Comments on: Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs biopic to be released in April http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 19:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623860 euansmith Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623860 Why, you!!! Why, you!!!

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623859 euansmith Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623859 I don't want to drive a wedge between you, but your love may not be reciprocated. Your iPad was saying some very uncomplimentary things about you down at the cybercafé last night... asshat was the least of them... I don’t want to drive a wedge between you, but your love may not be reciprocated. Your iPad was saying some very uncomplimentary things about you down at the cybercafé last night… asshat was the least of them…

]]> By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623774 signsofrain Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623774 Yeah but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWoz" rel="nofollow">iWoz</a> is a much funnier title, and even in death I don't think Jobs would ever want to play second fiddle to Woz, even in the unimportant realm of book title joking. Yeah but iWoz is a much funnier title, and even in death I don’t think Jobs would ever want to play second fiddle to Woz, even in the unimportant realm of book title joking.

]]> By: euansmith http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623724 euansmith Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623724  I'd have thought, "iJobs" would have been the winner.  I’d have thought, “iJobs” would have been the winner.

]]> By: Jundooz http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623442 Jundooz Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623442 Haters will always hate. Haters will always hate.

]]> By: tubacat http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623437 tubacat Wed, 09 Jan 2013 08:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623437  https://www.google.com/search?q=kutcher+apology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a  https://www.google.com/search?q=kutcher+apology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

]]> By: teapot http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623416 teapot Wed, 09 Jan 2013 06:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623416 Cue Jobs hate, more like it. I've got a long history of railing on Apple but some of these comments seem pretty undeserved. As I said on the day he died: he somehow made computing cool instead of geeky. If nothing else *that* was his contribution to the world and his story is one worth telling. Cue Jobs hate, more like it.

I’ve got a long history of railing on Apple but some of these comments seem pretty undeserved. As I said on the day he died: he somehow made computing cool instead of geeky. If nothing else *that* was his contribution to the world and his story is one worth telling.

]]> By: Jemmy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623313 Jemmy Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623313 Didn't they already make this as <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0168122/" rel="nofollow">a TV movie starring Noah Wyle</a>, with Anthony Michael Hall as the young Bill Gates? Didn’t they already make this as a TV movie starring Noah Wyle, with Anthony Michael Hall as the young Bill Gates?

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623259 Jake0748 Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623259 Dude, where's my iMac? Dude, where’s my iMac?

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1623163 timquinn Tue, 08 Jan 2013 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1623163 One day you will casually say to your friends, "Oh, yeah, I got an iPhone. Just trying it out. It -is- pretty easy to use. huh" One day you will casually say to your friends, “Oh, yeah, I got an iPhone. Just trying it out. It -is- pretty easy to use. huh”

]]> By: Jeremy Sweeney http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622994 Jeremy Sweeney Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622994 Cue people yelling BUT HE WAS A VISIONARY. Who cares? Also, echoing the asshat playing an asshat comment. And I love my new iPad by the way.  Cue people yelling BUT HE WAS A VISIONARY. Who cares? Also, echoing the asshat playing an asshat comment.

And I love my new iPad by the way. 

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622971 Nash Rambler Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622971 Don't worry, that release date will be pushed back due to reported shortages.  Or sheer apathy. Don’t worry, that release date will be pushed back due to reported shortages.  Or sheer apathy.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622847 wysinwyg Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622847  Yours was punchier, I was just seeing if there was any particularly funny stories about Kutcher being an asshat.  I think he's in character on Punk'd by the way.  I think the only time I've seen him talk at length out of character was on Bill Maher and pretty much anyone can look reasonable next to that guy.  The verdict is not yet in.  Yours was punchier, I was just seeing if there was any particularly funny stories about Kutcher being an asshat.  I think he’s in character on Punk’d by the way.  I think the only time I’ve seen him talk at length out of character was on Bill Maher and pretty much anyone can look reasonable next to that guy.  The verdict is not yet in.

]]> By: dmc10 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622801 dmc10 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622801 Well if there was ever a good time to 'take care of'... cough.... all the iZombies and iCultists, other than the next iShiney product release, this would be it. Late April release huh? Should have been April 1st, seems more fitting imo. Well if there was ever a good time to ‘take care of’… cough…. all the iZombies and iCultists, other than the next iShiney product release, this would be it. Late April release huh? Should have been April 1st, seems more fitting imo.

]]> By: signsofrain http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622795 signsofrain Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622795 If Jobs had had his way, Macs would never even have had <a href="http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Diagnostic_Port.txt&characters=Steve%20Wozniak&sortOrder=Sort%20by%20Date&detail=high&showcomments=1" rel="nofollow">expansion ports</a>. <i>Steve was reportedly against having slots in the Apple II back in the days of yore, and felt even stronger about slots for the Mac. He decreed that the Macintosh would remain perpetually bereft of slots, enclosed in a tightly sealed case, with only the limited expandability of the two serial ports. </i> If Jobs had had his way, Macs would never even have had expansion ports.

Steve was reportedly against having slots in the Apple II back in the days of yore, and felt even stronger about slots for the Mac. He decreed that the Macintosh would remain perpetually bereft of slots, enclosed in a tightly sealed case, with only the limited expandability of the two serial ports.

]]> By: dmc10 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622793 dmc10 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622793 Fair enough, I don't know much about Kutcher (though he seems a bit immature when I have seem him talk out of character), I could have said a guy who plays asshats, playing another asshat. Fair enough, I don’t know much about Kutcher (though he seems a bit immature when I have seem him talk out of character), I could have said a guy who plays asshats, playing another asshat.

]]> By: wysinwyg http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622786 wysinwyg Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622786 Great casting, but what makes Kutcher an asshat?  I know he plays some annoying characters but the few times I've seen him out of character he seemed pretty normal/reasonable. Great casting, but what makes Kutcher an asshat?  I know he plays some annoying characters but the few times I’ve seen him out of character he seemed pretty normal/reasonable.

]]> By: Nash Rambler http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622788 Nash Rambler Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622788 Wow.  Even reading the news of this things' existence felt like a waste of time. Wow.  Even reading the news of this things’ existence felt like a waste of time.

]]> By: dmc10 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622779 dmc10 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622779 An asshat playing an asshat... An asshat playing an asshat…

]]> By: GeneralPurpose http://boingboing.net/2013/01/08/ashton-kutcher-steve-jobs-biop.html#comment-1622755 GeneralPurpose Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=204604#comment-1622755 They should've called it "The man who built beautiful jails". They should’ve called it “The man who built beautiful jails”.

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