I never had cancer, but i need to suppress my immune system to keep my body from going insane so i can live.
Cancer is the risk in life no matter what medicine you're taking.
We should care about him as a human being rather than want him to survive so he can announce the next iphone. It's his life... He's a human being suffering with life and death situations. Think of how hard that is for anyone to deal with.
It may be his private life, but there is empathy and he is a public figure. I think its a great lesson for all of us, in that we learn to care about life, rather than his wealth.
And then we take that same lesson and apply it to those without wealth, or middle class people etc. It is a very scary time for any human... fortunately for Steve he has money to buy a chance at recovering. Many do not have that luxory and frankly if we value life.... be it Steve Jobs or your mothers or childs... It should NEVER come down to how much money they have when we're talking about providing care in life and death.
I dont care what Steve had done in his life for Apple...
We're talking about his life, not his carear. We shouldnt want him to survive because he is the Apple god that he is... but because he is a human being going through something extremely painful and sad.
Anyone looking at this in terms of "economics" or "Apple needing him" is just silly.
Steve Jobs is a human being, suffering with life and death situations these past years. It is terrible and I hope he recovers, not because i want him to return to work.... but because I WANT HIM TO LIVE and not DIE.
Anyone thinking about this in terms of money, carear etc... needs to stop. You need to see life for what it is, and what it means to each of us and those around us.
If he lives, and he never wants to work for Apple again, and just wants to garden... I would be perfectly happy. He is a HUMAN BEING just like you or I. It is sad and if anything he is a representation of the frail nature of humanity. No matter how much money you have, your liver can fail, you can get cancer and die.
No one in those situations should ever be judged or have value placed on them based on how much money they have.
I'm sorry.. I pay $1,150 a month for health care. Many people do. To them and myself, $1,150 is a huge amount of money for me each month.
Do you think I should get less health care than Steve Jobs? That $1,150 is a lot harder for me to pay than Steve Jobs. He could pay 10x that each month and sleep just fine.
Me on the other hand... works very hard for it and its still difficult to budget. So in a sense i'm working a hell of a lot harder than Steve Jobs for my "right to live".
Why should he get any better treatment? In relative terms... I deserve the very BEST health care because I'm risking more of my life to afford it.
Value is relative.
If Steve Jobs dies, it means just the same to his family and the people around him, as it would if you had died.
The only difference is how much money he is worth. That i find simply disgusting. That kind of thinking is why we have GM and AIG begging for hand out after they ripped people off, and failed to run their businesses correctly.
That kind of thinking got us in this mess.
If you only care about a fellow citizen based on how much money they're worth, you are not the kind of person i would consider "good"
Those kind of people outsourced our jobs. Those kind of people bled our economy dry by not employing us, and selling us goods made overseas. Those kind of people run our government.
This is not how life should be. I'm not a jesus nut, I dont even beleive in god... but i DO beleive we have to have some sense of morals in how we treat life itself... be it human, or dog.
Cruel is cruel... and i dont want to ever judge someone based on how much money they have because it says something about yourself! It says that you're a coward that wishes you were that rich person... so much that you would put them before your very own life. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY SICK.
Everyone is valueable to those around them in life and death situations. Would you love your mother more because she's rich? IF so... you're SICK.