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Steve Jobs tells off fan, calls her "rude"

tinynibbles.com — Blogger and podcaster Violet Blue approached the Apple CEO on the Macworld floor to ask for a photo -- and got completely blown off.

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  • Digger1123, on 01/17/2008, -295/+81problem being? He is not paid to take photos with bloggers.
    • earlysound, on 01/17/2008, -20/+242there's something to be said for common courtesy. she asked him very politely, and he was on the show floor of their biggest event of the year. it's not like she barged into a board meeting! he could have at LEAST given her a polite "no."
      • fkr3, on 01/17/2008, -137/+16Umm, she's a blogger, he's a filthy rich and busy man. He doesn't need to waste his time and the gazillion bloggers out there sure don't need to waste his.

        I guess the equivelent would be some crack addict asking you or me for change.
        • pseudononymist, on 01/17/2008, -5/+79Seriously?
          • Charlotte_Web, on 01/17/2008, -3/+11Anyone else notice that there's a slight discrepancy between what she quoted Steve saying in the article and what she quoted Steve saying in the video taken minutes after he allegedly said it?

            I'm going to venture a guess that her reporting on this incident is not 100% accurate (either story).
        • cardyology, on 01/17/2008, -16/+95What a ***** *****. He didn't let her take a photo because it wouldn't have made him any money.
          • rubbers0ul, on 01/17/2008, -27/+10You do realize that he's at one of HIS companies biggest events of the year, he has more things to do than schmooze bloggers and the like.
        • andycr512, on 01/17/2008, -7/+62Oh, yeah, he's too good for the -common- person. He's -far- better than us. Sorry, we forget sometimes.
        • fkr3, on 01/17/2008, -49/+4@ cardy - I'm sure he really gives a crap about that... the man's only worth billions after all.

          @ andy - No, there's just too many of the -common- person for him to create the impression he's got time for them. And bloggers have a particularly developed sense of entitlement... you know they'd be pack-raping him everywhere because it's "their right" to take some of his time - just a photo and a quick question, maybe some advice for him, from the hundreds/thousands of bloggers that'd be stalking him.
          • feebie, on 01/17/2008, -3/+39For pete's sake, he's not God. And this one girl does not look like hundreds/thousands of bloggers. She's just one girl, who asked nicely for a photo. There's no justification for his gall to call her "rude". If anything, he is the one being rude.
          • fkr3, on 01/17/2008, -47/+5I'm not saying he's God, just saying he's busy and bloggers are stupid.
          • jjb123, on 01/17/2008, -3/+38Are you Steve Job's bitch or something?
          • fkr3, on 01/17/2008, -26/+3Uhh yeah... when I'm not busy being a whore for Microsoft and HP, or complaining about what a laggy piece of junk iTunes is on the PC.
          • techweenie1, on 01/17/2008, -1/+14yeah Steve is in a class all by itself: super-douche
        • buckrogers1965, on 01/17/2008, -4/+38You mac guys aren't all going to drink poisoned cool aid and fly off in a comet are you?
          • Tenoq, on 01/17/2008, -21/+7Only if the subliminal messages tell me to. Oh wait.... my Vista box bluescreened midway through the instructions! What do I do!!?!?
          • JEWestbrookJR, on 01/17/2008, -0/+6Hilarious. I am a huge apple fan, but I really hate stereotypical apple fans. I don't think Steve could do no wrong, in fact, I think he is a downright *****. His company just happens to make some impressive products that I like to use. I don't have to love the guy just because of that. And some things, they do terribly terribly wrong. For instance, I think I am the only one not excited about macbook air. my 13 inch macbook is small and light enough, and I would never ever give up an optical drive, user replaceable battery, and high capacity hard drives on a laptop, just for the sake of "thinness".
          • L337Masta, on 01/18/2008, -1/+0@ Tenog

            get a decent PC
          • lengau, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1@JEWestbrookJR - You're not the only on who isn't excited about the Macbook air. I personally think it's a stupid idea (well, for that price range anyway), and a Mac fan friend of mine thinks it's going to be a flop (too expensive)
            Seriously. What is Apple's fetish with skinny nowadays?
        • Flaxseed, on 01/17/2008, -3/+38I cannot believe these comments--are these commonly-held views of Apple fans? That all of the "common" people of the world are "crack addicts" compared to Steve Jobs? I really believe that you need to take some time to examine yourself and this blind hero-worship.
          • fkr3, on 01/17/2008, -27/+3Google the word "equivelent" sometime, it kind of changes the meaning of what you think I said significantly.... the only people I'm calling crack addicts are in fact, crack addicts.

            And I'm not an Apple fan.
          • LocalDocal, on 01/17/2008, -1/+9Are you really that surprised? Go into any of the topics recently which raises question of Apple's greed and read all the comments that immediately pop up to defend them. Christ, I've never seen so many "Well, *I* never use that anyway..." comments.

            Oh, and ignore FKR. No, seriously, block him. He's a dick that acts this way in just about every topic he appears in. He always takes the least popular side and makes the most inflammatory comment he could.
        • Flaxseed, on 01/17/2008, -2/+6You're really fond of that word, learn how to spell it correctly
      • Nitesmoke, on 01/17/2008, -1/+17He really is just like the parody: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZKjJt-TkU
        • JohnFrum, on 01/17/2008, -1/+5That's a shame. I thought he said his brush with cancer changed that. Oh well.
      • digg911, on 01/17/2008, -2/+5She said she touched him to get his attention. I have to side with SJ - your body is your own and if you have to touch someone to get their attention while they are busy typing, it's very intrusive.
    • mlostracco, on 01/17/2008, -10/+39I think what he meant was that she was rude to interrupt him when he was busy typing something or whatever on his phone. Whether that was actually rude or not.
    • Lacero, on 01/17/2008, -11/+29That ***** Steve Jobs! Just because he invented the iPhone doesn't mean it gives him the privilege to refuse someone interrupting him for a picture while he was busy tapping on his jesus-phone. *bitch-slaps SJ*
      • RedS0x, on 01/17/2008, -2/+4Nearly everyone has that right. :P
        But I agree...no good.
      • DiggzDE, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3He didn't invent it. He just marketed it. The real brains are the engineers and design people
        • lengau, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2... about whom you never hear. Ever.
          Anyone else see something wrong with that?
    • michaelb1, on 01/17/2008, -8/+35Is there a video or neutral party view of this or are just going off this sex bloggers homepage?
    • tgc1, on 01/17/2008, -23/+5Does he even HAVE a job?! The guy collects $1 salary for doing what? The other money he makes is through stocks, apparently, and does so to avoid paying full pop on his taxes like the rest of us chumps without stock options.
      • tcpip4lyfe, on 01/17/2008, -15/+10If anyone of us were in the same position, we'd do the same exact thing. If you think that you wouldn't, you're lying.
    • meteors, on 01/17/2008, -18/+7I'm glad Steve did this. The girl is an attention-whore who shows naked pics of herself to get attention and compensate for her lack of self-esteem.
    • vmeeno, on 01/17/2008, -2/+8He's not paid to *****, but he still goes to the bathroom.
  • brnagi, on 01/17/2008, -75/+358It's kind of sad, seems kind of ignorant of Jobs.
    • towlie, on 01/17/2008, -56/+7I wish I got blown off by steve jobs.

