Why Steve Jobs died

[Oceania]

the moment they manifest green ray, they graduate.

Can you please define manifest green ray?

and there is no relevance in between service to others, and faking reactions.

I agree. However, being considerate of others, and choosing words that express respect while yet being honest, isn't faking.

"Today we celebrate Dennis Ritchie Day, an idea proposed by Tim O'Reilly. Ritchie, who died earlier this month, made contributions to computing that are so deeply woven into the fabric that they impact us all. We now have to remark on the elephant in the room. If Dennis Ritchie hadn't died just after Steve Jobs, there would probably have been no suggestion of a day to mark his achievements. We have to admit that it is largely a response to the perhaps over-reaction to Steve Jobs which highlighted the inequality in the public recognition of the people who really make their world work."

It's true that there have been many other contributors to the computer industry that haven't gotten nearly as much recognition. The media is very fickle and basically decides who gets recognition, based on what makes good news.

It's a lot like the music industry. I remember when Michael Jackson died. Based on all the accolades, you'd think he was the very first musical artist to make any good songs at all! Being a music connoisseur who likes a lot of music from obscure musicians who never made the pop charts, I could easily think, "yeah but xyz artist did that too, way before Michael Jackson, but never got recognition for it just because the timing wasn't right so he never made the pop charts. I can think of a lot of other musical artists who deserve recognition way more than Michael Jackson."

And I did think that very thing. But I didn't bother telling the Michael Jackson fans, at least not right after he died. It wouldn't have mattered to them, and they didn't want to hear it when they were in the midst of grieving over someone they loved and admired.

yeah, i agree, let people grieve. everyone forgets this little fact. not everyone wants to be famous. not everyone wants to be grieved by strangers when they die. Steve took on the job of being a face for his company. a public being. if it was me, i wouldn't want that. and i wouldn't give a s*** if "everyone" remembered me when i died. i'd care if the people that mattered to me did. and i'm sure that was true of Steve but he didn't mind being the public face. public faces touch more people so of course it's bigger news. more people are gonna grieve. what really pisses me off is how people get all nasty and angry at people grieving Steve and start listing his faults or how others deserve the credit more. as if anyofthat matters. he's dead, people who feel a connection to him grieve. and it's really selfish and mean to b**** about something petty to people who grieve because of your distorted views of what is sooo frickin important, like fame and posthumous recognition. that doesn't matter to anyone who cared about Steve as a person. like his family. or people that just liked him. and there's these mean things about him floating and i hope his family doesn't see. like there was this facebook pic that was about how african victims are more deserving of grieving. as if grieving Steve takes away from african people. what a load of crap. i'm so tired of this self righteous bullshit everyone's on. and i realize i'm judging people for judging. the judgement never ends.