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Sep 09, 08 - 11:09 pm Comment from: iDon't

He looks sick to me.

Sep 09, 08 - 11:27 pm Comment from: ken1w

"Go get some new, smaller jeans and black mock turtlenecks that fit, Steve. The world will suddenly think that you're healthy as a horse..."

I think Steve Jobs can afford to buy new clothes... If there is public speculation and concern about his health, it's because that's what Steve Jobs wants for the moment. It serves some purpose.

Sep 09, 08 - 11:38 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

(imagine hearing this in the voice of Don the Movie announcer guy who recently died)


In a World

In a Nation

Where 50% of its population is over-weight

And 1/3 are obese

Is a Man

A Man who looks like most Men did for 1,000s of years

A Man who looks like a Man who won the Tour de France

7 times

A Man who makes $1.00 a year

A Man who stays hungry

A Man who feeds his brain

And feeds our Soul

That Man is not normal

That Man is

His Royal Steve-ness





BC

Sep 09, 08 - 11:41 pm Comment from: shawnpetriw

@BC: beautiful.

Sep 09, 08 - 11:42 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

P.S.


And E.T. is "skinny" too


Hummm, coincidence or not ?







BC

I hope he puts on those extra pounds, and that he is well.

Sep 10, 08 - 12:23 am Comment from: Dasgeek

I think his diet, as a vegetarian (that also eats seafood occasionally). is playing a major roll in his weight. I know vegans and vegetarians that struggle with maintaining weight evan without his medical history.

Sep 10, 08 - 12:33 am Comment from: amyhre

I think MDN does have a point there. It's not as if the dude can't afford a good tailor.

fsck everyone. wear what you want and do what you want. it's working.

plus- to put it really in perspective- on a human level from the man himself....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_ptbiPoXM&feature=related

Steve looked like he just got out of Auschwitz today.

Sep 10, 08 - 01:50 am Comment from: HMCIV

Steve could stand to gain 10 or 15 pounds...

Napster could stand to gain 10 or 15 dollars per share.

The difference is Steve won't grow 7x larger if he makes that 10 - 15 point gain.

If he thinks he needs to put on 10-15 lbs. why the hell doesn't he do it unless he's ill in some way?

Want to gain weight? It's easy: hire a nutritionist, a chef and eat. He can afford it. He also should also be hitting the gym and not just running. Running will not add weight. In fact, he looks a bit like one of those marathoners in the Olympics.

Of course, I personally wish I knew his secret because I could use LOSING about 10-15 (or 40) lbs.

Sep 10, 08 - 02:08 am Comment from: GregoriusM

Sure, he is skinny, but he looks otherwise healthy and his demeanour was much better than WWDC.

I think we are all so used to looking at the obese people around us (that includes me, sad to say), that we think anyone underweight is "emaciated."

When he says he is in good health, then he no doubt is in relatively good health. To say otherwise would be against the standards that a CEO must live up to. Is he PERFECTLY healthy? Probably not. Who is? Steve Balmer???

Let's stop concerning ourselves with Steve's health until Apple's board of directors starts getting concerned.

Until then, good health to you Steve!!!

Sep 10, 08 - 02:21 am Comment from: GregoriusM

I just viewed the video from CNBC mentioned above, and while Steve is thin, he certainly looks good overall. I think the eyes tell a huge story and Steve had a bright look in his eyes and that gleam he's had in the past. I'd be more inclined to judge his health from that than how much he weighs or his BMI.

I think he's fine.

In a time where obesity makes devastations and yet is almost considered as normal, it is rather understandable that a thin person makes a certain effect on crowds!

@I'm with Steve
Thanks for sharing! This is a great video many could take a great lessons from!

I vote for chicken noodle soup:
and more attention.

Give me Ballmer boy's cholesterol count and stress level!

Looks like his Steveness has the fake tan happening.