      (Whoops wasn't meant to be a reply.)
    • KielKilla, on 01/17/2008, -33/+18IMO Jobs has never came off as a nice guy. Put he create interesting things (Pixar, etc).
      • darthpaul88, on 01/17/2008, -4/+20i think you were trying to say that jobs created pixar but he did not. pixar was created by george lucas/lucasfilm and bought by jobs in 1986.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar#Early_history
        • ricksite, on 01/17/2008, -3/+2"i think you were trying to say" Nice job correcting someone for something they didn't say.
        • Kerrigore, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2...and how much was Pixar worth pre-SJ as opposed to after?
        • gandhii, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1kerri: alot. It was already the biggest 3d animation house. For a year or two I think there wasn't even a dreamworks around to compete with them.
          ricksite: The referred comment did list "Pixar" as an example of things SJ had created. Which as has been stated... is false.
          • ricksite, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1It didn't say he created Pixar. It said he created "interesting things". I think it was referring to the interesting things created at Pixar, not Pixar itself.
      • lengau, on 01/18/2008, -0/+2Steve Jobs doesn't create. He markets to his iCollective.
    • woofers07, on 01/17/2008, -7/+175ignorant or arrogant?
      • tbunreal, on 01/17/2008, -4/+82yes
      • joel8x, on 01/17/2008, -33/+7Focused - usually people who are type A personalities come off as complete assholes because they are so focused on whatever they are doing.
        • norman619, on 01/17/2008, -3/+27Focused , Ignorant, *****

          That about sums him up nicely.
        • lex0nyc, on 01/17/2008, -1/+18They come off that way because they're being that way.
        • MicrosoftBob, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3Focused - on Himself.
      • FalcoML, on 01/17/2008, -3/+6both
      • cawpin, on 01/17/2008, -6/+2Her voice is rude. I don't blame him.
    • Dotdotdot, on 01/17/2008, -34/+12Really?
      I'm not a Steve Jobs fanboy or anything, but if someone randomly came up to you, touched you (as she said she did), and only said can I take a picture, completely interrupting what you were in the middle of, wouldn't you be hesitant to take a picture too?
      • aspec, on 01/17/2008, -2/+38Depends, am I famous? Do I make lots of money, and hold conferences where people hang on my every word?
      • funkytaco, on 01/17/2008, -1/+33You're not a fanboy, yet your icon is the new OSX wallpaper? Right.
    • streak, on 01/17/2008, -21/+39I'm more inclined to believe Jobs on this one, that VB was indeed rude. Looks to me like he's heavily engaged in personal business... and pretty much surrounded by Phil Schiller. ;-)
      • KibibyteBrain, on 01/17/2008, -10/+18I almost want to agree with you, but why do such a thing in the middle of the con? I'm sure Apple executives are given some sort of private meeting space at, uh, Macworld. The only thing I can think is he may have gotten a truly urgent email that he was caught up in, and so was disoriented by work. I have done this before, telling a cute girl to leave me alone as she tried to bother me while I was programming. @_@
        • Charlotte_Web, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5We didn't get the story from an unbiased source, though, so we don't really know what happened. As I mentioned in another message, there's a discrepancy between what she reports he says in the article and in the video.

          I was hoping the other guy in the video would offer some corroboration, but he didn't.
      • centerblack, on 01/17/2008, -9/+11Yea, he's obviously with a group of people, not standing alone somewhere smiling waiting for someone to come and talk to him. I understand why he wouldn't want to start taking pictures w/ people, it will just turn into a crowd of geeks looking for a photo op.

        He's just a guy. Leave him alone or at least break the ice by giving him a compliment about his presentation or something.
        • sw33tsarin, on 01/17/2008, -4/+12Hmm, if someone were to approach me with a request for a picture I would take that as a compliment.
          • tyywebb, on 01/17/2008, -10/+4Are you a god? Then die!
          • sw33tsarin, on 01/17/2008, -2/+14Steve jobs is a God? I'm pretty sure if I rammed one of his iphones down his throat his position as deity to all you fanboys would be very short lived. Get a hobby other than coveting the sweat off his balls.
          • lengau, on 01/18/2008, -1/+1@se33tsarin - I wouldn't do that if I were you... We don't want the iFanboys to have a martyr...
        • hexydes, on 01/17/2008, -3/+11Any normal person on the street would be flattered by this. This is just typical Steve Jobs egomaniacal behavior.
          • MikeSD34, on 01/17/2008, -2/+8The first time, yes. But after several years and several thousand times, well, it wears a little thin. This goes for ANY celebrity, not just Steve Jobs.
          • hottyson, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2I too would be flattered by this.

            However, I might call her rude too if she touched me like she touched Steve.
            Some strangers just creep me out when they touch me.
            I sometimes like them touching me if they are hot.

            IS SHE HOT?
          • luciferin, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1hottyson, we all agree, but you come off as such a pervert with the way you phrased it.
        • moduc, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1
          If he's just a guy, then the situation is a little rude. Just a little. However, it's Steve Jobs, and he doesn't know the girl as an evangelist for his product. If he just let anyone takes pictures, it would consume all of his time. So, I think he said it's rude is fine.

          Just think of a move star, people can take her/his pictures. However, if you go over and ask can I take your picture, it's kind of rude. That's not always the case if the person appears to be free and with no one, or in the mode of taking pictures with fan.
      • Elliuotatar, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3Anyone who's seen Pirates of Silicon Valley knows that Steve Jobs is a dick, and Woz is a nice guy. There's nothing rude about asking someone politely for a photo with them when they're not actively engaged in conversation with someone.
        • Kerrigore, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1Right because we all know that movie is 100% accurate. Not defending SJ, just saying that movie takes more than a little bit of artistic license.
        • lengau, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1@Kerigore - whether the movie is 100% accurate or not, it portrays two things very well:
          1. Steve Jobs and Steve Ballmer are assholes
          2. Woz and Paul Allen are really quite nice guys.
      • scottschiller, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1Damn, I wanted to meet Phil Schiller (SVP of Marketing?) - I doubt we're related, but still. ;)
    • LordofChaosIori, on 01/17/2008, -4/+63Why doesn't he wear a damn belt?? It bugs me soo much.
      • turpenine, on 01/17/2008, -21/+68belts are for people who can't afford pants that fit right the first time.
        • fluxion, on 01/17/2008, -4/+11well i thought that was hilarious
        • absameen, on 01/17/2008, -12/+3I'm sorry, but that WAS hilarious. Digg me down if you must. You get my +1
          • absameen, on 02/07/2008, -0/+1Why'd I get dugg down? His joke was in the negatives, I helped save it!
        • cawpin, on 01/17/2008, -3/+1Belts are also for people who carry ***** that needs a belt to hold it.
      • kwazyhulk, on 01/17/2008, -15/+8He doesn't need a belt. His giant cajones keeps em up.
      • djdtm, on 01/17/2008, -3/+20he's thinking different.
      • unloud, on 01/17/2008, -1/+8Yeah, especially in the middle of the keynote and he's pulling up on the top of his pants....It's just awkward.
      • opiniastrous, on 01/17/2008, -1/+5It bugs me more that he wears a long sleeve skivvy and tucks it into his jeans. Who does that!?
        • Marijuana, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3It's an act. He dresses just like you at home.
        • Dani79, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2Steve Jobs does.
        • piper999, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2That shirt emphasises his saggy man ***** and beer belly way too much for my liking.
    • lex0nyc, on 01/17/2008, -2/+25Quiet! Can't you see I'm texting?
      • LordVoldemort, on 01/17/2008, -0/+35To multiple people at once!
        • hexydes, on 01/17/2008, -5/+7On myPhone!
          • MacPh1st0, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1In the middle of an open public floor at my conference! But don't you dare approach me! (douche...)
    • salomejones, on 01/17/2008, -4/+52Any fanboy or girl who does not expect gruff treatment from a man who for the last 25 years or so has been infamous for his crankiness (particularly with his designers and developers) is no fanboy or fangirl at all.
    • lxcid, on 01/17/2008, -12/+20When your website is called open source sex. I understand why steve jobs thinks its rude. Dude, you just take something geek honour and turn it *****.
      • TypeEE, on 01/17/2008, -2/+18yeah, if he had taken that picture, the digg head line would be "steve job posed for a sex blog."
        • sam991, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2And that would be the sound of millions of fanboys splooging their pants.
    • renegadeafk, on 01/17/2008, -23/+96Bill gates > Steve Jobs
    • ronk, on 01/17/2008, -2/+77What really happened was Steve was checking the apple stocks on his iphone and got pretty p*ssed off that it took a dive.
      • sgglynn, on 01/17/2008, -6/+2Not really, if you've been paying attention, just about everything is 'taking a dive' lately. It's repercussions for the big conglomerates and stock players ignoring the economy and pumping up the stock market for the last few years. It's repercussions for loaning people huge sums of money that they knew wouldn't be able to pay it back.
        • Elektriq, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2What the ***** man?
        • rderveloy, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Not really, if it was your stock you would be upset if it went down regardless of the reason.
    • Funkly, on 01/17/2008, -4/+48cant say too much but at podcast expo that girl was rude, shes very full of herself, and is really a self promoting bitch... although she doesn't come off like that in that lil video on the site
    • Urkel, on 01/17/2008, -14/+46First off, Violet Blue is an annoying attention whore. Remember when she told off the TWiT crew for thinking she was a porn star? She gave the "how dare you attitude" for them to not know she is a legitimate journalist who just happens to have adopted a porn star name.

