From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stefan Strohmeier Subject: [OT] My Email to Mr. Steve Jobs Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:16:55 +0100 Message-ID: <079D54C7-6671-46ED-B825-0FB8CE51B003@gmx.de> References: <20110222171630.11439gmx1@mx047.gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57763 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PtwPp-0002cf-33 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:17:10 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PtwPj-0002rb-KD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:17:04 -0500 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.22]:56339) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PtwPj-0002rR-88 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:16:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20110222171630.11439gmx1@mx047.gmx.net> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: Stefan Strohmeier Dear Emacs-Users, a couple of weeks ago I wrote an Email to Mr. Steve Jobs. A few days = later I got a very personal answer. I think it is worth sharing my Email = to Mr. Steve Jobs. Feedback is welcomed. Thanks! Stefan Strohmeier Lichtenau 2011 Member of the church of Emacs Here is my mail: An: sjobs@apple.com, Steve@Apple.com, sj@pixar.com, theboss@apple.com Betreff: Connecting the dots... Dear Mr. Steve Jobs, time told you and you told me. I am a 29 year old boy happened to be born in Germany, the land of = Sauerkraut, fancy cars and fresh air. Albert Einstein was born here = without whom your GPS would be set off 10 km in one day, within one week = it would be useless. Also Konrad Zuse was born here, the engineer who = build the first programmable computer. My three biggest fears: 1) Have my parents attend my funeral I am not afraid to die and I love my parents. I was diagnosed with = multiple myeloma cancer in July 2006. In a 12 hour surgery three = vertebras were removed and replaced by a titan cage. I guess there are = only a handful of people on this planet who can do this surgery. The = titan cage was introduced by a guy named Prof. Dr. J=FCrgen Harms. I am = still alive and I can walk. Since a few weeks I am on a "Primal Diet" = and I feel better than ever.=20 I have read your cancer story... 2) Losing the love of my life I cheated on my girl friend with a beautiful sporty blonde. I told her = this. I smoke(d) and she deadly hates it. During a severe psychosis I = even forgot her name. She is still with me. This must be true love. I = cannot ask for more. She was raised as a only child because her parents could not afford to = have another baby. She is very smart, beautiful and funny. Now she is = about to finish her PhD in biochemics and bioinformatics. She is from = Rosario, the home town of Che Guevara and the football star Messi. She = introduced me to Malbec wine and great meat... 3) Having another psychosis and thus doing something stupid In 2010 I had another tumor in one of the vertebras. It was irradiated = and then I had a high dose chemotherapy with stem cell transplantation = at the DKFZ in Heidelberg. To support the chemotherapy I was given a = very high dose of cortisone. This messed up my system. I ate like a pig = and gained 10 kilos in three weeks. At a certain point I could not sleep = for four days and I started to get hallucinations. I believed I was = Jesus. This is something thought by many people having a psychosis. I = could also see some analogies to the case of John Forbes Nash. I have = seen the movie "A Beautiful Mind". Unfortunately, he was treated with = heavy electric shocks which must have been very painful. I got = haloperidol (Haldol) and many other drugs for a few weeks. It was one of = the worst experiences in my life. Now, I am doing quite fine again... I admire you very much and your products have made my time at the = hospitals as good as possible. I listened to the Beatles with my iPod = and I could work on my diploma thesis on a white Macbook 2006. My = parents bought it for me because I suffered so much. At this point in = time I only make about 10 Euros an hour but maybe one day I can afford a = Macbook Pro with a mighty fast SSD. I do research related to CO2 emissions and global warming at the = BayCEER. Yesterday I listened to a talk at my university by a former MIT = fellow named Jochem Marotzke. His conclusion on the global warming issue = was, as far as I understood, that the rich countries might be able to = manage it but the poor countries might get into serious trouble. = Something should be done about this. Sometimes I am frustrated with the = way science is done. And I thought about getting a real job after = listening to your speech at Stanford on youtube. But it's the "pleasure = of finding things out" that might keep me in the science business. Maybe we can meet one day or you could introduce me to some US American = cancer and back specialists. It would be a great honor for me to get in touch with you one day. I can = invite you to my place but it is a very shitty two room apartment with = no heating in the bathroom... That's it. I just wanted to share my story. Please excuse the selfish = tone, the many I's and words. By the way, I think that you can even connect the dots forward to some = extent. This would not be possible without the works of Blaise Pascal = and Mr. Fermat... I wish you all the strength, believe, love and knowledge that is = necessary to deal with your latest health issues. In case you are an employee related to Steve Jobs please forward this to = him. Thank you! Please reply to stefan.strohmeier(@)gmx.de, = st.strohmeier(@)googlemail.com or to my brand new iPhone 4 under the = number +49 151 50493336. I am also looking for a real job because I might drop my PhD thesis. Can = you offer me a job at apple.com? If so where should I apply to? Connect the dots and define your fears... Stefan Strohmeier, Bayreuth 2011 City of Composer Richard Wagner, Friedrich Nietzsche was here in 1872 Sent from my innovative Dell-oPhone. Just kidding...=