{"id":6356,"date":"2011-10-06T05:10:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T09:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=6356"},"modified":"2011-10-06T05:21:05","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T09:21:05","slug":"sad-sad-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2011\/10\/06\/sad-sad-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad, Sad, Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m sure you’ve all heard the horrible, devastating (and horribly devastating) news from yesterday, but as it’s earth-shaking and game-changing, it bears repeating: Sarah Palin will not be running for President. Since her voice is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me, I didn’t actually listen to what she said, but I’m assuming it had something to do with not being shackled by the constraints of a campaign (in other words, abiding by campaign finance laws). Immediately after we lost Palin (as a candidate – fortunately her wit and wisdom will still be available to anyone willing to pay for it), she was hailed by her mindless followers – who lauded her many achievements without actually naming anything she’d achieved – as a genius and innovator who revolutionized life as we know it. She will be missed. \ud83d\ude41 <\/p>\n

In other not exactly surprising news, Steve Jobs died at the age of 56<\/a>. Most people croak from pancreatic cancer in less than a year, but of course if you have more money than God, you can buy yourself more time. Jobs bought himself about seven years, during which he became – much like his products – thinner and lighter. In the end, though, nobody gets out alive. <\/p>\n

I was trying to figure out what Jobs actually did<\/em><\/strong> that made him such an innovator and genius and whatnot, but, being basically ignorant, I’m not really sure. I think it has something to do with hooking up with Steve Wozniak, who actually made shit. Jobs main talent, as far as I can tell, was taking other people’s ideas and getting still other people to make them better (or at least more “stylish”) – and then marketing the shit out of them.<\/p>\n

Under Jobs, Apple didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t invent computers, digital music players or smartphones….<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We have always been shameless about stealing great ideas,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Jobs said in an interview for the 1996 PBS series \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Triumph of the Nerds.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What Jobs failed to add, however – and what I find most annoying about companies like Apple – was that they were also shameless about patenting and\/or copyrighting these great, stolen ideas (or at least trying to) in an effort to thwart the innovation of others. I firmly believe that, had Apple had its way, personal computers would cost $5,000 today, instead of $500 (or less), and would have nothing but proprietary connectors for expansion devices that would only accept over-priced (but very stylish) official Apple (or Apple-licensed) products.<\/p>\n

So, anyhow, you can expect to see a whole lot of “the genius of Jobs” over the coming weeks, months, and even years (I expect one of Jobs’ last directives was a marketing campaign designed to capitalize on his passing), as the tech world slobbers over his corpse like Peggy Noonan at a Dead Reagan convention. <\/p>\n

The person I really feel sorry for in all of this is Sarah Palin, whose “I’m not running” announcement has been way<\/em><\/strong> upstaged by the death of Steve Jobs. <\/p>\n

And for that, I extend to him my sincere thanks.<\/p>\n

Genius. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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