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Re:Memories of Steve by chris_wot on Friday April 11, 2014 @07:22AM (#7572238)
I can explain.

a. It was bought on-campus.

b. If he stopped all donut services because of one guy who looked unhealthy, then it again shows how capricious he was. One person who looked a little unhealthy ate a donut on one occasion and he removed donuts from every single store on campus for every single person for no reason other than he didn't like to see someone who looked pasty and obese walking around eating a donut.

Because that's the sort of guy Steve Jobs was. A sociopath.

Re:Memories of Steve by crusso on Friday April 11, 2014 @08:42AM (#7572507)
Controlling, yeah, but that makes Steve a sociopath?

Is Michelle Obama a sociopath too?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/6/1m-kids-stop-...

Re:Memories of Steve by lern_too_spel on Saturday April 12, 2014 @12:30AM (#7576976)
The Washington Times? Are you a right wing Moonie nutcase?
Re:Memories of Steve by _Simon on Saturday April 12, 2014 @02:13AM (#7577137)
And you must be a member of this thought police that seem to be invading every aspect of out lives.
Re:Memories of Steve by asveikau on Saturday April 12, 2014 @10:19AM (#7577903)
Except that it is well known by people who follow this that the Washington Times is hardly any better than those tabloids that talk about Bigfoot or whatever. Read this article about its (now late) founder and tell me if you think he had a couple of screws loose: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61932-2004Jun... -- basically it's as if Kim Jong Il ran an American newspaper.
Re:Memories of Steve by lern_too_spel on Saturday April 12, 2014 @02:35AM (#7577173)
You clearly haven't heard of the Washington Times. The world must be new and full of wonder for you.
Re:Memories of Steve by crusso on Saturday April 12, 2014 @02:02PM (#7578579)
I just posted the first link that came up when I googled for Michelle Obama school lunch or something like that.

The poster to whom I was responding was associating the control of menus with sociopathy. I was simply pointing out that the First Lady is on record as attempting to do the same thing at a much larger scale.

Re:Memories of Steve by chris_wot on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @09:05AM (#7597456)
No, I wasn't. I was referring to all the many, many clear documented other things that leads me to believe that Jobs was a sociopath. This is just one more example. To then turn around and accuse Michelle Obama of being a sociopath because of school lunches is, frankly, absurd. The response to your comments was actually pretty measured, given the ridiculousness of your answer.
Re:Memories of Steve by lern_too_spel on Saturday April 12, 2014 @03:58PM (#7578970)
You didn't bother to check the source? This is the Moonie-run "newspaper" that puts quotes on gay "marriage." The text of the article you posted is full of lunacy.
Re:Memories of Steve by dreyfiz on Saturday April 12, 2014 @02:07AM (#7577125)
Overreaction to sarcasm.
Re:Memories of Steve by coldtea on Friday April 11, 2014 @08:49AM (#7572542)
>Because that's the sort of guy Steve Jobs was. A sociopath.

Yes, god forbid someone takes our precious donuts away from us...

Re:Memories of Steve by gress on Friday April 11, 2014 @01:22PM (#7574204)
A sociopath in the right job.
Re:Memories of Steve by personZ on Friday April 11, 2014 @09:51AM (#7572786)
Could sympathy not have played a part? Given his position, Jobs could conceptually have held himself responsible for enabling poor nutrition.

Indeed, most organizations that offer on-site catering have such paternalistic concerns. Google historically (I don't know if it still does) limits and effectively taxes unhealthy food, while providing healthy food for free. Does that make Sergey and Page sociopaths?

I will add the disclaimer that what is healthy or not is a passing fancy, enduring unending change. But people act on the best knowledge they have, and often the best intentions.

Re:Memories of Steve by lkd on Friday April 11, 2014 @08:13AM (#7572399)
As a counterpoint (and believe me, I take no pleasure in defending Jobs here) it would probably have been illegal to ban donut sales only to the obese.
Re:Memories of Steve by stormbrew on Friday April 11, 2014 @10:24PM (#7576714)
I... don't think the GP was suggesting he should have done that...
Re:Memories of Steve by agumonkey on Friday April 11, 2014 @07:33AM (#7572277)
Funny, I thought it was the discount price that was the cause, Jobs thinking people will only buy later for cheaper and he'll lose profits (I pictured him making money from Apple's cafeteria)
Re:Memories of Steve by easy_rider on Friday April 11, 2014 @08:10AM (#7572389)
Yeah, I bet he spent a lot of time thinking about the price points of the cafeteria...
Re:Memories of Steve by chris_wot on Friday April 11, 2014 @07:43AM (#7572308)
Jobs wasn't really motivated by money. Not like other people were, at any rate.
Re:Memories of Steve by soperj on Friday April 11, 2014 @03:17PM (#7574885)
Why would he intentionally screw Woz out of money then?
Re:Memories of Steve by sxtxixtxcxh on Friday April 11, 2014 @08:34PM (#7576378)
to prove a point