      Secondly, Jobs is an executive at Apple. Not a rock star. Sure he's got the celebrity status but him saying "no" to a picture isn't the same as Johnny Depp saying "no". So if you're going to judge him for being jerky then point towards the other things he's done. Not his lack of appreciation for a "photo op".
      • brad77, on 01/17/2008, -0/+25Dude...that's actually her name. And you're talking about Macworld. He's the leader of the cult. If anyone is going to get all fanboy/girlish on Steve (sorry, Mr. Jobs), it's going to be there.
        • Urkel, on 01/17/2008, -4/+5If that's really her name then shouldn't she be demanding an apology from her parents rather than the people who see the name and make an assumption? You cant name your kid "Harry Wang" and expect them to live their life without a sense of humor.

          Regardless, due to her other antics and attention grabs then nobody should feel sorry for her. She's once again turned a nothing story into self promotion.
      • ErikHK, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1That's weird, I thought all girls liked porn and thought it was a really dignified profession!
      • brad77, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3For those who care about the TWiT story Urkel's referring to: http://tinyurl.com/2wtreb

        They made nice and everyone sang Kumbaya.
    • defectDS, on 01/17/2008, -10/+10"Bill Gates would have taken the picture."
      "Gates > Bill"

      Bill Gates Bill Gates Bill Gates.

      And you say Steve has all the fanboys?
      • jhaks, on 01/17/2008, -1/+19Bill is pretty admirable. Being a computer scientist I'm not sure what there is to admire about Steve Jobs. Maybe Steve Wozniak?
        • idslite, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2Jobs is the salesman of the company, not the computer scientist lol.
      • OpaqueMurdock, on 01/17/2008, -3/+1I really don't think he would have... his people would have headed her off long before she got close.
    • R1ng00, on 01/17/2008, -5/+2Gee I didn't know it was Steve's obligation .. guess maybe the people he was with and going to lunch with felt it would be rude? dunno. Clinton would have used a cigar ...
    • OpaqueMurdock, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1I really don't think he would have... his people would have headed her off long before she got close.
    • smellinator, on 01/17/2008, -0/+6I think she thinks a little too much of herself. "I didn't say my name".

      She's a nobody who thinks she's a somebody, talking to a somebody (Steve) who said "That would be rude" (not "you're rude").

      So who's rude again?
    • HerbSolo, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4I'm not a fan of jobs' and I've heard a couple times, that he's an *****, but then again, i understand everyone who doesn't want to be bothered by fans. If i see a celebrity i generally go by this rule: if it was a stranger and i wouldn't have spoken to him in the given situation, i'm gonna leave him be.
    • thekittenslayer, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2Maybe Steve doesn't like the ladies if you know what I mean, come on the sweater thing is a little gay... BTW: I own a macbook
  • robmaguire, on 01/17/2008, -49/+363I didn't know he was paid to be an ass either. Or is that just a standard requirement for corporate executive these days?
    • roberto_deneero, on 01/17/2008, -6/+56He does that in lieu of a salary.
    • Bartboy919, on 01/17/2008, -15/+86I don't think Bill Gates Would do such a thing.
      • JoeDiggsIt, on 01/17/2008, -9/+46Bill Gates Would? Is he new?
      • scisam, on 01/17/2008, -0/+13WWBGD
      • xtc46, on 01/17/2008, -5/+12thats becasue his body guard would have your knee broken and you dragged out of the building before you could try. He came into a store I work for once and that man moves with an army... although he was really nice to the sales person who offered to assist him (I was going to offer to show him the new macbooks that had just been released, but the other guy got to him first...)
    • ferrariman60, on 01/17/2008, -3/+168I hate to break it to all the Steve-ophiles, but he IS an ass. Ask anyone who has worked with him. This isn't news, people. Jobs is a dick. It is probably a byproduct of the intensity that drives a man like him. He's brilliant, no argument here, but he's still an ass. He looks great on stage, but that's the point. You don't turn apple around by looking like the ass you are on stage, right? Just part of the job. When he's off stage, all bets are off.
      • Nitesmoke, on 01/17/2008, -3/+54He reminds me of the movie star people grew up having as a hero but when you finally meet them they turn out to be douchebags. I remember once I met Jim Beloushi in Vancouver while he was filming "K-9 3" (50 fag points if you saw it). The ***** tried to pick up my wife in front of me. She told him we were married to which he replied, "Baby, I'm Jim ***** Beloushi!" Why is it when people reach a level of fame they turn into assholes to everyday people. ***** elitists.
        • Urusai, on 01/17/2008, -0/+10He was like that because he had nothing else to work with. Little people clutch at their meager strengths.
        • aywwts4, on 01/17/2008, -1/+26"Baby, I'm Jim ***** Beloushi!"

          Something tells me that pickup line falls somewhere below "Your legs must be tired because you've been running through my mind all night." In success.
        • lillydreams, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8At first I thought you were talking about John Belushi and that made sense, but Jim? What's he got to be so cocky about?
      • Rockmaninoff, on 01/17/2008, -3/+15Let me just call up Woz here...yep. He confirms that Jobs is an *****.

        /sarcasm
        • lex0nyc, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2I think he gave a talk about that at HOPE.
        • hexydes, on 01/17/2008, -0/+6I don't know that you needed the sarcasm switch; Woz would probably admit that pretty quickly (though perhaps not in so many words).
          • Rockmaninoff, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1The sarcasm was directed at ferrariman60. He said "Ask anyone who has worked with him." I'm not too sure most Diggers have one of Steve's close colleagues on speed-dial.
      • gfair, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7I worked in the Mac industry for years and have heard half a dozen identical situations. People see Jobs, people touch, or attempt to touch Jobs, Jobs is very rude. I've heard that Jobs is a germaphobe. I've also never heard of a situation like that where the person challenged Jobs in return, and Jobs, if his biographers are correct, is only rude once, persistence pays off with him.
      • jabberwolf, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1Jobs is Brilliant?
        He is a 1st semester drop out of Reed College in Oregon. His major was Poetry and Literature- Not computers.
        He stood on the shoulders of others like WOZ to make his millions.
        He is a brilliant marketer but that is all.
    • lex0nyc, on 01/17/2008, -1/+26You can't be on the board of Disney wihout unloading your soul portfolio.
    • CraigJ, on 01/17/2008, -8/+22Maybe Jobs read her badge... "Open Source Sex" that, coupled with how she looks would definitely mean no picture. Yes, Jobs is a prick most of the time. His rants and screaming are legendary. Still, as the CEO of a big company, posing with that chick from Open Source Sex would not be a good idea. It's not like he told to ***** off: "no that would be rude" is not getting told off. Personally I don't think Steve is the type of guy I'd like to have a beer with, and I don't really like his politics. It's like thinking you know or like any celebrity - you don't, you like how they act on stage but you don't know them at all. I like some of Apple's stuff and I've made a ***** load of money from their stock. I don't care if Steve is a prick or a wonderful guy. Buying products because you personally like (or the inverse) the CEO makes no sense either; If you like it, buy it, if not, don't.
      • klui, on 01/17/2008, -2/+3And if what she wrote was true and she touched him first, then that would be an insult to Jobs since he is known as a neat-freak. If I were one, I would not want any stranger touching me then asking questions.
      • Varz, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1Like Tom Cruise, his acting is good but he's really a wank.
    • warden1337, on 01/17/2008, -4/+5how did this slut get into macworld?
      • kevlarbaboon, on 01/17/2008, -0/+10How do you think a slut would get into macworld?
    • kmb1794, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1I don't think this is fair characterization of Jobs. She said she was acting like a fangirl and knowingly did so, AND actually thought that she would get what she wanted by acting blushed. So if you want somebody to respect you then be yourself. Maybe if she had she would have gotten a better response.
      Also, try a conversation not just going up to somebody saying, "give me something"
    • gamingspartan, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1I dont think so most CEO's are semi respectful of their audiences because they realize that they are the ones that publicize and promote their product to the customer and also may be buyers as well. I have on many occasions met 3M CEO's of divisions and they all seem very polite and well mannered. And why should'nt they be they make a seven figure salaries.
  • BurntToast, on 01/17/2008, -42/+554Wow... so not surprised.
    • Dylson, on 01/17/2008, -7/+119I'm not either. I heard that Steve Jobs was a dick to work with, and I also heard he was just a dick in general. I didn't really believe it, but now I do. ***** him.
      • petard, on 01/17/2008, -5/+19My god he reminds me so much of my english teacher. He even looks like him! Very similar personalities.
        • ferrariman60, on 01/17/2008, -0/+27Your english teacher wear black turtlenecks and jeans with no belt every day? :)
        • buckrogers1965, on 01/17/2008, -7/+29So your English teacher is an angry homosexual too?
        • DeathGod321, on 01/17/2008, -2/+4Goddamn english teachers, they teach you one thing and then the next one teaches you something completely contradictory.
      • Tenoq, on 01/17/2008, -15/+7"I didn't really believe it, but now I do."
        Yeah, you read it on a blog. It must be true.
        Right? RIGHT!?
        • michaelb1, on 01/17/2008, -2/+6Now now. Lets not something like independent verification stop out little torch and pitchfork parade.
        • BlakeEM, on 01/17/2008, -0/+8Blogs are better then the ***** on TV.
      • shlorn, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2You have to be a dick do get things done like Jobs showed us.
    • solidsnake1298, on 01/17/2008, -5/+70Def makes Bill Gates look a lot better. His recent interview with Gizmodo were awesome and enlightening of what Bill Gates is really like.
      • KibibyteBrain, on 01/17/2008, -1/+29Gates can be a real nightmare too, but the difference is that Gates knows how to keep it in the boardroom, while Jobs does not.
      • LordVoldemort, on 01/17/2008, -5/+3What does Gates have to do with this?
        • xtc46, on 01/17/2008, -1/+8typically its appropriate to compare a person with who people believe is his closes equal. See, both bill gates and steve jobs run gigantic companies that are key players in personal computing. both were also key players in bringing computers to the masses. They have many similarities, so traditionally you would compare the two. In this case, People seem to believe gates would come out ahead in the comparison.

