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Steve Jobs was the world’s 1st Zillionaire at age 29 (1985)

macenstein.com — old Playboy from February of 1985 featuring an interview with an about-to-be-fired-from-Apple Steve Jobs. Apparently at the ripe age of 29 Steve was the world ’s first Zillionaire - no small feat, given that a Zillion.

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  • siglesias, on 04/06/2008, -3/+47where's the article? =(
    • Tripacer9999, on 04/06/2008, -5/+16Instead of the article, you get to see *****.
      Why are you still complaining?
    • MisterFreeze, on 04/06/2008, -7/+1What kind of useless ***** is interested in a Playboy article? This is probably the first time anybody ever read it.
    • falstaff, on 04/06/2008, -1/+5So let me get this straight...
      "ZOMG, There was an article about Steve Jobs written over 20 years ago! I better submit that fact to Digg!"
      And over 800 people thought the mere fact that this mythical article exists is worth digging?
  • DHohen, on 04/06/2008, -2/+22Well in that case I'm a Zillionaire too.
    • scrag10, on 04/06/2008, -4/+2HA fool, you can't succeed without STEP 2
    • myt29, on 04/06/2008, -5/+2I'm a Sextillionaire :)
    • fluxion, on 04/06/2008, -1/+7i still remember when i made my first zillion bucks
      • LordVance, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4It's always the first zillion you have to really work for; after that with some smart management your money basically reproduces on it's own.
        • GliTCH82, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2At that rate, I should hit about tree fiddy when I retire.
    • killerknives, on 04/06/2008, -4/+1you robbed Steve?
    • prophetpimp, on 04/06/2008, -0/+7I am one too in Zimbabwe.
      • Scorps111, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1your poor compared to the rest of the country
  • Rauby, on 04/06/2008, -5/+50An interview for geeks in PLAYBOY. EPIC
  • neolycan, on 04/06/2008, -2/+0heh... nice.
  • LanceSteele, on 04/06/2008, -4/+18sounds like he's overcompensating for something >.>
  • Shagmire, on 04/06/2008, -2/+4Sorry to ruin it, Its actually an interview with Artie Ziff....duh
  • jls33fsls, on 04/06/2008, -11/+2Dugg for Playboy.
  • burchie2, on 04/06/2008, -0/+9"The art of being cocksure"
    "Wicked Willie-Man's best friend (He hardly ever lets you down)"

  • exomni, on 04/06/2008, -0/+7You know, Playboy used to rock. I bought up a ton of old issues, and they have some amazing interviews and articles and short stories from some absolutely amazing names, and the girls aren't too shabby either.
    • Lukesed, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Hah, the other day I was reading a book of Rhoad Dahl short stories (he wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory way back when) and there were some that originally appeared in Playboy.
      • Speed, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2I didn't know that there actually were some people who read playboy...
  • mydigga, on 04/06/2008, -1/+113Ahh, 1985... when Steve still had hair, and so did the girls in Playboy.
  • snagra, on 04/06/2008, -2/+14It was on one of his lonely nights were he coined the term multi-touch.
    • snagra, on 04/06/2008, -5/+4Spell Check to -
      It was on one of his lonely nights where he coined the term multi-touch.
  • far2fargo, on 04/06/2008, -0/+6Dugg for Dr. Macenstein who still digs though his dad's sock drawer.
  • tweetsa, on 04/06/2008, -12/+1there is no zillion in mathematics
    • ArkAngel06, on 04/06/2008, -0/+12Thank you Captain Obvious.

      -Captain Generic Saying
  • bicyclethief, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1Yeehaw.
  • StanleyKoolPrik, on 04/06/2008, -4/+7And currently, a zillion diggers are collectively hanging on his zillion inch ***** -- metaphorically speaking.
  • xgambetx, on 04/06/2008, -9/+5now this is gona on the top stores.....


    this thread is stupid. buried,
  • SilentRamble42, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3I never expected Playboy's journalists to be the cream of the crop anyway.
  • ajg199, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3I swear I read Playboy for the articles Mom!!!
  • warringgael, on 04/06/2008, -5/+0the porn of the future: holographic and high defenition.
    • Cerius, on 04/06/2008, -0/+3Herpes in HD!

      Yeah, I hope porn stays in SD.
  • CodeCobalt, on 04/06/2008, -4/+2Inaccurate... Absolutely no where in the article did it say he was the "FIRST" zillionaire.... in fact it doesn't credit him with being the first of anything.
    • GregoryHarbin, on 04/06/2008, -0/+5No, sir. Obviously, he would be the FIRST Zillionare, because there are no others. If you are the only one of a kind, then you are the first of that kind.
      • CodeCobalt, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1okay and because it was in playboy that makes it official? tell you what. I'll bet you a zillion dollars that others have been declared zillionaires before Steve Jobs. Hell when I was five and had $10 I said I was a zillionaire.
  • tehmacuser, on 04/06/2008, -0/+39"(not to mention the fact that a Zillion is technically an imaginary number)."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginary_Number

