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Originally Posted by flylock shox
I sat next to Steve Jobs on a business flight back in 07. Asked him if he'd ever seen that spoof MadTV did about a product called iPad. He said he didn't think it was funny.
I told him it'd be cool if they made something like a laptop without a keyboard, where you could just write on the screen and it would be easier to carry. He laughed and said that was stupid.
I asked him what he thought of the chicken Kiev. He said he thought it sucked.
I put my headphones back on and watched movies. He never got up to use the bathroom, so I wasn't disturbed and eventually fell asleep.
When we landed, he said he really had to take a pee, so I let him out so he could leave the plane before me. He said thank you.
I couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic.
Or if he was actually Steve Jobs.
True story.
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And after that flight, Jobs pulled everyone of what they were doing, and put his army of engineers at work on the iPad. "Gentlemen, I have a vision that was brought to me by a man with a weak bladder, but a powerful mind. I give you 2 years to realize that vision. It is a laptop like device, but with no keyboard. You simply "write" <air quoting with fingers> on the screen. This is the device that will revolutionize portable computing"
Dude, you invented the iPad. My latest brush with celebrity is flylox shocks. Creator of the iPad. He posted in my lame thread!