          The question I pose to you now...who looks better in a black turtle neck?
          • solidsnake1298, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5Neither. I hate turtle necks.
    • ujangdigg, on 01/17/2008, -7/+34SJ:"you rude", FAN: It's awesome..
      SJ:"you goto hell", FAN: It's amazing..
      BG:"your potential, our passion", FAN: F.U.!!
    • Dolphtesla, on 01/17/2008, -18/+24The video is proof to me that these people making it are assholes. OMG, I spun a mac book air on one of he the strings and the Mac stagehands where mad at me! NO ***** *****!
      Also, no video of of Jobs saying that to this ugly little bitch so I'm calling *****.l
      • hexydes, on 01/17/2008, -18/+3Oops, zero diggs! Guess no one agrees with you!
      • HenvY, on 01/17/2008, -5/+3ugly little bitch = more attractice than any woman you will ever be with.
    • L0g1X, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3He was always like that since the beginning. I'm surprised he hasn't changed.
    • nagual678, on 01/17/2008, -0/+6Watch the movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs has always had an immense ego and an arrogant attitude.
      • RockinRoel, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1But THEY WERE STEALING FROM HIM! ;-)
    • flirtacious, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1Really? If some stranger touched my arm I'd call her rude too. THAT'S WHAT EARS ARE FOR!
    • formergthing, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2Yea, did you see what happened to apple stock during the keynote? I'm surprised he even showed his face in public.
  • clak, on 01/17/2008, -74/+29"That would be rude" is telling someone off? Okay, whatever, but Steve is not known for being a nice guy. Let's see, that lady in the picture is Katie Cotton, Apple PR I think. If she is laughing then that is insane. And the tub of lard standing next to Steve in the foreground is Phil Schiller obviously.
  • mindchaotica, on 01/17/2008, -36/+297ya help a guy make a few billion, and then he forgets how he got there. you know on the wallets of the people that like bought his stuff.
    • daines88, on 01/17/2008, -2/+94From everything I've heard about him he's always been a bit of an ass, even from the beginning.
    • oOLiquidNightOo, on 01/17/2008, -9/+22if he had spun around and taken a picture with her it would've been like throwing chum in the water. it would've been nice if he had been more tactful but .. whatever.
      • xtc46, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10he probably meant "it would be rude" as in "it would be rude to only take a picture with you and not the other fans.." or "it would be rude to take a picture while talking with others (as you can see in the video) They make a big deal out of her being a blogger, like she should be treated differently. Im glad he blew her off, it means he treats everyone equally.
    • Funkly, on 01/17/2008, -2/+11i knw steve is an ass, if i could be that brilliant i guess i would be an ass too... BUT HOW in the HELL do you equate Violet Blue the self promotion shameless whore who DOES the exact same thing to people at podcast expo help steve make a few billion?
    • sporg, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4Apparently he shares the view of his many customers " Whatever I'm doing on my phone is more important than reality and any interruption is unacceptable". Even if you are trying to warn them that they are about to walk in front of a speeding bus.

      PS: Its not stealing to take an iphone off a dead man.
  • tossayo, on 01/17/2008, -36/+4anyone else get to here after a series of events starting by following Veronica on Twitter?
  • superpixel, on 01/17/2008, -13/+141I can understand him not wanting to set a precedent, but the snortle was totally uncalled for-- THAT is being rude and demeaning.
    (Note: I'm talking about the woman who laughed at Violet's request, I realize Steve didn't laugh)
    • phoomp, on 01/17/2008, -2/+17Can anyone figure out who the woman is?
      • liumaoshing, on 01/17/2008, -1/+8Oh do we really want to send her to her doom like that?
        • b8man99, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10Yup - i'm hoping she's job-less by the end of the week. (excuse the pun... i couldn't help it!)
        • atgmac, on 01/17/2008, -0/+0Yes?
      • Berry, on 01/17/2008, -0/+11She was also the woman who told a BBC interviewer to stop recording the interview about iTunes & iPhone because they 'wanna stay focused', which was on Digg some time ago:
        http://youtube.com/watch?v=TMGwpjDdhZo
    • MrHyde81, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3Someone above stated that it might be Katie Cotton, Apple PR.
      • RockinRoel, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3Katie Cotton? She can't be real. That sounds like an imaginary name, just like Steve Jobs. They're all aliens I tell you. Call the MIB!
    • smakusdod, on 01/17/2008, -3/+2whoever that bitch is, she is a miserable lapdog *****.
  • solitonica, on 01/17/2008, -40/+406"That would be rude" is such a strange answer that it makes me think that Jobs may have actually been addressing the fact that so many other Apple fans, and even non-Apple fans, wanted a picture with him on the show floor that he had to say no, and now that she caught him in a spare moment (though it is unknown what he was doing on his iPhone) it would be rude of him to do a picture with her after turning down so many others.

    Damn, I'm really really really reaching aren't I? Hahah. He was probably just being a pain.
    • InuX, on 01/17/2008, -34/+10To bad nobody will catch on. This will give any apple haters a chance to flame.
      • norman619, on 01/17/2008, -8/+6Ah yes look at all the flames. woooo...
        • hatdrop, on 01/17/2008, -1/+0agreed, i'm an apple hater, but i think Jobs was spot on in refusing the picture.
      • alkaline213, on 01/17/2008, -3/+3Too bad.
    • winmywii, on 01/17/2008, -4/+89He probably turned her down because all the other apple fan boys would have came running and it would have turned into a 4 hour thing. He still didn't have to be a dick about it and his entourage didn't have to act like stuck up bitches.
      • Tenoq, on 01/17/2008, -3/+21Well if he just said "that would be rude" he's not really being a dick about it. I'd say little miss self-important is making a bigger deal out of it to get people onto her blog. She's in it for the money too, no doubt. :p
      • str1fe, on 01/17/2008, -1/+8I can totally see Jobs' point of view here, but he could have gone about saying "no" a bit more tactfully
      • hexydes, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4Isn't that sort of the point of dragging your entourage around? So that they can make a big deal out of you, when other people aren't?
      • tyywebb, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3That what you do in the presence of an alpha-male though. Snicker like hyenas when there could be possible doubt as to whether he is treating someone unfairly.
    • joel8x, on 01/17/2008, -1/+32I guarantee he was in the middle of writing the Flickr dudes an angry email on his iPhone because of they ***** up his demo and was all hot headed when she approached him. Yeah, that was it...
      • Raian, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1590 bucks says he was firing someone-- that is Steve's "me time".
        • xtc46, on 01/17/2008, -2/+3lmfao...firing people will be a secret pleasure of mine if I become a billionaire too.
        • kjd84, on 01/17/2008, -2/+2Why be a *****?
    • jfujita, on 01/17/2008, -2/+22Steve was probably pissed because Apple's stock tanked that day. Jobs owns about 5.5 million shares so he lost about $80 million.
    • LordVoldemort, on 01/17/2008, -6/+1"aren't I?"
      I are?
    • fluxion, on 01/17/2008, -0/+19he was probably thinking of all the starving kids in africa...and how it would be rude to be clowning around taking pictures at a convention in light of that. he probably then proceeded to send a couple billion dollar donations to charities in africa on his iphone.

      i for one commend him on his actions
    • 1town, on 01/17/2008, -2/+4Well, to be honest, Apple is a religion and Jobs is the God. He could prolly charge for physical contact if he wanted.
    • mongoh8fire, on 01/17/2008, -3/+3I don't think you're reaching at all. He is like this and always has been. He doesn't relish the "celebrity" thing and I am sure that was turning people down and if he did pic with her, it would be rude to others. This is exaggerated.
  • CTK14A, on 01/17/2008, -19/+207Violet Blue was excellent in "Do the White Thang", "Stop My Ass Is On Fire 11", and "Whore of the Rings."

