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| titletext = He should be better soon -- now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll.
 
| titletext = He should be better soon -- now that the Apple Store is getting rid of DRM, Cory Doctorow will get rid of his Steve Jobs voodoo doll.
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
According to this comic, [[Steve Jobs]], the founder of the Apple company, lost a lot of weight due to a hormonal problem. Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, of pancreatic cancer the day before [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] released [[961: Eternal Flame]]. Presumably, the cancer was the cause of Jobs' weight loss, although it was not public information at the time the comic was posted. [[Black Hat]] then mentions that Apple was probably excited to announce its thinnest and lightest CEO in the industry. This comment is a parody of Apple's tendency to release thinner and lighter iterations of its products. Steve Jobs' weight loss would certainly make him a thinner and lighter CEO.
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According to this comic, Steve Jobs, the founder of the Apple company at the time, lost a lot of weight due to a hormonal problem. (Weight loss is usually a good thing, though such is due to its context being a deliberate action in order to remove obesity, which does not seem to be the case here.) [[Black Hat]] then mentions that Apple was probably excited to announce its thinnest and lightest CEO in the industry. This comment is a parody of Apple's tendency to release thinner and lighter iterations of its products. Steve Jobs' weight loss would certainly make him a thinner and lighter CEO.
The title text refers to [[Cory Doctorow]], a blogger, journalist, and science-fiction author. Doctorow is opposed to the technology called {{w|Digital rights management}} (DRM for short). DRM is designed to be abused by large corporations with negative consequences for consumers but is disguised as a copyright protection system. Randall jokingly proposes that Steve Jobs is only sick because Doctorow was torturing him with {{w|Voodoo doll}}s for Apple's use of DRM.
 
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[Black Hat talking to Cueball sitting at computer.]
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[Man with top hat talking to Man sitting at computer]
:Cueball: Huh - Steve Jobs isn't doing a keynote this year, citing massive weight loss due to some hormonal problem.
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:Man sitting at computer: Huh-Steve Jobs isn't doing a keynote this year, citing massive weight loss due to some hormonal problem.
:Black Hat: Too bad. I bet Apple was excited about unveiling the thinnest and lightest CEO in the industry.
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:Man with top hat: Too bad. I bet Apple was excited about unveiling the thinnest and lightest CEO in the industry.  
  
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==Notes==
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Despite appearances, this comic states that the type of top hat that Black Hat is wearing is actually a {{w:top hat}}.
  
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