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Steve Jobs Issues Update On His Health

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can't-believe-this-is-news dept.

i4u writes "Rumors about Steve Jobs' health have been flying high again after Apple announced that he will not be holding the keynote at the Macworld 2009. Today Steve Jobs issued a letter with a rather personal update on why he was losing weight in 2008. The reason for losing weight in 2008 is a hormone imbalance that has been reducing proteins. The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple and straightforward according to Jobs. Steve and his doctors predict that he will have normal weight again by Spring. So stop the rumors and enjoy Macworld 2009."

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  1. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by Chapter80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You loose something if it's too tight. You lose something if you can't find it/keep hold of it.

    Is loose even a verb? I hate when people verbize nouns!

  2. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by Chapter80 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dang... foiled again.

    loose indeed is a verb. And an adjective.

    in my haste to tell a bad joke, I screwed up and mentioned verbizing nouns. I should have mentioned verbizing adjectives.

  3. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by Thanshin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You loose something if it's too tight. You lose something if you can't find it/keep hold of it.

    Keep it tight or you'll lose it for loosing it.

    And yes, I will indeed be here all week. Go find another bar.

  4. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by ObiWanKenblowme · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The part of my dictionary with the definition of the verb "loose" disagrees with you.

    --
    Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH, and DENNIS.
  5. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by xaxa · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is loose even a verb? I hate when people verbize nouns!

    "Loose" also means to release an arrow (I fire a gun, I loose an arrow).

  6. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by rvw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You loosen something that is too tight. You let loose the hounds. You never "loose" anything.

    OMG, I'm lost here!

  7. Re:Obligatory English lesson. by 1u3hr · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You loosen something that is too tight. You let loose the hounds. You never "loose" anything.

    Oxford English Dictionary
    loose, v.
    1. a. trans. To let loose, set free;
    1697 DRYDEN Virg. Past. VI. 38 Loose me, he cry'd, 'twas Impudence to find A sleeping God, 'tis Sacrilege to bind. 1821 SHELLEY Prometh. Unb. II. ii. 94 How he [the chained Titan] shall be loosed. 1840 BROWNING Sordello II. 211 Like Perseus when he loosed his naked love. 1865 TROLLOPE Belton Est. xx. 232 Belton had gone into the stable, and had himself loosed the animal.

    b. In immaterial sense: To set free, release, emancipate
    1570-6 LAMBARDE Peramb. Kent (1826) 149 Loosing them from al duty of allegiance to their Prince. 1611 BIBLE Luke xiii. 12 Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmitie. 1637-50 ROW Hist. Kirk (1842) 130 It was concluded,..that he shall be lowsed fra the said sentence. 1784 COWPER Task II. 39 They [sc. slaves] themselves once ferried o'er the wave That parts us, are emancipate and loosed. 1842 TENNYSON Godiva 37 She sent a herald forth, And bad him cry,..that she would loose The people. 1902 A. M. FAIRBAIRN Philos. Chr. Relig. III. II. ii. 542 God as interpreted through Him [Christ] was loosed from the qualities that bound Him to a peculiar people.

    d. To free (the lips, tongue, etc.) from constraint.
    1902 Expositor May 383 The wine loosed the tongues of the guests.

    .... and pages and pages more, but I think the point is made.

  8. Re:Wording is correct by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not if it were being held to him by ropes. Then he could "Loose the weight!".