    Oh... Wrong Violet Blue.
    • clak, on 01/17/2008, -3/+35That was a hot scene in Do the White Thang, not that I watch that sort of stuff.
      • Adgeman, on 01/17/2008, -1/+6That could be why my IT network refused to link to the video?
      • alphabetagaga, on 01/17/2008, -2/+8What's porn?
        • Magnus150, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2hello.jpg, and its newest sibling, Two Girls One Cup! Googlez them and welcome to the tubes!
    • flmumb, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violetta_Blue
    • JamesBrown, on 01/17/2008, -2/+9She may not be a porn star, but Violet Blue does actually write sex guide books in addition to her sex column on SFgate.com
    • ChrisViz, on 01/17/2008, -2/+6So I'm not the only one who thought it sounded like a porn name.
  • cheddarbek, on 01/17/2008, -64/+43Great leader did not call her rude, he said taking a photo with him would be rude.
    Buried as inaccurate.
    • sw33tsarin, on 01/17/2008, -5/+15Great leader? You can climb off Steves dick now.
  • kkiran, on 01/17/2008, -11/+33lot of sex on her blog!

    errr - she is a sex educator at UC!!
  • thenativeraver, on 01/17/2008, -25/+110wn3d!
  • r0b1, on 01/17/2008, -78/+32Well, it sounds like the annoying ***** got what she deserved. Bravo, Mr. Jobs.
    • johnnyredcap, on 01/17/2008, -4/+22Good God I hope you are kidding.

      Sadly, I doubt you are.
    • ClockworksNine, on 01/17/2008, -2/+20Your nose must be so brown right now, it's turning black.
      • Magnus150, on 01/17/2008, -2/+6The opposite of michael jackson has been found!
      • buckrogers1965, on 01/17/2008, -1/+6There is a brown ring around his neck.
    • Riven213, on 01/17/2008, -3/+2good point, lol
  • Rikushix, on 01/17/2008, -8/+93He wasn't outright offensive; he doesn't have any obligation to take a picture with her. But that's still not very nice, especially how he turned his back on her and whatnot.
    • norman619, on 01/17/2008, -7/+15How much time woudl it take and how hard would it be to just stand there next to her for a few seconds? Sorry but he's an ass. She wasn't asking for an interview just a snap shot.
      • samssf, on 01/17/2008, -4/+11Right. And then the next girl who sees and runs over for a shot... and the next, and the next, and the next.
      • ThatsUnpossible, on 01/17/2008, -2/+8The question is not how long would it take for him to take a picture with one person, but with every person standing on the floor of Macworld.
        • REBELinBLUE, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1and how hard would it have been to just say politely something like "I'm sorry I can't as it would be unfair on other people who want a photo", instead of being rude, turning your back and then having some stuck up bitch laugh at you.
      • epyon8282, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1If i was Steve, I'd do the same thing, why? Because I'm ***** Steve Jobs that's why!!!! Now go buy my latest Ipod for I am Steve Jobs and I command it !!!
  • SRSco, on 01/17/2008, -69/+28***** this bitch. Who cares.
  • gamabunta, on 01/17/2008, -17/+352Woz > Jobs

    When I met Woz there was a crowd around him and everyone wanted a picture or an autograph. He didn't turn anyone down even though he was there to promote Segway Polo, not himself. He even stood there and talked with the fans.

    Jobs lives in a bubble.
    • clak, on 01/17/2008, -5/+31LOL. Dugg for the promoting of "Segway Polo." Oh, Woz, you're so cute.
    • Sornos, on 01/17/2008, -1/+79Everyone loves the Woz. Who could dislike the guy?
      • DaffyDuck, on 01/17/2008, -20/+6I agree that Woz is very friendly and Steve is kind of an *****, however I don't think Woz even has a real job. He has plenty of time to stay and interact with all of the fans. Jobs on the other hand is a highly focused executive and would rather stay focused on business. As others have said, I think he didn't want to set a precident. He really needs to come up with a more polite way to accomplish this.
      • TheTSArt, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1Unfortunately, if you've ever listened to TWiT, it seems like a lot of people dislike Woz.
    • XxIronhidexX, on 01/17/2008, -1/+25A smug bubble?
    • lex0nyc, on 01/17/2008, -4/+4A bubble of what?
    • JoeDiggsIt, on 01/17/2008, -15/+8I love the Woz as much as the next guy, but, Jobs does actually have a job and isn't quite as laid back as Woz, if you were living off of your successes for 15+ years you'd be pretty jovial also.
      • gamabunta, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10So you're saying Jobs is living paycheck to paycheck?

        Jobs is the CEO of a billion dollar corporation. He has a board of directors, and thousands of employees who design and engineer software and hardware. Do you really think his Job is that demanding when you consider he is the one setting the deadlines?
        • JoeDiggsIt, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1Not at all, I'm just saying he has a lot more to worry about than Woz.
          • Tilon, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5'Worry'?! He's a made man for LIFE.

            I'd hate to show you what real worry is in life, dude.
    • LincolnA, on 01/17/2008, -0/+13Woz and Jobs both graduated from my high school. Woz was the guest speaker at my year's Nation Honor Society induction (yea yea, those groups are dumb, but had to get into college and all...). He gave this long goofy speech that made no sense, then talked afterward for like an hour with all the dads who wanted to meet him. Awesome.
    • stockjones, on 01/17/2008, -2/+23Woz is the real deal, Jobs was the marketing man. All icing and no cake.
      • TheReport, on 01/17/2008, -8/+1yeah but anyone can make a cake it's the icing that attracts you to the cake. You can have one without the other but to be successful you have to have the marketing to set you apart from the rest of the flock.

        look around, no one is talking about that new Dell XPS that just came out are they? Whatever Steve is doing, ***** or not it's working and I'm almost certain the shareholders would have a cow if he resigned tommorow
    • smilemon, on 01/17/2008, -1/+9I'm a big apple fan boy, for my 4th grade wax museum project I was Woz. I emailed him to ask what I should wear and he thought it was pretty awesome that some kid was going to be him in a wax museum, he told me that when he was younger he was skinny as a rail, wore jeans and a button up shirt, and had glasses. The guy has a great sense of humor if you have ever read anything about him.
    • fxu1989, on 01/17/2008, -1/+6That's iBubble for you, sir.
    • aristotle0dude, on 01/17/2008, -6/+1"Woz > Jobs"
      If you are referring to their physical size, I agree.
    • bjs3171, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1i want a segway.
      segway polo would quite possibly be the slowest sport ever, though.
  • crackah, on 01/17/2008, -38/+567I bet Bill Gates would have said yes.
    • streak, on 01/17/2008, -59/+2That's because Bill Gates is outofit.
    • roberto_deneero, on 01/17/2008, -78/+12Bill Gates would have charged her $189 for a smirk and $469 for a full smile.
      • elvenseven, on 01/17/2008, -3/+64That sounds more like what Steve would do.
        • PatoLucas, on 01/17/2008, -1/+5But it woul've been an iSmile! with better design, easy to use and a slick interface!
          Just kidding...
      • darkecho, on 01/17/2008, -0/+7Believe it or not, Microsoft gives away stuff for free.. My copy of Vista Business and VS:Standard 2005.. All free from them, including the media and I didn't even have to pay shipping.
    • alchemist27, on 01/17/2008, -22/+1you mean desperado?
    • mllawso, on 01/17/2008, -4/+147Atari founder Nolan Bushnell was eager to reduce the number of computer chips that were used in the game's circuitry and he offered Steve Jobs $100 for every chip that he could discard from the machine's design. Jobs had very little experience in circuit design and frankly had no inclination to learn any more, so he turned to his friend Steve Wozniak for help. Jobs offered Wozniak half of whatever bonus money would be paid if Wozniak would work on optimizing the chip design. Wozniak performed the task admirably much to Atari's astonishment and when he was done with the redesign, they were able to reduce the number of chips in the circuitry by 50! In fact so exacting was Wozniak's design that his model was impossible to reproduce on the company's assembly line. For some reason, Jobs paid Wozniak only $350 for his work claiming that Atari had only paid them $700. Atari had in fact given Jobs $5000 for the work.

