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chuggeron Stephen Wolfram on Steve Jobs: A Few Memories

he was going out on a date that evening—and he hadn’t been on a date for a long time. He explained that he’d just met the woman he was seeing a few days earlier, and was very nervous about his date. The Steve Jobs—so confident as a businessman and technologist—had melted away, and he was asking me—hardly a noted known authority on such things—about his date.

rofl @ Steve Jobs asking Stephen Wolfram about dating.

chuggeron Steve Jobs has passed away.

Steve's Most Enduring Legacy: inspiring generations of entrepreneurs, artists, etc. to "think different".

Right now, theres someone working on his own startup in their garage because he was inspired by Steve Jobs.

chuggeron Why the iPhone 5 never arrived

Long nicknamed the “favorite yo-yo” of daytraders and hedge fund managers – Apple’s high beta of 1.43, its prominent position in finance media and its vulnerability to rumors has made it a choice stock in short term profits, both through long and short positions http://www.investorguide.com/article/6809/apples-aapl-mini-c...

Hedge Funds, Bloggers and the Origin of Apple Rumors http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/03/30/about-that-iphone-5-d...

Samsung employee caught leaking information to hedge fund manager before iPad launch http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-14/ex-samsung-worker-s...

chuggeron Google's first retail store

hilarious.

“It’s so limited!” the man in his 20′s was saying while sitting in front of one of the Samsung Chromebook Series 5 devices, and idly playing with the clickable trackpad. He was saying this to two friends that had crowded around the device and a staff member who was managing to stay calm while defending the Chromebook’s existence. “For 350 quid [Brit-speak for pounds] you can get so much more.”

He looked up at the staff member and asked, hopefully, “Is this going to have iTunes?”

“No.”

“See what I mean!” he cried.

“There’s Grooveshark,” one of the friends piped up.

“All I’m saying is it’s a computer for solely online purposes. Why? You could just buy a netbook and install Chrome on it.” He gesticulated at the screen. “It’s just a shell with Internet.”

chuggeron Why the iPhone 5 never arrived

Most of these rumors are started by hedge funds with short positions in Apple.

1) Spread rumors about a product 2) Watch stock price go up 3) Wait for the actual product announcement 4) Short sale 5) Profit$$$

it happens everyday.

chuggeron Why the iPhone 5 never arrived

some interesting points: * More than 90% of Americans still don’t own an iPhone. Heck, two-thirds of Americans still don’t own a smartphone. So the iPhone 4 design isn’t “old” to them. *

http://www.splatf.com/2011/10/iphone-4s/

chuggeron "Sorry Larry, the cloud can't be stopped"

Fact: Sales Force's "cloud" uses Oracle's database and application server software.

chuggeron Why Jobs is no Edison

That's right, Steve's no Edison. Steve's better than Edison.

chuggeron Welcome To CrunchFund, MG Siegler

Moritz wrote a tabloid-ish book about Steve Jobs and Apple in the 80s and look at him now. :)

chuggeron Are you a programmer with chronic headaches? If so please read

1) eat a healthy breakfast

2) sleep at least 7-8 hours a day

3) exercise

chuggeron Investors Spooked by China

Corruption is the norm in China. Pointing out Groupon's problems doesn't change that fact.

chuggeron Investors Spooked by China

I would never invest my money in China or any chinese-owned company. Corruption,shady accounting practices,etc.

Justice Department probing Chinese accounting http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/30/us-china-usa-accou...

chuggeron The case against the Kindle as a low end tablet disruption

New/refurbished iPad 1's are available online starting from $200.

chuggeron The case against the Kindle as a low end tablet disruption

You can get a new/refurbished iPad 1 starting from $200

chuggeron The case against the Kindle as a low end tablet disruption

The Kindle Fire really has nothing going for it except for the large screen and the price.

chuggeron HP's TouchPad Behind Delays in Facebook iPad App Launch?

Wouldn't surprise me if it was true. marc andreessen sits on the board of both companies HP and Facebook.

chuggeron The case against the Kindle as a low end tablet disruption

I'd choose an iPod Touch or an iPad 1 over a Kindle Fire any day.

chuggeron Why Steve Jobs Is No Edison

both.

chuggeron Why Steve Jobs Is No Edison

that's right, Steve's no Edison. Steve's better than Edison.

chuggeron 'Ghostbusters' back in theaters for Halloween

if you don't love Ghostbusters you are not worthy to be in HN.

chuggeron Learning the hard way: Moving from NYC to Palo Alto and back in 1.5 months

does Ted know we're talking about him?

chuggeron Google's Biggest Threat Is Google

Google's Biggest Threat Is Google failing to innovate. They're still a one-trick pony after all these years.

chuggeron Amazon Has High Hopes for Its iPad Competitor

Apple TV is doing well for a "hobby" compared to Google TV. and Ping's failure is not hurting Apple at all. Amazon however, does not nearly have as much cash and resources as Apple or Google. if Amazon fails in this it can potentially hurt their bottom line.

chuggeron Amazon Has High Hopes for Its iPad Competitor

What's the value add other than tight integration with Amazon Cloud, etc. ? is it compelling enough for most users to ditch the Xoom, Touch Pad, Galaxy Tab, etc. over this tablet?

chuggeron Meg Whitman to be named new HP CEO

I'd choose Todd Bradley over Meg Whitman

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/company-information/executive-team/...

Executive Vice President, Personal Systems Group

He's had success running HP’s Personal Systems Group, he's a proven leader, he knows the company, he's technology-oriented, etc.

Under Bradley’s leadership, PSG has firmly established HP as the No. 1 PC vendor in the world. During his six-year tenure, the business has added more than $10 billion in revenues and increased profitability threefold.

Prior to joining HP, Bradley was the chief executive officer of Palm. Before that, Bradley was executive vice president of global operations for Gateway.

chuggeron HP Board Said to Weigh Ousting Apotheker as CEO

Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman Being Considered for HP CEO Job to Replace Apotheker.

http://allthingsd.com/20110921/former-ebay-ceo-meg-whitman-b...

chuggeron HP Board Said to Weigh Ousting Apotheker as CEO

HP and Yahoo have the worst board ever. Both of these companies should hire a young product-oriented visionary as their next CEO.

chuggeron More developers are using Android than iOS to browse Stack Overflow

you nailed it. Plus iOS have better documentation and there's a ton of books and online docs, support, etc.

This is Google we're talking about. Support is virtually non-existent.

chuggeron Van Halen & Startups

lighten up

chuggeron Van Halen & Startups

Van Halen = The greatest rock and roll band EVER.

Let me just say that Panama is the greatest stoner music of all time.

Also, Eddie Van Halen > Joe Satriani