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Steve Jobs is a Ninja and Carries Throwing Stars

21 points by SRSimko 16y ago

devmonk 16y ago
If you mean an MS DOS-programming Ninja, and then, yes he once was a Ninja. Then he was a Grandmaster in Windows. Now he is somewhat of a red belt in Philanthropy (see him make progress here http://twitter.com/BillGates http://twitter.com/BillGates ) with a blue belt in watching his former company make horrific mistakes. But MS is not dead yet, and he isn't either. Maybe he will get bored and take it over again one day.
- generalk 16y ago
  I hate to break it to you, but Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are likely two separate people.
  - PatrickTulskie 16y ago
    Have you considered the possibility that Steve Jobs is such a good ninja that he can also appear to be a man we all know as Bill Gates?
    - tdfx 16y ago
      I'm always amused that people on such an ostensibly geeky site have such intense hatred for lame, geeky kinds of humor. I kind of like it, though.
  - devmonk 16y ago
    They are the same man. And MS isn't the only small startup he grew into a giant corporation (http://twitter.com/ericschmidt http://twitter.com/ericschmidt ).
vessenes 16y ago
This is an interesting article, which doesn't explain the answer to a basic question: why does Japan care about personal near-field weapons for passengers in private jets? It's hard to understand the use cases where these are any sort of a danger to society compared to just ownership of the jet.
- SRSimko 16y ago
  I think the reason is many companies have shed their private jets for timeshare jets like Netjets offers. The pilots flying these don't always know who their clients are and the planes can still be used as weapons. I doubt Apple has done this but many have and their is no way for gov. officials to know the difference.
- ajscherer 16y ago
  "This is an interesting article" It is? I'm not a good hacker, but this one didn't gratify my intellectual curiosity at all.
  - scrrr 16y ago
    Apparently you don't carry throwing stars when you travel.. ;)
- ergo98 16y ago
  They don't segregate private versus leased versus rented versus chartered, etc. Meaning that Steve Jobs could be some random guy blowing his savings on a spot on a chartered private jet.
- shin_lao 16y ago
  Because you get access to the tarmac which is supposed to be secured.
mcritz 16y ago
A gift for his friend Larry Ellison? http://www.pcworld.com/article/179353/ellison_the_last_samurai_in_woodside.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/179353/ellison_the_last_samur...
fookyong 16y ago
"Steve, I'd like to complain about the piss-poor reception I get on my iP-" there is a flash of movement, a pause, and my torso slides gracefully off my waist, splatting to the floor
RBerenguel 16y ago
I think Steve Jobs is our current hypnotoad: http://www.mostlymaths.net/2010/02/all-hail-steve-jobs-and-his-ipad.html http://www.mostlymaths.net/2010/02/all-hail-steve-jobs-and-h...
petervandijck 16y ago
Yes, but we knew that, right?

21 points by SRSimko 16y ago

If you mean an MS DOS-programming Ninja, and then, yes he once was a Ninja. Then he was a Grandmaster in Windows. Now he is somewhat of a red belt in Philanthropy (see him make progress here http://twitter.com/BillGates http://twitter.com/BillGates ) with a blue belt in watching his former company make horrific mistakes. But MS is not dead yet, and he isn't either. Maybe he will get bored and take it over again one day.

generalk 16y ago
I hate to break it to you, but Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are likely two separate people.
- PatrickTulskie 16y ago
  Have you considered the possibility that Steve Jobs is such a good ninja that he can also appear to be a man we all know as Bill Gates?
  - tdfx 16y ago
    I'm always amused that people on such an ostensibly geeky site have such intense hatred for lame, geeky kinds of humor. I kind of like it, though.
- devmonk 16y ago
  They are the same man. And MS isn't the only small startup he grew into a giant corporation (http://twitter.com/ericschmidt http://twitter.com/ericschmidt ).

vessenes 16y ago

This is an interesting article, which doesn't explain the answer to a basic question: why does Japan care about personal near-field weapons for passengers in private jets? It's hard to understand the use cases where these are any sort of a danger to society compared to just ownership of the jet.

SRSimko 16y ago
I think the reason is many companies have shed their private jets for timeshare jets like Netjets offers. The pilots flying these don't always know who their clients are and the planes can still be used as weapons. I doubt Apple has done this but many have and their is no way for gov. officials to know the difference.
ajscherer 16y ago
"This is an interesting article" It is? I'm not a good hacker, but this one didn't gratify my intellectual curiosity at all.
- scrrr 16y ago
  Apparently you don't carry throwing stars when you travel.. ;)
ergo98 16y ago
They don't segregate private versus leased versus rented versus chartered, etc. Meaning that Steve Jobs could be some random guy blowing his savings on a spot on a chartered private jet.
shin_lao 16y ago
Because you get access to the tarmac which is supposed to be secured.

mcritz 16y ago

A gift for his friend Larry Ellison? http://www.pcworld.com/article/179353/ellison_the_last_samurai_in_woodside.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/179353/ellison_the_last_samur...

fookyong 16y ago

"Steve, I'd like to complain about the piss-poor reception I get on my iP-" there is a flash of movement, a pause, and my torso slides gracefully off my waist, splatting to the floor

RBerenguel 16y ago

I think Steve Jobs is our current hypnotoad: http://www.mostlymaths.net/2010/02/all-hail-steve-jobs-and-his-ipad.html http://www.mostlymaths.net/2010/02/all-hail-steve-jobs-and-h...

petervandijck 16y ago

Yes, but we knew that, right?