      From http://www.stevejobs.info/biography-of-steve-jobs. ...
    • CrimsonBlur, on 01/17/2008, -2/+91I know for a fact he would have said yes. Gates was at the launch for Halo 3 and was taking pictures with everyone, my friends have tons of pictures with him. Bill Gates is a really nice guy, I had a teacher that knew his father and him very well (since his father was young), and he would constantly talk about how great both of them are in person, and how he is happy Bill became so successful.
    • encognito, on 01/17/2008, -3/+27Bill Gates took a picture with 50 Cent. Enough said.
      • warrenterr, on 01/17/2008, -3/+2thank you for not typing in 'nuff... i hate those silly abbreviations
    • zzt711, on 01/17/2008, -4/+4Yeah, Bill Gates would have said yes. Check the end of the video interview with Gizmodo, you also get a picture what type of guy he is. Out of the office he seems like a nice regular guy. (but in the office, I have read he's cut throat to employees who work for him, I can understand that though)
    • smek2, on 01/17/2008, -7/+1SO what, he's still an *****.
    • blackmage439, on 01/17/2008, -1/+13I find it funny how the current assumptions of the Apple and Microsoft founders are being turned around. For the past two decades, it was assumed Bill Gates was a money grubbing, bureaucratic, monopolist who intentionally churns out sub-par programs; and Steve Jobs was a visionary, a Messiah to all those who were encumbered by the evil & unproductive world of PCs. Today, Bill Gates is one of the (if not THE) biggest philanthropists (donates to charity) in the world, and has a demeanor of honesty and understanding. Jobs, now that he's seen more of the public spotlight, seems to be a biggot, and completely ambivalent to the concerns of the individual.

      I'm sorry, but I would rather trust the guy who would go into an interview and admit "yeah, I ***** up," and who gives billions a year to charity; rather than a guy who gets up on stage an proclaims "Look at me! I'm wearing jeans! Looky here! I can pull my laptop out of a manila folder! Can YOU do that, Bill?!", and who's company has a history of ignoring blatant hardware & software issues until the public outcry becomes overpowering. Sure, that last one can be related to Windows as a whole, and the XBOX360 failures, BUT Microsoft does have one of the fastest turnaround times in the industry when it comes to addressing errors (waaay faster than Apple, at any rate).
      • xposiactionx, on 01/17/2008, -4/+2fastest turn around time addressing problems? nope. SP1 took how long? SP2? Windows was broken with out it, and it took a very long time. Apple upgrades continuously and doesnt send out a broke OS to start with. Other than that, I agree with most of what you said. Nicely done.
        • Tiemmothi, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3so many things in OS 10.5 work not quite right, its rather sad. im still waiting for the SMB fix so i can share a folder and not have the whole computer shared instead.
    • AFHCO, on 01/17/2008, -1/+0Yep, I know he would've also.
    • Switchnig, on 01/17/2008, -3/+3Gates would have said yes and promptly tapped that ass, while Jobs was at home getting blown by his boyfriend
    • kutateli, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3"May I take a photo with you, Mr. Gates?... Cancel or Allow"
      "Allow."
  • perhapsimcrazy, on 01/17/2008, -12/+218Anyone ever see Pirates of Silicon Valley
    • solarwind24, on 01/17/2008, -1/+31Yeah. I can totally understand now...
    • norman619, on 01/17/2008, -2/+32I can ignore the whole control freak thing but denying his kid? That's pretty damn low.
    • ZenMojo, on 01/17/2008, -3/+28And people wonder why I have no sympathy for the man.
      • blaaguuu, on 01/17/2008, -10/+5Something tells me he has no need, nor want, for your sympathy.
    • daviddiaz, on 01/17/2008, -10/+2haha I actually had a theater audition today and I used his opening monologue from the movie where he's talking to ridley scott.
      I think Jobs is a cool guy, he's just a little out of touch with social interactions. Perhaps he has aspergers or something?
    • tkaStryc9, on 01/17/2008, -1/+19No he just has rich prick disease, Pirates of the Silicon Valley is one of my favorite movies for the way it portrays steve jobs.
      • maexus, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2He was like this when he wasn't rich.
    • ElecBoy, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3Damn you stole my comment! In that movie you see what kind of person he realyy is.
      • postalblowfish7, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1yeah man, TV movies are reality!
        • dhjames, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Actually they interviewed Woz after the movie was made and he said it was pretty accurate.
        • bjs3171, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1hello....it's not TV, it's HBO.

          that was HBO, right?
  • towlie, on 01/17/2008, -41/+12I wish I got blown off by Steve jobs.
    • pseudononymist, on 01/17/2008, -3/+24del "off"
      • MacPh1st0, on 01/17/2008, -0/+0That's what she was secretly fantasizing about doing to him. "Excuse me... can I take a picture with you... and slurp your knob?"
    • winmywii, on 01/17/2008, -3/+22I think you wish it was you doing the blowing.
    • oOLiquidNightOo, on 01/17/2008, -1/+16yeah, you mentioned that earlier.
    • ramiro, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5Wow, I didn't know an apple fan could go so low as to offer himself as a doormat for Steve Jobs.
  • treelovinhippie, on 01/17/2008, -14/+210Well Jobs is known for being a prick. Great businessman and visionary, but a prick.
    • havesometea, on 01/17/2008, -17/+18Great businessman?
      • daines88, on 01/17/2008, -2/+28Yes, Woz created and Jobs sold.
      • Focher, on 01/17/2008, -2/+6Voted one of the top CEOs by other CEOs. Increased Apple's market capitalization by billions of dollars. Generates billions in profits every year.

        Still apparently a dick, though. But that has been his reputation for years.
      • ramiro, on 01/17/2008, -7/+5Apple has been saved by Microsoft. Never forget that, fanbois.

        http://www.news.com/MS-to-invest-150-million-in-Ap ...
        • OUChevelleSS, on 01/17/2008, -4/+4had been, not has been. Past, not present.
          • ramiro, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2I actually appreciate your correction and the way you made it.
        • TheReport, on 01/17/2008, -2/+2yeah who's brilliant business sense was it to go down that path after a decade of not being at the company he founded? Ohhh that's right Steve Jobs
        • adamrgolf, on 01/17/2008, -4/+2@OUChevelleSS
          do you understand how investments work?
        • eridius, on 01/17/2008, -2/+2ramiro, if you hadn't realized, MS invested in apple to avoid losing an antitrust lawsuit. I hardly think you can give them any credit for that.
        • tutivlahos, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1@eridius
          Oh really?
          http://www.flickr.com/photos/thejose/241814979/
    • LincolnA, on 01/17/2008, -1/+5Hank Rearden, anyone?
    • tgc1, on 01/17/2008, -4/+2Businessman, sure. Visionary? Not unless you count him riding the backs of people who actually KNOW a damn thing about computers. Woz for one. He was the first person steve jumped on when he saw the opportunity. If anything he's a good salesman, at worst a bloodsucking parasite.
    • arctic, on 01/17/2008, -2/+1Shut up hippie!
    • ChrisWickenscom, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2A visionary? Give me a ***** break.
      This is why people label mac users as fanboys.
    • m00dc0ntr0l, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1yeah, search google for "steve jobs *****" and you get 87,000 results.
      Of course, if you search for "bill gates *****" you get 116,000 results. But that could be because of the videotape that someone found in his garage and put on the internet.
  • Lax32, on 01/17/2008, -28/+10... Violet Blue?

