Flags at half staff at One Infinite Loop

[ProdigalJunkMail]

I think it is sad the guy is gone...but that is really over the top.

sP

[monmouth]

1. I don't think so, it's quite lovely..n/t

[Lucinda]

14. +1

[alphafemale]

2. I saw where someone said that it was the same as when John Lennon and JFK died.

.....Really?

[Cid_B]

33. Bigger deal than Lennon... not as big as JFK...

[Blues Heron]

3. how is that over the top?

pretty standard display of mourning.

[itsrobert]

6. Not really

Section 7m authorizes the President, the Governor, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia to half-staff the US flag in certain circumstances.

[Blues Heron]

11. better call the flag police then

[ProdigalJunkMail]

7. lowering the US flag for the death of the head of a corporation

is pretty over the top to me. while it is not in violation of the Flag Code...it gives him significance that goes beyond who he was.

sP

[Blues Heron]

13. I'm sure you'll get over it

[ProdigalJunkMail]

16. sure...just like you'll get over this too

too bad I have an opinion.

sP

[Auggie]

4. What difference does it make to you?

Some people... :eyes:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

10. yeah...some people

like those that elevate a man because he made shiny baubles and loads of cash...

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[Bake]

15. More than just shiny baubles.

Incredibly useful devices that changed forever the way we interact with media. Some have called him a modern day da Vinci.

But nobody's putting a gun to your head to make you buy one.

:hi:

Bake

[ProdigalJunkMail]

20. yeah...and some people worship rocks and trees

he had some cool ideas...made pretty stuff...heck, he didn't really MAKE anything...he took ideas and expanded on them.

not the first portable digital music player though the ipod was marketed as such
not the first smart phone though the iphone was marketed as such
not the first tablet computer though the ipad was marketed as MAGICAL

he was a man...his vision was making money...and he was damned good at it.

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[Bake]

25. There were portable music players

LIke the Walkman ... and even portable mp3 players. But nobody wanted them, so they're pretty much gone now.

Smart phones? How many of those things were being sold? There were Blackberries for getting your email ... what else?

Tablets? You'll have to show me one that predates the iPad.

Jobs built Apple into a major company by making high quality, easy-to-use devices THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY. That's what changed the landscape of the digital world.

Bake

[ProdigalJunkMail]

28. people bought millions of MP3 players before the ipod

there were even touch screen smart phones well before the iphone

i had an HP tablet in 2001.

there was even a company that made a Modbook from a MacBook and displayed it some years before the ipad.

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[Bake]

30. Yes, there were portable players.

They just weren't worth a shit. I had one, a Rio. It sucked so bad I gave up on it.

Bake

[ProdigalJunkMail]

31. funny...i had a Rio that worked well...hell, probably still does

but is too big and only has 64MB RAM... my MP3 of choice right now is a Zen Stone...small, simple and much less expensive than an iPod. Apple makes cool stuff, but once again, they weren't the first...they did what any company that wants to succeed does : they improved on what was there.

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[Bake]

32. The Rio "worked," sort of.

I think I could store all of maybe 50 songs on it. Putting them on there was a pain, and it had no screen to tell me what song I was about to play.

I hated it. Wanted an iPod for years, never got one. Now I have an iPhone that does the job.

Bake

[ProdigalJunkMail]

34. like i said, they made it better

got no problem with that...

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[itsrobert]

5. Did Gov Brown order it?

Section 7m authorizes the President, the Governor, and the Mayor of the District of Columbia to half-staff the US flag in certain circumstances.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

8. it doesn't have to be ordered

is my understanding...

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[itsrobert]

19. wrong

No. According to the Flag Code, only the president of the US or your state governor can order the US flag lowered to half-staff. You can half-staff your company flag, which has the advantage of informing passersby and uninformed employees, clients, etc., that someone important to your company has died.

[Taverner]

21. 1 Infinite Loop = Apple HQ

[itsrobert]

22. Can my company fly the US flag at half-mast for a former employee?

No. According to the Flag Code, only the president of the US or your state governor can order the US flag lowered to half-staff. You can half-staff your company flag, which has the advantage of informing passersby and uninformed employees, clients, etc., that someone important to your company has died.

http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/faq.htm#q80

[Taverner]

23. It's a GD piece of cloth

I don't care if people wipe their ass with it

[ProdigalJunkMail]

26. you choose not to give it any respect...

that's fine. but they chose to fly it in front of their building...they should fly it with proper respect and in accordance with the rules set forth in displaying it. they are free not to fly it...as are you.

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[Electric Monk]

12. One Infinite Loop is the Apple main building

[itsrobert]

17. It is an American Flag. They are free to lower it, but they should not

if they honor the code.

[Taverner]

24. I don't honor any kind of jingoistic cloth

[Taverner]

9. That's what any federal, state or civil agency does when they lose one of their own

[Ian David]

18. When you die, I will leave my toilet seat up all day as a fitting tribute. n/t

[Angry Dragon]

27. LOL ............. +1000

[ProdigalJunkMail]

29. it's your ass...