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| β | According to this comic, | + | According to this comic, {{w|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. |
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. | 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. | ||