    What kind of person has two colors as their name?
  • streak, on 01/17/2008, -8/+27I'm gonna be rude and say Phil Schiller needs to go on the same diet as Steve Jobs. He's taking the "save the whales" thing way too seriously!
  • truspect0r, on 01/17/2008, -8/+21Not surprised.
  • mbthompson, on 01/17/2008, -18/+128Wow, what a first class prick! Loosen the turtleneck Steve, you need the oxygen.
  • Magnus150, on 01/17/2008, -21/+176Steve is an *****, I thought this was to be expected? But man, he could sell buttrape and the macaddicts would eat it up!
    • clak, on 01/17/2008, -24/+6That would only be an insult if Apple products actually sucked.
      • Magnus150, on 01/17/2008, -4/+20See "Air"
      • Damien79, on 01/17/2008, -8/+12not everyone likes that gay ***** they peddle to macjunkies
        • jkoke, on 01/17/2008, -2/+2Well, it's clear they don't appeal to homophobic *****.
      • jabberwolf, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2PSSSSST they really DO !
    • buckrogers1965, on 01/17/2008, -10/+20Apple is not that good a company. Their stuff is ok, but it's not any better than a lot of other products.
    • MrTito, on 01/17/2008, -1/+13Dugg for buttrape... ?
      • silverwolf761, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Edible buttrape too apparently...
    • TheAtomicMoose, on 01/17/2008, -1/+21Buttrape? Does it have wi-fi? Where can I get it?
      • Magnus150, on 01/17/2008, -0/+9It has Wi-Fi, but you cannot remove the dick on your own, you have to send it to an Apple Certified Dealer
      • kcdstudios, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1can i use it as NAS or just backup?

        (such an awesome comment...nested so deep...c'est la vie)
        • Magnus150, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1You know what else is nested so deep? KAZING
      • einfeldt, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2"Does it have wi-fI" ROFLMAO!
    • tba2287, on 01/17/2008, -2/+7What about iLube?
    • aKorn, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4How about the Buttrape Air. - the slimmest thing ever forced into your ass!
    • jabberwolf, on 01/18/2008, -1/+1Man I have tried to find a better way to say what you just said about mactards , but I just cant !!! THANKS !! RLMAO !
  • solarwind24, on 01/17/2008, -17/+9Wow, talk about arrogance. Maybe his majesty Jobs should read this: http://www.digg.com/health/20_Qualities_for_a_Succ ...
    • GeorgeClayton, on 01/17/2008, -2/+5That article is nice, but mislead.
  • soot, on 01/17/2008, -21/+81What a douchebag.
    • Weaselboy, on 01/17/2008, -0/+4Agreed. Makes good computers... but a douche of the highest order.
      • soot, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1His engineering team makes good computers. He gets paid to be a D-bag.
  • Evildudetx, on 01/17/2008, -40/+125This just adds fuel to the fire that mac users are elitist assholes.
    • streak, on 01/17/2008, -5/+17More precisely, elitist assholes is a superset containing many subsets... and many assholes indeed.
    • Focher, on 01/17/2008, -5/+9About as much as people that wear black shirts are elitist assholes. If you use a Mac, you get automatically associated with Jobs' personality? If you use a PC, does that make you a 90 pound weakling?

      But you can sign me up if the associations result in a sharing of the money...in either example.
      • TheReport, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3yeah I love how we get generalized and stereotyped from the very people who wish a good percentage of the population wouldn't associate Windows with the Blue Screen of Death anymore.
    • fishbert, on 01/17/2008, -1/+5The mac user was the one politely asking for a photo...
    • postalblowfish7, on 01/17/2008, -3/+3or maybe it's some spun ***** from a forgettable blog.
    • ilgaz, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3I wouldn't try to touch to get a picture with a fortune 500 giant's CEO right after some very important presentation. Who is he? Her show monkey? Some respect people... It is same thing for actors too. They end up in some weird Islands just to get rid of those weird fans.
      • fishbert, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Right... he shouldn't expect to be bothered by fans when he's just minding his own business ... ON THE MACWORLD EXPO SHOW FLOOR.
        That's pretty far from some remote island get-away. Give me a break.
  • DeFex, on 01/17/2008, -30/+478making non replaceable batteries in a laptop is rude.
    • indie1982, on 01/17/2008, -5/+0That would be very rude!

      I think you're confused though, the battery in the MBA is perfectly replaceable. Just not user replaceable.

      It'll cost you the same amount as a MBP battery and they install it for free.
      • smoger, on 01/17/2008, -0/+5..after you give up the laptop for a week or more to ship it to them. there's not exactly a ton of apple stores around the country..
    • AFHCO, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1haha, yep I know thats right...
    • formergthing, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1I know, he should have made in half an inch thicker so he could include a removable battery mechanism. What was he thinking?
    • robinthehood, on 01/17/2008, -1/+0making non-replaceable batteries in anything is rude. ie. iPhone, iPod, iBrator, iWhathaveyou.

      You could put an i in front of anything and fanboys would lap it up.
  • dwninjungleland, on 01/17/2008, -28/+13This is lame-- we don't have any context at all. Get off your knees and stop blowing el jobso. He's a real person, who does human things and gets annoyed also. Like i am right now.
  • elvenseven, on 01/17/2008, -17/+69Steve has no respect for others, even at Bill Gates during their interview if anyone remembers. And why is he so skinny?
    • GeorgeClayton, on 01/17/2008, -18/+15Because maybe he gets exercise & doesn't eat too much?
      • daviddiaz, on 01/17/2008, -3/+13I don't see why people are digging you down. Honestly that's all it is. If most people were to get up off their asses and run a few miles, and perhaps not eat the whole gallon of ice cream, perhaps they wouldn't have to make a resolution to lose weight every year.
        I guess the fatties I'm talking about got pissed that you dissed their unhealthy lifestyle.
    • Willravel, on 01/17/2008, -17/+3"Steve has no respect for others"... now who's a drama queen. You don't know Jobs any more than any other Digger. Stop pretending like an isolated incident misinterpreted by people who can't bother to read the article or watch the video is some incredible microscope into his soul.
      • elvenseven, on 01/17/2008, -1/+13I'm no drama queen but thats all i hear about him. His co-workers, his documentary, his attitude during the interview, pissing off and throwing the camera that didn't work at the keynote and so on.
    • zdiggler, on 01/17/2008, -2/+27I think he only eats Apples.
      That's why he's skinny.
      • KrazyA1pha, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3Just one bite out of each, of course.
      • coleki, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1In other news, Jobs announced he will be going on a new diet in the near future. He's calling it the Air diet. Dieticians remain skeptical. One anonymous source was quoted as saying, "He'll just be hungry again in an hour."
        • charliekwalker, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Thats the Breatharian lifestyle, and you gotta pay 20 million to learn the secrets...
    • smilemon, on 01/17/2008, -2/+14I believe he had cancer last year, that can be pretty hard on a person. As for respect for others, he is notorious for being ruthless and taking "Steve's Share" of the profit from his partners. I don't see why he would treat some podcast whore any better than Bill Gates.
    • tkaStryc9, on 01/17/2008, -6/+9Well crack will do that to you, and for you people defending him, try watching Pirates of Silicon Valley, then you can see what your hero is like.
      • arctic, on 01/17/2008, -3/+3Somebody's been watching too many movies.

        It's not real you fruitcake.
        • adminmatt, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3wait... Anthony Michael Hall didn't create Microsoft?!?!

          /s
          • DephexTwin, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1No, that part is true. But a lot of it is fake.
      • Reese268, on 01/17/2008, -1/+2Pirates of Silicon Valley plays up his reputation as being kind of a dick. It is not 100% true to fact.. but he IS kind of a dick.... and to be honest, while I like Apple products a lot better than Microsoft products... I'd rather get to spend a day with Bill Gates than Steve Jobs.
    • ours, on 01/17/2008, -2/+2Being vegan probably helps.
    • R1ng00, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3To me thats just backward thinking .. as if you were there and saw what actually happened, you don't know what she said or how she said it or who she interrupted to ask the question. I didn't know it was his obligation to do a photoshoot on demand. I say kick the HO to the curb ! lol
  • Tapewormz, on 01/17/2008, -28/+14Who the ***** is Violet Blue anyways? Wait just minute, I remembered I don't care.

