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Steve Jobs back at Apple campus? [u]

updated 02:45 pm EDT, Thu May 28, 2009

Steve Jobs back at Apple?

(Update with author correction) Apple CEO Steve Jobs is once again appearing at the company's Cupertino headquarters, unidentified sources claim. Evidence comes from a photo, showing what is believed to be Jobs' Mercedes SL55 AMG sitting in a handicapped spot within the company parking lot. A key identifier is the license plate; Jobs has a rare government exception, allowing him to use a barcode instead of letters for the sake of safety and privacy.

The precise nature of Jobs' recent activities is uncertain, but sources say a May 27th visit involved meeting the Apple board of directors. Jobs has been on a medical leave of absence since January, only maintaining a remote involvement with company affairs. The executive is scheduled to return by the end of June however, and has been described as "healthy" and "energetic" by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Sightings may bolster rumors that Jobs will make at least a token appearance at this year's WWDC keynote.

Update: The author of the setteB.IT article has corrected Google's translation, indicating that the photo is actually an old one, but that Jobs was indeed spotted on campus yesterday.

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akulavolk
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05/28, 03:27pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
Hmmm....

This picture looks oddly familiar. Remember the whole "Jobs parks in the handicap spot" tizzy that happened a number of years ago? Looks a lot like that photo (crooked parking, etc.).

I dunno...maybe it's real. Not sure I really care, either way.

gperks
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05/28, 03:30pm | report spam | close Reply |
Good

I hope he's well on the way to recovery.

macboyrules
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05/28, 03:36pm | report spam | close Reply |
The Myth Continues?

Please stop posting the "Jobs has a barcode for a license plate" myth as fact. He no longer uses plates for his car because everytime he gets one, it is stolen off of his car. He just drives around illegally, like many California's do, but doesn't get stopped unless he does something to be stopped for (like his MANY speeding tickets). An extra $250 fine for no license plate is not really that big of deal for him.And he has always parked in that Handicapped spot. Everyone at Apple knows this.Good to see him up and around, though. :)

Mimi-mim
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05/28, 03:40pm | report spam | close Reply |
That's a great car

That's one of my favourite cars to drive on the PlayStation in Gran Turismo 4 and 5.

Top Gear motoring journalist Jeremy Clarkson used to own one as well.

Total Steve Jobs coolness.

climacs
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05/28, 03:43pm | report spam | (3 replies) close Reply |
barcode for a license

plate??? for "the sake of safety and privacy"?

gee wouldn't a bar code instead of letters and numbers just make you stand out even more? I don't understand this reasoning.

malax
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05/28, 04:05pm | report spam | close Reply |
missing the point

So a story about the fact that Jobs is back on campus (good news) at least in some capacity is overshadowed by irrelevant and incorrect or out of date assertions about a) parking in a handicap spot, b) parking crooked, c) his awesome car, and d) this bizarre assertion about bar code license plates to be inconspicuous.

This would like a story about the new supreme court nomination and then tossing in random details about Obama's social life when he was in college. Figure out the story to tell and tell it.

Jeronimo2000
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05/28, 04:06pm | report spam | close Reply |
he jinxed himself

Maybe he shouldn't have parked in the handicapped spot for all those years when he was still healthy. That's just asking for trouble.

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05/28, 04:33pm | report spam | (3 replies) close Reply |
Rare car, secret tag

How does a rare car and an even rarer bar-coded tag make for "safety and privacy?" I'd think it would make him stand out all the more. I've seen the car that Bill Gate's dad drives, and I guarantee that even without knowing model or tag you'd pick it over any other in a parking lot because of the model and tag. "That has to be someone very rich," you'd say.

If Jobs wants go completely unnoticed, I'd be happy to trade his sporty Mercedes for my 1981 Corolla--"the world's dullest car," And he need not pay me a penny extra. Add a cheap window tint along with a few tacky bumper stickers, and he could drive anywhere without attracting a second glance. "Some poor smuck who works at KMart," they'd think.

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climacs
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05/28, 04:51pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
@guest

go f*** yourself, a******.

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climacs
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05/28, 04:54pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
@guest again

what a burden it must be to be the smartest person in the whole wide world and have to endure idiots like myself and Inkling.

I suggest you off yourself with extreme prejudice, so as to spare yourself any further suffering.

climacs
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05/28, 04:54pm | report spam | close Reply |
@guest again

what a burden it must be to be the smartest person in the whole wide world and have to endure idiots like myself and Inkling.

I suggest you off yourself with extreme prejudice, so as to spare yourself any further suffering.

Rance
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05/28, 05:58pm | report spam | close Reply |
Tools, all of ya...

Anyone can pay a small fee to look up a license plate number and get all sorts of information on the registrant. Sure, with all that's available at our fingertips (google earth, assessor records, etc) these days, why would one bother to obscure a license plate? There are crazy people out there, that's why. And a bunch of idiots to boot, it appears.

Constable Odo
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05/28, 08:08pm | report spam | close Reply |
I'm glad that Steve

is back and I hope he is doing well. I hope his appearance puts a lot of unnecessary rumors to rest. It's just so sad that media people are always trying to kill him off just for the sake of getting attention or trying to devalue Apple's share price. I really want to see him introduce the newest iPhone or that iTablet with some easy banter. I've always enjoyed watching his product announcements.

Paul Huang
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05/28, 11:28pm | report spam | close Reply |
barcode?

