“Author Dan Lyons, the man behind the popular ‘Fake Steve’ blog has added fuel to fire surrounding rumours of ill health affecting the real Apple CEO,” Jonny Evans reports for Macworld UK.
MacDailyNews Take: To state the obvious, Dan Lyons is a royal asshole.
Evans continues, “Lyons claims to have learned that Jobs is suffering from some form of chronic condition which has not improved since he appeared at WWDC. “‘I can’t really get into this,’ says Lyons, ‘but people close to him have been saying for quite a while (before the appearance onstage) that he’s really sick. And someone who saw him last week says he still looks like [expletive].'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: On June 13, 2008, Phillip Elmer-Dewitt reported for Fortune that the operation that Steve Jobs underwent “radically rearranged his digestive organs and… permanently changed the nature of his health.” Jobs’ “surgery was a variation on the Whipple procedure, or a pancreatoduodenectomy, the most common operation for pancreatic cancer. Nobody who has a Whipple is ever quite the same.” And, on July 23, 2008, John Markoff reported for the New York Times that “People who are close to Mr. Jobs say that he had a surgical procedure this year to address a problem that was contributing to a loss of weight. Mr. Jobs has told several associates, as well as some members of Apple’s board, that he is dealing with nutritional problems in the wake of his cancer surgery. Medical descriptions of the surgery state that in some cases it leads to weight loss and low energy.” Both reports would seem to explain very well the regurgitations that are attributed to R.A. Lyons.
so where is his proof for any of this bullshit??? Thank alot “ballmer” who is most likely paying this schmuck or he just sees stock going down a bit and wants it to drop so he can buy in.
He “really can’t get into it”, but then ‘really gets into it.’
I “really can’t say anything about what slime balls some people are to comment on supposed comments of someone else and pass it off as truth to get their name in the news when they have nothing to contribute to society themselves” but…
Baseless attacks designed to sway the ignorant by focusing on trumped-up distractions in a weak and failing attempt to obscure stellar performance.
Dan Lyons ought to apply for a job on Obama’s “Smear Sarah Palin” campaign team.
I guess we will all see Tuesday what condition Steve Jobs is in.
The only thing dying here is Dan Lyons’ credibility and career.
(And you’d think an alleged Superior Being would know he’s in the wrong discussion. Asshat.)
What a disgusting individual this Dan Lyons is.
I mean, come on man, show a bit of decency you fscking dickhead.
We will find out on Tuesday, assuming Steve Jobs is presenting the event, which I assume he will, as he presents them all.
An Asymptotically Stable Solution,
Superior Being’s right, in the correct thread, and you’re just pissed to see the truth in print.
I suppose, genius, that you’ll soon resort to calling me an “Asshat,” too.
Former FSJs is just trying to reclaim a small piece of the former glory he enjoyed as FSJ. His new blog is just plain boring.
@ Jennifer
No, Jennifer. You’re just being a jerk. What compelled you to respond? Was it an overwhelming compulsion to prove that you’re right and someone else is wrong?
Got anything on topic to say, fellow genius?
Lets find and kill the bast#$d!
@Correlation spectroscopy –
So much for your superior intelligence and humanitarian award.
Steve Jobs has put enough in place at Apple that it will have an incredible 10 years even if he retired tomorrow.
“Dan Lyons ought to apply for a job on Obama’s “Smear Sarah Palin” campaign team.”
– …or McCains rosepainting-Palin-on-Wikipedia campaign ?
MacDailyNews Take: To state the obvious, Dan Lyons is a royal asshole.
So why do you bother to post anything concerning him?
I haven’t read your article, opened the link or ever gone to his site. If we all did that and didn’t comment, it wouldn’t take long for “assholes” like him to just fade away.
Let’s start now.
The media in general suffers from a “chronic condition,” i.e. the inability to stay out of the deeply personal lives of public figures. I am interested in what Steve Jobs thinks about technology. I want to know if Steve Jobs caught in a Starbucks using a Sony Vaio and a Windows Mobile Device. (Unfortunate initials there). Mr. Jobs’ health, though I care and hope very much he’s just fine, is none of my fscking business.
And as long as I’m at it, it is NONE of my fscking business is Sarah Palin’s daughter is pregnant. It is NONE of my … oh you get the picture.
I’ve posted what seems to be a million times that a Whipple Procedure removes much of your digestive system. Nutritional issues are going to be an obvious problem. One surgical treatment to address this nutritional uptake issue is a reverse jejunem. It seems to me that this is what Steve has had. These are complications from the original surgery, not anything to do with a recurrence of pancreatic cancer.
@DanielM
You are right. Often people manipulate the Mac cult to make themselves appear relevant.
@superior being
How in the hell did you connect a story about Steve Jobs’ health to the presidential election?
You just got my vote for most idiotic off-topic political message board entry of the day. Congratulations!
I think, at the iPod event next week, Steve needs to come out in a fat suit. “One more thing” could be him consuming a family-sized KFC meal. He could have a parallel chart of iPod sales and pounds of Avocados he’s eaten since 2001.
Maybe AAPL will do better without Mr. Jobs’ day to day control of the minutia of operations. He could take a relaxed role. The company does have a fine technical and operating management team, generally speaking.
@Sheesh!
Kudos for missing the point entirely. (And humanitarian? WTF?)
Back on topic:
Lyons is desperately trying to cling to some sort of relevancy with this type of Enderlean and Dvorakian attempt.
Shows how desperate dull gray people are with their shitty uninspired drek now under serious threat. I suppose for people with no imagination the only thing they can do is mount personal attacks, they’d never consider making things people actually want. That’s old-fashioned. They’re used to stringing together meaningless marketing phrases and slurping up all the money. They aren’t used to having to work.
Isn’t sjobs only 53? He’s just a kid.
“Steve needs to come out in a fat suit.”
He could borrow some clothes from Steve Ballmer or Rob Glaser and stuff pillows down the shirt.