Sep 10, 08 - 05:13 am Comment from: Renderdog

I think people have become so used to seeing overweight people, the majority these days, they see a skinny person as unusual. Certainly too skinny can be unhealthy but if just about everyone wasn't fat Job's weight would not be an issue.

It is a good sign I suppose we are concerned about his health, many do care for non-financial reasons. If we cared about what Ballmer has accomplished we'd probably worry about his weight, though since our perceptions have been reset I suppose Ballmer looks "normal."

Sep 10, 08 - 06:07 am Comment from: Cubert

He sure looked snappy yesterday.

Maybe his doctor will give him a prescription for cheese fries. I sure wish mine would give me one. Hey, Steve, if you need a fat transplant, I would be happy to donate some of mine.

Maybe he can't afford new clothes. After all, he only makes $1 a year.

Experiments on rats suggest that those fed 50% less calories than their fellow rats live longer, are more intelligent and have more energy, other science shows that the fewer free radicals that are result of this mean you age much more slowly.

Maybe more people should be like him: i can just imagine all that fat lazy bastards who are making up all this nonsense and I take pleasure in the possibility he may outlive them all... the world will be a better place

Sep 10, 08 - 08:15 am Comment from: Macromancer

" is playing a major roll in his weight."

A major DINNER roll? See THAT would solve this problem if he just ate more dinner rolls.

Jobs carries a briefcase????

Man I love dinner rolls... with butter -- vegan butter, made from soy.

All the supermodels are going to keel over and die or blow away. There's no difference. What if the world were that conscious of their weight.
Noone would strap a 20 lb weight to their belly, but most people carry around at least that much. Women truly think that weighing 175 lbs is normal and wonder why they can't get a date. When you take up more than half of a normal queen size bed, there is a good chance you are sleeping alone.
A preacher will never preach on the sin of gluttony...it's ok to take 10 to 15 years off your life by stuffing your face, but don't dare smoke or drink.

I like Phil Schiller, but the truth is that he looks like a blob being pulled by gravity.
He is the one who is going to die the gluttony death.

Sorry MDN, but how the f*$k do you know he's "wearing his old clothes"???

You don't. Stop being an ass and let the guy wear what he wants.

Besides which, take a look at this photo of him:

http://www.macworld.com/article/135458-3/2008/09/letsrockevent.html

Sep 10, 08 - 08:43 am Comment from: ElderNorm

Steve's weight,????

"He looks sick to me." Hmmmmm, actually, I thought he looked a lot like Lance Armstrong. Thin yes but solid. And forgive me if memory is fuzzy here but didn't Lance win SEVEN tour de France races????????

Yep, looks sick, but then with the rest of us Americans being 40 lbs overweight and headed for a heart attack, maybe,...... just maybe, Steve is doing OK.

What do you think???

Just a thought.

en

Sep 10, 08 - 08:44 am Comment from: Mr. Reeee

So, people wonder why he's skinny and looks sickly?
Jobs is :

A. A cancer survivor.

and

B. A vegetarian.

Cut the guy some slack.

MDN: Steve hasn't bought any new, properly fitting clothes because fuel costs for his private jet are KILLING him!

I think people are making too big a deal about this.

So hedge funds are manipulating the market. This creates buying opportunities for small investors, if you're willing to stick with a buy and hold approach to investing.

Sure, AAPL is undervalued right now because people think SJ's health is a concern. My advice, BUY. Hedge funds will not be able to stop the earnings that the iPhone is generating. The manipulation is temporary and soon the funds will manipulate it in the other direction. Then it will be time to sell.

Nice, BC Kelly.

(And Don the Movie announcer guy is Don LaFontaine. [http://www.DonLafontaine.com/DLF2007/index.html] )

@Ut Mac
"Steve looked like he just got out of Auschwitz today."


What a disgusting, thoughtless, insensitive and inhumane comment. You should be ashamed.

Sep 10, 08 - 09:15 am Comment from: January 24, 1984

I changed my diet significantly, exercised everyday for a year, and lost about fifty pounds. Now I have a BMI of 21.