My M-B also has a barcode on it. I am too lazy to take off the plate to take a picture of it. When and if people steal my plate, I should avoid driving through regions between Woodside and Palo Alto.

rtbarry
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05/28, 11:30pm | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
lol@Guestudo

i said it, Guestudo

jayparry
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05/29, 01:19am | report spam | close Reply |
no

if i take the rear plate off my BMW its a VIN number barcode for inventory control for the ship/port and dealership. Not a fancy govt. exception. The point of a plate is to see it from a distance-- no one says "did you get his barcode?" So lets put this to rest--its not legal and neither is parking in handicapped.

kneugent
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05/29, 10:05am | report spam | close Reply |
Disapointed...

With the exception of @akulavolk noticing it, nobody has pointed out that this seems to be the same picture from the story about Steve Jobs parking in a handicap spot...everybody keeps going on about the useless and uninteresting idea of barcoded lisence plates...the real story here is that MNN finds it neccessary to report baseless, sensationalistic information ("unidentified sources"? f*** you.), and backing it up with clearly inaccurate photographic "evidence". For what purpose? Who wrote this "story"? What is you stock portfolio comprised of? Doing a little manipulating perhaps? Normally you guys are one of my top 5 daily go-to's for Mac info, but even if this story is based in factual information, the way in which you are presenting it comes off as completely irresponsible and potentially criminally laible. I get enough of this bullshit from daily TV. Whatever your intentions are, your veracity and reputation are taking a nose-dive with this one. Come on guys...if you have a story, report it responsibly and back it up in a verifiable manner. Be f***** ethical, please. Don't make me lose faith in you, too.

akulavolk
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05/29, 11:55am | report spam | close Reply |
@malox

No, you're missing the point. The story that Jobs is back on campus isn't because he's been seen there. It's because there's a picture of his car parked crooked in a handicapped spot. And it's purported that this is a new picture, so Jobs is on campus.

Check out the pix from this October '08 sighting of Jobs' parking skills and explain to me how this recent pic isn't just a recycle of last year's pict:

http://blufaction.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/

Hardly off topic, I think...

Same car, same parking, same shadows, same car next to it...same picture.

akulavolk
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05/29, 12:06pm | report spam | close Reply |
Update

Looks like the author has now corrected the article and acknowledged that the picture isn't a recent one, nor proof that Jobs is back.

"The author of the setteB.IT article has corrected Google's translation, indicating that the photo is actually an old one, but that Jobs was indeed spotted on campus yesterday."

C'mon MacNN. I REALLY love you guys. But you can't post news based on the fact that another news site (based as far from Cupertino as possible) SAYS Steve's around with no proof or new info. Otherwise, it's not MacNEWSnetwork. Especially when the first evidence for the assertion is a hoax...makes setteB.it's follow up info look dodgy.

Not trying to be anal here, but you guys are a respectable news source. Remember what happened to the stock when that high-school kid said Jobs was dying? This is the kind of stock-affecting subject that shouldn't be handled flippantly.

testudo
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05/29, 12:20pm | report spam | close Reply |
license plates

A barcode for a license plate is plainly stupid. License plates are for identification, esp. if one is in an accident or sees an accident. What should one do, copy down the bar code when they see it flying away ("No, its a thick bar, followed by two thinner bars, followed by...").

As to the argument that it protects one 'privacy' because you can't track them down, how does the gov't track it down? And there are a boatload of different gov't databases (both public and private) that one could get Steve Jobs' address from. h***, you could just google it and probably find it in 10 seconds if you cared (in fact, we all know one place he owns a home, as he's been trying to destroy it).

And if this all about safety and privacy, shouldn't everyone get bar-code tags? Why should one person be more privileged and get special treatment than others? Oh, right, fame and money certainly help. I guess ordinary people being stalked aren't worthy of such protections...

testudo
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05/29, 12:22pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: Update

Not trying to be anal here, but you guys are a respectable news source. Remember what happened to the stock when that high-school kid said Jobs was dying? This is the kind of stock-affecting subject that shouldn't be handled flippantly.

Excuse me? No offense to MacNN or you, but there is no way MacNN is a 'respectable news source'. They're not even a source of proper grammar and spelling.

As to the kid who said Jobs was dying, the fault there lies not in MacNN or the kid, but the idiot wallstreet types who read stupid-a** public blogs and sites and take their word as gospel.

akulavolk
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05/29, 12:33pm | report spam | close Reply |
@Testudo

Then why do you keep coming back? :-)

But I've got to give it to you, you're right about your 2nd paragraph. Credit where do, ya know...

macuserssmelllikebum
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05/31, 11:29am | report spam | (1 reply) close Reply |
@climacs

Arguing on the Internet is like running in the Special Olympics.

Even if you win, you're still retarded...

akulavolk
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@macuserssmelllikebum

Making fun of retarded people makes you a real winner?

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Steve Jobs back at Apple campus? [u]

updated 02:45 pm EDT, Thu May 28, 2009

Steve Jobs back at Apple?

Hmmm....

Good

The Myth Continues?

That's a great car

barcode for a license

missing the point

he jinxed himself

Rare car, secret tag

@guest

@guest again

@guest again

Tools, all of ya...

I'm glad that Steve

barcode?

lol@Guestudo

no

Disapointed...

@malox

Update

license plates

Re: Update

@Testudo

@climacs

@macuserssmelllikebum

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Hmmm....

Good

The Myth Continues?

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barcode for a license

missing the point

he jinxed himself

Rare car, secret tag

@guest

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@guest again

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I'm glad that Steve

barcode?

lol@Guestudo

no

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@malox

Update

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