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This doesn't surprise me about Jobs at all. When I buy a brand for some reason other than (or in addition to) price value, it's because of things like this. I feel good knowing that my laptop business went to a company headed by a guy like that.
It's unfortunate that somebody had to die, but I can't say I didn't see something like this coming for a while. When I first got my ipod, I used my old headphones for a while because I didn't want to advertise to muggers that I was carrying expensive equipment. When they broke and I started using the distinctive white earbuds, I couldn't help but think of that John Ruskin saying whenever I went out with it: "Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness." It's the damn truth. Poor kid.
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"I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed."
(Michael Jordan)
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