    And Steve Jobs is a ***** anyways...It just took you this long to finally realise it.
  • monomyth, on 01/17/2008, -28/+18drama queen
  • allengeer, on 01/17/2008, -68/+140is it just me or is that woman really unattractive?
    maybe steve would have taken a picture with her if she wasnt so ugly.
    • offspring06, on 01/17/2008, -5/+7If she was Cali Lewis.
    • samssf, on 01/17/2008, -9/+16rofl, that's what I was thinking when I saw her blog.
    • nekaidesigns, on 01/17/2008, -7/+21ROFL, thank you. i didn't want to be the one who said it.
    • fishbert, on 01/17/2008, -6/+25I guess Steve isn't the only one who can act rude.
      • associate989, on 01/17/2008, -14/+2Why don't you continue pleasuring yourself to all the porn you found on that *****'s website?
        Sorry to have interrupted you.
    • meteors, on 01/17/2008, -9/+6Ever notice how the less attractive a girl is, the sluttier she tends to be?
    • kutateli, on 01/17/2008, -3/+5Hey, we were all thinking it.. he just said it.
    • gennipher, on 01/17/2008, -3/+3Wow, ya'll are all a bunch of pigs. Stay on topic!
  • NsinU8, on 01/17/2008, -6/+55From what I've heard, Jobs has always been an a-hole so it should be no surprise. Personally, I really don't care just keep churnin out the hot *****. I once I saw a guy that looked like Jimmy Walker try to shake Princes hand at a nightclub and Prince turned away putting his hand in the "talk to the hand" mode. The guy just said "f*ck you Prince, you fagg*t motherf*cker" to his face. Prince kinda turned red and walked away but it was great entertainment.
    • offspring06, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10That would have been funny.
    • drunkentoad, on 01/17/2008, -1/+21This story would've been 100 times better had she said that to Jobs instead of taking a photo of his back.
    • shark72, on 01/17/2008, -2/+3If the guy had instead said

      "You blew me off, and that ain't right
      you've insulted KID DYN-O-MITE!"

      ...then you'd have known that it actually was Jimmie Walker.

      Sorry, been watching too many "Good Times" reruns lately.
    • SilentSpyder, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Prince is known to ice grill people.
  • V0lk, on 01/17/2008, -16/+43because, once you have a lot of money...you don't need to be nice to people.
    • user12345, on 01/17/2008, -6/+47BIll G would have said yes.
      • Tapewormz, on 01/17/2008, -1/+24I'd have to agree. Steve Jobs proably goes home and makes love to a plush finding nemo every night.
      • bvskoog, on 01/17/2008, -0/+1Nah, probably a plush Remy, the rat from Ratatouille.
    • ClockworksNine, on 01/17/2008, -3/+31Not true, Bill Gates doesn't behave like a dick in public.
      • TheReport, on 01/17/2008, -5/+3Get over yourself they are both assholes how do you think they got to the top? No one becomes a billionaire and tops the Forbes list of richest person in the world by saying please. One just happens to have the programmer mentality while the other is more of a shrewd businessman. they both expect perfection out of their staff and if that means cracking a few heads along the way then so be it.
    • drafhk, on 01/17/2008, -1/+1Sarcasm.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm
  • lostngone, on 01/17/2008, -11/+284You touched Steve Jobs without asking for permission?

    HOW DARE YOU!!!!
    • iZealot, on 01/17/2008, -8/+12Honestly if I were reading my email, an important message from my child or wife, or just checking my stocks I AM OBVIOUSLY BUSY. I my self would not like to be disturbed at that moment. Let alone be touched, by someone I don't know out of nowhere. Would any of you?

      Have we no respect? You all do still knock on a door so you may be invited into a guests house right?
      • Weaselboy, on 01/17/2008, -2/+5Um. He was standing in the middle of a hall where he was just the keynote speaker and you honestly think it is rude for people to approach him and want to talk or snap a photo.

        The guy is the head of a large company. If he does not want public contact like this he should stay out of public places like this where such contact is likely.

        Stop making excuses for the guy.
      • Listor, on 01/17/2008, -0/+0When you step into the lime light you should expect for your fans to want to at least get a picture of you at your convention. All part of being in the lime light.
    • captainchris, on 01/17/2008, -1/+3that reminds me of a madtv skit from way back: "NO ONE HAS EVER SAID NO TO OPRAH BEFORE!"
    • joshuamorgan, on 01/17/2008, -0/+2Inserts joke about Vista's UAC.
  • roffelmeh, on 01/17/2008, -61/+36shes ugly who cares
    • spokesandspools, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2unfortunately its true. not that shes ugly, but the fact that ugly people often are turned down. attractive people get what they want. just how the world works.
  • tones1, on 01/17/2008, -34/+22Nobody cares.
  • royall64, on 01/17/2008, -37/+19Oh, come on people. He didn't do anything wrong. He doesn't have to take a picture with her, and he obviously thought she was just some common fan.

    It would have been nice of him to let her, but he was probably in the middle of something.
    • louiedog, on 01/17/2008, -3/+13You're right. That's what the words, "No, sorry" are for.
      • royall64, on 01/17/2008, -7/+3Oh my God, nuns get your rulers, he said the word "rude"! People as rich as him are required to be nice all the time! It's the end of the ***** world!
    • sekhui, on 01/17/2008, -2/+7damn you, common fans! damn you all to hell! and give me your money before you burn!

  • joot2112, on 01/17/2008, -12/+28Jobs must not have heard of the "20 Qualities for a Successful Life" a few links down. "Humility" etc...
    • GeorgeClayton, on 01/17/2008, -8/+8Seeing where he is today? I doubt he needs these so called "20 qualities for a sucessful life."
      • buckrogers1965, on 01/17/2008, -2/+11Just because someone is rich and has fanboys wanting to blow him all day long doesn't mean that he isn't a little mean person that lacks a soul.
        • associate989, on 01/17/2008, -2/+3Look, okay. I'm an Apple fanboy, and I don't want anything to do with Steve Jobs' genitalia, okay? So STFU about that already.

          And while I don't know the man personally, I would bet everything I own that you don't either. Why don't you stop and think before you declare that a CEO and unfortunate recipient of public scrutiny "lacks a soul." Nothing looks more retarded than denying someone's humanity based upon a one-sided piece of ***** "news". Grow up.
        • DephexTwin, on 01/18/2008, -0/+1Huge slam on little people out of nowhere!
  • hellbent88, on 01/17/2008, -24/+7w00t Violet is awsome
  • monkeyrun, on 01/17/2008, -27/+88Steve Jobs said "That would be rude." he did not say she was being "rude".
    Basically that means for whatever reason it would be rude of him to take a picture with her.
    Probably because he turned down many picture requests that day?
    OR maybe he is doing an interview with someone?

    And that site is pretty NSFW.
    • floatingpoints, on 01/17/2008, -14/+17If it's NSFW, then stop ***** around on the internet while you're at work.

      And actually, no, it's not NSFW. Prude.
      • hayzeus, on 01/17/2008, -2/+10Maybe he works at a mosque. In Saudi Arabia.
      • mrjit, on 01/17/2008, -2/+9Did you completely miss all of the Kama Sutra/Sex books on the left? That's rather NSFW in most of corporate America. Luckily, I work at a porno webhost.
        • alz0rz, on 01/17/2008, -1/+7orly?
        • floatingpoints, on 02/01/2008, -0/+1Then it's not NSFW!

          No, trust me, I saw it. But it's not like some girl was sucking ***** or swallowing a load. Text ads are harmless. No different than a digg user seeing this very comment.
      • BradMW, on 01/17/2008, -6/+4How the ***** isn't a sex blog NSFW? ***** you and ***** her, you ***** liberal pieces of *****.
    • KillerJ59J, on 01/17/2008, -1/+12Um, she asked if it would be alright to ASK him if she could take a picture with him. He told her that asking him would be rude(knowing that she really wanted to ask or wouldn't have approached and asked if she could), and turned his back.
      • monkeyrun, on 01/17/2008, -5/+2Whatever she said is pretty worthless without context.
        And there is no way to verify whatever happened one way or the other.
        If he was doing an interview then it would be rude of her to interrupt.
    • samssf, on 01/17/2008, -1/+4I dunno.... if I was doing something on my phone, and someone touched me and asked a favor of me, I might be somewhat annoyed. Usually you should make eye contact with a person before approaching them, especially if you don't know the person. And just because she knows him... doesn't mean he knows her. Of course, he should have realized she's a fan and taken the photo with her, but he probably doesn't have the empathy and doesn't identify with her. She's just some weird women who touched him and wants a favor.
      • sonicularulus, on 01/17/2008, -0/+3If you were Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, at Macworld, you should've expected those crowds and rather than saying no the crowd, have people do it for you or play with the phone in a private room that out in t