    Fake ≠ imaginary
    • diggrnumber1, on 04/06/2008, -2/+4whoever dugg this guy down is an idiot
    • RevoFM, on 04/06/2008, -3/+7How did you get that backwards d in numder?
    • badboys213, on 04/07/2008, -1/+1damnit I hated imaginary numbers! I can't believe electricians use it in everyday life, or so said my incredibly gorgeous math teacher.
  • freakguy54321, on 04/06/2008, -1/+3so whats after a trillion...because this whole time i thought zillion was.


    life altering news for me right now
  • Awspire, on 04/06/2008, -2/+7Hmmm, my AD/HD seems to kick in looking at the cover. What was this submission about again? Steve looking for a job? Job of the zillions? ahhh, never mind, hey look.... boobies!
    • ThankTheCheese, on 04/06/2008, -0/+4you have AD/HD? What is that? wouldn't that be "attention deficit and/or high definition" disorder?
      Perhaps BluRay has a new contender?

      /being an arse and missing the joke
      • RevoFM, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1It's AC/DC with some letters changed and the lightning bolt replaced with a '/'.
  • Zihuatanejo, on 04/06/2008, -2/+2Does that mean that the square root of negative one zillion is an imaginary, fake number?
  • jbob2000, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1Steve Jobs + promise of nude women = Instant digg win.
  • catachip, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1That was back in the days when Jobs would just come out and say what was on his mind about Microsoft, rather than using thinly veiled criticisms through advertisements. Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upzKj-1HaKw

    (No, it's not a RickRoll).
    • RevoFM, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1It's I like that it's short and keeps my atten...
  • SLockhart, on 04/06/2008, -2/+3Zillion could be a real number. There are an infinite amount of numbers and only a finite amount of combinations of letters so eventually we'll have to use zillion.
    • makkaveli19, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1mind explodes
    • chaos36, on 04/06/2008, -1/+2The combination of letters is not finite, just add another then another then another.........
      • KidA2pt0, on 04/06/2008, -1/+0For god sakes let the boy dream, it keeps him cocksure.

        Now I want everyone else to try to use todays word 'Cocksure' in a sentence to your friends b4 the day is up.

        Main Entry:
        *****·sure
        Pronunciation:
        ˈkäk-ˈshu̇r
        Function:
        adjective
        Etymology:
        probably from 1cock + sure (i'm sure)
        Date:
        1608

        1 : feeling perfect assurance sometimes on inadequate grounds
        2 : marked by overconfidence or presumptuousness : cocky
        synonyms see sure
        — *****·sure·ly adverb
        — *****·sure·ness noun
    • chaos36, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1in fact there are more letters than numbers giving even "more" infinate possibilities
      • SLockhart, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1There are 10 numerals but there is an infinite amount of numbers.
    • Speed, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1No it couldn't, since it's not defined.
  • oldcrows40, on 04/06/2008, -0/+5My only question is why the person who wrote the article was beating it to retro porn
  • AppleMacStud, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are gifts sent directly by God to the world. Computers would still be stuck in the 80's were it not for these two brilliant men. Tears come to my eyes in gratitude as I think about it...
    • Railz, on 04/06/2008, -1/+5You might dislike Microsoft as much as you want, but Bill Gates did the same. And to say Apple did it first is blatant ignorance. They both stole from Xerox.
  • Nitrodist88, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1So, what's the point of this again?
  • Pyroteq, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2Useless blog spam, doesn't even include the article and it's a load of *****.

    Buried as pathetic.
  • al11588, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1Steve jobs is gay like ken kutaragi and that Ubuntu owner word up
  • Soave, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Digg's hyperbole detectors are broken tonight.
  • BarriedaleNick, on 04/06/2008, -0/+2buried due to total lack of any actual article or information..
  • mochaman, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1I'm sure they got this sticky old rag for the article. No wonder why they couldn't open it to read it!
  • smek2, on 04/06/2008, -2/+1A Zillionaire you say? I say, so what? In the end we all die anyway, no matter how many crap you collected during lifetime. If cancer won't do it to Jobs, something other will eventually.
  • iamcool, on 04/06/2008, -2/+0Steve Jobs interview circa 1985
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4NcgQZucE
  • heavystone, on 04/06/2008, -3/+1Inaccurate and ***** article
  • Viriatus2, on 04/06/2008, -4/+1one more reason to hate Apple
  • ZeroCool07, on 04/06/2008, -3/+1He was a zillionaire? Pretty sure he isn't one now..or back then...Or was he? wtf I'm confused...
  • SittinSidewayz, on 04/06/2008, -0/+1Found on the cover of Playboy, it must be true...
  • HUSTLER101, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1The Girl is Hot
  • cyranthus, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1given that a zillion is not a real number, im a zillionare too!
    yeah... buried as stupid.
  • falafelkiosken, on 04/06/2008, -1/+1maceinstein is the playboy of the mac world
  • lcllam, on 04/07/2008, -0/+0Pfft... why be a zillionaire when you can be a... MILLIONaire?!?
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