Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 30th Dec 2008 23:49 UTC
Talk, Rumors, X Versus Y Steve Jobs' health has been an important topic of rumours ever since he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in mid-2004. He was treated successfully, and recovered from his ordeal. Ever since then, rumours of possible health problems popped up regularly, which were only ignited further by Apple's recent announcement to drop out of MacWorld San Fransisco, with Steve Jobs not delivering the famous keynote speech coming January. Gizomodo threw a whole lot of oil on the fire today by publishing information which they claim comes from a source which has always been 100% accurate.
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Who is Gizomodo??? :D
by JonathanBThompson on Wed 31st Dec 2008 00:38 UTC
JonathanBThompson
Member since:
2006-05-26

People spreading these rumors should be taken out back and shot as a public service, since the rumors aren't likely to help anyone legitimate in a legitimate way.

That being said, Sure, Steve Jobs will die, sooner or later, and it may be sooner than later: he might get run over by an Apple employee on One Infinite Loop tomorrow, for all we know. Hey, it could happen! Then again, in the best reference to Monty Python, "But I'm not dead yet!" is something he keeps uttering (in different words) and people keep on saying "We can't wait until next Thursday!" despite all he does and says.

Tis just a flesh wound!

RE: Who is Gizomodo??? :D
by pantheraleo on Wed 31st Dec 2008 07:44 in reply to "Who is Gizomodo??? :D"
pantheraleo Member since:
2007-03-07

> That being said, Sure, Steve Jobs will die, sooner
> or later, and it may be sooner than later: he
> might get run over by an Apple employee on
> One Infinite Loop tomorrow, for all we know.

If you get run over by a car on One Infinite Loop Way, you don't actually die cause you never actually get SIGTERM. You just keep getting run over again... and again.... and again... and again... and...

No. Definitely not a good place to get run over by a car.

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RE: Who is Gizomodo??? :D
by DigitalAxis on Wed 31st Dec 2008 16:56 in reply to "Who is Gizomodo??? :D"
DigitalAxis Member since:
2005-08-28

That, or Steve Jobs is rapidly becoming the Kim Jung Il of the tech industry. Er, in terms of 'dead-or-not-dead'.

Hey, it's Schrödinger's CEO!

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RE[2]: Who is Gizomodo??? :D
by mabhatter on Sun 4th Jan 2009 21:31 in reply to "RE: Who is Gizomodo??? :D"
mabhatter Member since:
2005-07-17

the aren't finished building the iSteve yet. It will be the first holographic, Artificial Intelligence that will perfectly emulate the Steve in all public appearances.

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RE: Who is Gizomodo??? :D
by tomcat on Sat 3rd Jan 2009 08:59 in reply to "Who is Gizomodo??? :D"
tomcat Member since:
2006-01-06

People spreading these rumors should be taken out back and shot as a public service, since the rumors aren't likely to help anyone legitimate in a legitimate way.


And hyperbole and righteous indignation is making it so much better, right?

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