Steve Jobs once tried to call the pope

by Tom Gallagher on Oct. 27, 2011

As a teenager, Steve Jobs called the Vatican to speak to the pope, says a new biography on the late Apple co-creator.

CNN has posted excerpts from the Walter Isaacson's new biography on Steve Jobs:

Jobs was introduced to Steve Wozniak in high school by a mutual friend, and despite their age difference (Wozniak was five years older), the two bonded over their love of electronics and practical jokes. "I was a little more mature than my years, and he was a little less mature than his, so it evened out," Jobs said.

Jobs and Wozniak built a "Blue Box," a device that allowed them to make long-distance calls for free by fooling the networks' routing switches. The two pranksters used the box to call the Vatican, with Wozniak pretending to be Henry Kissinger and asking to speak to the pope. They spoke to several Vatican officials but never actually got the pope on the line.

wozniak was the inventor,

Submitted by Charles J. Scanlon (not verified) on Oct. 27, 2011.

wozniak was the inventor, jobs the businessman, who robbed even wozniak, so like, I don't get all this adoration of Steve that's been going on lately.

Nothing to emulate here, anymore than in wojo.

I phoned Ingrid Stampa and

Submitted by L.Newington (not verified) on Oct. 28, 2011.

I phoned Ingrid Stampa and spoke to her direct, and did'nt have to pretend to be anyone other than myself.
I wonder if she old her boss, out of +Obedience.

Read about Foxcom and the

Submitted by Jennifer Roche (not verified) on Nov. 01, 2011.

Read about Foxcom and the suicides at Apple factories.

Think Different. What about islaves in ilabor camps working for $8 a month?

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