Weird thing: I occasionally get asked - you lost a lot of weight, are you okay?

Usually by some lard ass.

@ halhiker,

Dude, you knoweth not from where thou speaketh.

I lost 15 pounds due to two bouts of the flu last January. I still have not regained it. I've never had cancer. I'm about Steve's age. I'm active, I eat fish and some meat. My gut is in perfect shape.

If I can't regain my weight in 7 or 8 months after the flu, think how hard it is for Steve!

I'm totally healthy.

I'm sure Steve is totally healthy too.

BEING SKINNY DOES NOT = UNHEALTHY! OK?

ACTIVE PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY THIN!

Move on, eejit.

The problem is nowadays...there are too many hedge funds out there...this statement came directly from Warren Buffet.

Sep 10, 08 - 10:02 am Comment from: qka

Steve just needs to hang out with the guys in today's Joy of Tech.

(see the link on the left side of this page!)

Steve Jobs.

Just about one of the most interesting people in the history of humanity.
The guy that gave us the computers we love and saved us from the Borg.

He has his personal challenges, but he IS the Steve.

I think he looks great - and I could have done with another hour or two of the interview.

He is one in a billion, and a lot of the dopes who post around the web are too unaware to see it, sadly.

One cool dude.

Most of us posting to this list would love to lose 10-15 lbs. (and need to do so).

The real problem is that more and more people are chronically overweight, so we see people who are "thin" and we think there's something wrong with them. Jobs may be perfectly healthy now, but being a vegetarian, he probably has difficulty putting the weight back on (no Big Macs, ice cream, etc.).

The real problem is that he won't simply do an interview and discuss his health. Jobs is a public figure and a celebrity, and like it or not, his health, appearance, habits, etc. are fodder for speculation. If he simply addressed the issue, it would go away.

Believe in the magical healing power of beer!

Sep 10, 08 - 10:55 am Comment from: Anonymous©

Dude, he's not ill, he's had most of his digestive system removed due to his pancreatic cancer. His body can't process the food he eats. He probably eats more than you! Your digestive system is yards and yards long, for a reason. If you remove a good portion of that, guess what happens? You have heard of stomach stapling for fat people, right? Well, guess what happens when you have a similar effect upon a skinny guy to begin with?

brokerage houses and hedge funds that have been my clients...

of course they think steve is sick.

They tend to all be fat fucks who sit behind a computer all day.

Sep 10, 08 - 11:27 am Comment from: Macintosher

Steve Jobs will be doing this to us for a healthy and excellent reason. Obviously, we can't guess what that is.

When will the public and analysts realise that no-one can predict Steve Jobs?

Be patient! Poor guy, he fuels Apple with his own blood (which is now in fact binary taken from Mac OS 10.6).

Sep 10, 08 - 11:44 am Comment from: Romeodawg

He should be eating like a horse to put some weight back on, if only to preserve his own financial security for himself and his children. I mean, when he was demoing how thin the nano was, it looked positively beefy next to his bony fingers... I'm a Jobs fanatic, but I'd still like to see him start sharing the stage more with his potential replacements. It would be great to start feeling like there's a "team Apple" rather than just this rockstar Jobs running the show. Now it feels like he's the only thing pushing Apple forward, when clearly that's not the case.

Sep 10, 08 - 12:05 pm Comment from: Scot Murphy

It's not a problem. It's the new iSteve nano.

He looks skinny because he's wearing *old clothes*?

Kind of an idiot, aren't you?

Sep 10, 08 - 02:01 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

Nick, yes, thanks


Couldn't remember his last name at that moment, and was too lazy to go look it up


Hummm, wonder if that has anything to do with the subject at hand concerning skinny/fat asses ?



BC

Sep 10, 08 - 02:10 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

AND

If anyone is interested in understanding more about Steve - the Zen of who he is and what he does - the same synergy that is Apple


Read Kafka's


The Hunger Artist




BC