Jobs On Track For June Return 122
nandemoari writes "On Tuesday, Apple shareholders gathered at Apple's Cupertino corporate campus continued their pursuit of details regarding Apple chief Steve Jobs' health. They didn't get a whole heck of a lot of information out of Apple's executives, but they did receive some encouraging news on Jobs' status.
Timothy Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, assured shareholders that Jobs still planned to return to the company in June.
Jobs obviously wasn't present at the meeting, which might have made it rather uncomfortable when several stockholders stood to sing 'Happy Birthday.' Jobs' 54th passed on Tuesday."
Thank you Slashdot (Score:5, Informative)
They sang Happy Birthday to Steve! My life is now complete that I got to hear this great news.
But what happens when they get sued because they don't own the rights to that song....
Re:Thank you Slashdot (Score:3, Informative)
almost, unfortunately.
from http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp [snopes.com]
The Chicago-based music publisher Clayton F. Summy Company, working with Jessica Hill, published and copyrighted "Happy Birthday" in 1935. Under the laws in effect at the time, the Hills' copyright would have expired after one 28-year term and a renewal of similar length, falling into public domain by 1991. However, the Copyright Act of 1976 extended the term of copyright protection to 75 years from date of publication, and the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 added another 20 years, so under current law the copyright protection of "Happy Birthday" will remain intact until at least 2030.
Re:Thank you Slashdot (Score:5, Informative)
My dad died from pancreatic cancer earlier this year, and even if Jobs has the 'less bad' version, the facts are that the pancreas is an energy producing organ and it takes a while to get your diet right so that you have energy.
Secondly, it's tied to the digestive system and, while sparing you the details, 'uncontrolled digestive events' are a fact of life. I can entirely understand if Jobs really doesn't want to discuss sudden sprints to the lavatory in the press particularly since the output is uhh, evil. Remember, the digestive enzymes are not normal at this stage of the game and the scent sticks to the walls for weeks.
Let him keep his dignity and privacy.
Re:Grammar Nazi here (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Thank your government. (Score:4, Informative)
According to this government website: ( http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/February08/DataFeature/ [usda.gov] ) the US imports about 15% of its food by volume. That's a far cry from importing most of our food.
I'm willing to bet that with the continuous increases in farming technology, the US produces more food today than it ever did in the past. It's just that consumption has gone way up (we're a nation of obese), and the demand for exotic and cheaply processed food has increased.