Jobs didn’t die because he retired, he retired because he was dying.
Funny, as soon as people retire, they start to die. Happened to my grandfather.
This is from Boeing/Lockheed pension data. My dad was a Boeing guy and had it posted in his office as a reminder.
If I’m reading that right it says “Retire as soon as you can…you’ll have more time in retirement and you’ll live longer”.
~Matt
You are looking at it right. For whatever reason (mental stress, physical stress, something to live for), the people who retired earlier lived longer than those who retired later. Not sure if that data is backed up by other sources, but it’s sure as hell a good enough reason to make me want to retire as early as possible (as if I didn’t want to do that anyway).
Pancreatic cancer is a bitch. No matter how much money your have. Sad.
That sum bitch is the same thing that killed a fit Patrick Swayze.
Right at three years since pancreatic cancer took out Henry Forrest, one of the original 1978 Ironmen, and all-around good guy. I heard him speak after his diagnosis, and he mentioned that it was low incidence and low profiile enough that no cures were around, and not much had been put into research.
Jobs didn’t die because he retired, he retired because he was dying.
Yes. I was replying to someone’s general comment about retirement/death, not to Jobs specifically. Not much you can do about pancreatic cancer unfortunately.
Right at three years since pancreatic cancer took out Henry Forrest, one of the original 1978 Ironmen, and all-around good guy. I heard him speak after his diagnosis, and he mentioned that it was low incidence and low profiile enough that no cures were around, and not much had been put into research.
I grew up with a neighbor who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in about 2002. He had a Whipple procedure done. Last Christmas I got a chance to visit him for the first time since I moved, and he is still going strong, which puts him in the extreme minority for living so long. When I was talking to him, he told me about a guy that lived one street over who got diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was told he had just a year to live, and since he knew my neighbor had the same cancer he came to him for advice. His only advice was to see your loved ones and enjoy your life to the fullest. That guy died just two weeks after that.
Pancreatic is truly a bitch of a diagnosis. Jobs lived longer than most who get his same diagnoses, but it catches up to you eventually. Ruth Bader Ginsberg is someone else who has pancreatic cancer who is doing alright, but you just can’t expect her to make it much longer.
My first computer. I still have it.
Now that computer Is just awesome!
I have been an investor in Apple for years. It sucks to feel bad for Steve, his family, and think of the loss for those around him and the end to his legacy. Yet my selfishness is also worried how much I will also take a hit on the stock. I was banking on the upcoming earnings report in 2 weeks.
Pancreatic cancer is a bitch. No matter how much money your have. Sad.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?storyid={70f53722-8cef-4a39-a70a-ed4595617638}
Link is about the 2011 Nobel prize in medicine. Guy did a clinical study where he was the only patient. He died Friday and the Nobel prize announcement was Monday. Died of pancreatic cancer.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.
- Steve Jobs.
“A computer is the most remarkable tool that we’ve ever come up with. It’s a bicycle for our minds” - Steve Jobs
And that mans seat was NOT too high.
He was an inventor, a visionary and a hell of a good businessman. I found it out and almost sad that my new computer just got delivered tonight from Apple.
My first computer. I still have it.
I still have my first generation Macintosh that I bought in 1984 through a special deal in college. It had all of 128K RAM, which I later upgraded to 512K. Unless you had an external drive, you had to have the entire System files on the one “floppy” that you also kept your documents, games, etc. But even with that, the Macintosh really was revolutionary, especially its graphical user interface. Anyone who doesn’t remember the other computers that existed those days – with black screens on which you had to enter text commands – can’t appreciate what it was like before the Macintosh. Even the very basic MacWrite and MacPaint software were remarkable for the general public market.
My Macintosh lasted me through college and grad/law school. The Apple printer that I got with it was a pain in the butt, though.
I think I’ll go dig that old Mac out of my garage storage…
And a great capitalist! Probably one of the best, if not the best of my generation! A great American, RIP!
The Westboro Baptist Church folks preparing to pickett his funeral. They announced their plans using the Twitter App for iPhone.
Agreed. Steve Jobs was an example of a person who gives the lie to those leftists who insist that no one human being can provide more than $x (choose your paltry figure) of added value to the world.
Steve, you changed the world. May we all have your innovative spirit.
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." ~Steve Jobs 2005
The Westboro Baptist Church folks preparing to pickett his funeral. They announced their plans using the Twitter App for iPhone.
I honestly was hoping this was a link to an Onion news article or something, sadly, not so.
~Matt
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." ~Steve Jobs 2005
Wow, good stuff. Never been much of an Apple fan, still not, but was always impressed by the company. A couple quotes in this thread have piqued my interest in the man behind the company though.
I find it interesting how often times behind successful and innovative company is a person who really didn’t care much about “Making it big”, but rather really loved what they did and really wanted to just do some stuff that THEY thought was cool.
I think our society is way to wrapped up in success and not to interested in having the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
~Matt
The Westboro Baptist Church folks preparing to pickett his funeral. They announced their plans using the Twitter App for iPhone.
I honestly was hoping this was a link to an Onion news article or something, sadly, not so.
~Matt
That “gave God no glory” is reminiscent of slowguy’s comments the other day. 