[ckohler]

Seriously, I've noticed this the last few keynotes. He coughs like every 10 seconds (or less sometimes). He got some kind of lung problem or something?

[Sherwin]

Passive smoking. While the keynote was on I smoked three or four fags. That must have affected him.

[11011001]

Obviously, it's a hint to the person running keynote to change slides... duh..

That thing in his hand was an iPod.. he had his keynote on there.. playing into his ear.

[scottiB]

He's not used to talking that much. He usually glares at his employees, flips them the bird, or runs his finger across his throat as they are escorted to the iGuillotine.

[nredman]

maybe he has SARS...or mad cow...or west nile virus? maybe he needs to quit smoking those nonfiltered cigs

[disectamac]

I sad thought. Maybe he's really sick but can't say so. He's a public figure and his fate is entwined to the fate of Apple. If word got out that he had some late stage form of Turberculosis then shareholders might question his ability to run the company and he would be forced to step down. The company will crumble and the stock market will crash!! The sky is falling, run for your lives!! or maybe he just has a sore throat.

[Luca Rescigno]

1) It's a pretty severe cold/flu season this year. I wouldn't be surprised if he has at least a minor cold right now. I do.

2) You try getting up there and speaking for over an hour! Last semester I took a speech class in college, and it was pretty tough to talk more than a minute or two without my mouth drying up a bit. And this was in front of perhaps 20 people that were all in the same boat as me. Steve is a great speaker, and he's talking about stuff that he clearly gets a kick out of, but it's still difficult to speak loudly and clearly for that length of time.

[deekay1]

he's been hitten teh chronic!

[ckohler]

Originally posted by Luca Rescigno:
I wouldn't be surprised if he has at least a minor cold right now. I do.

That theory doesn't fly. He coughs constantly at every keynote. Even the ones during the summer months.

You try getting up there and speaking for over an hour! Last semester I took a speech class in college, and it was pretty tough to talk more than a minute or two without my mouth drying up a bit.

Watch the keynote. He starts coughing even before he says "Good morning". Seriusly, I'm a little worried for the guy.

[TheIceMan]

Originally posted by scottiB:
He's not used to talking that much. He usually glares at his employees, flips them the bird, or runs his finger across his throat as they are escorted to the iGuillotine.

Hehehe. Could be. I think it's a sign of being nervous. Similar to saying "Ummm" or "Ok", or "Uh".

[Kenneth]

May be that's his habit.

I saw similar topic before.

[Avenir]

There's a guy in my office (he's doing it right now actually) that clears his throat ALL THE DAMN TIME when he's on the phone. But never when he's just talking in here. Must just be habit or nervousness. Maybe the same for jobs.

[gorickey]

:cough: :cough:

Excuse me...

[andreas_g4]

It's a code to activate paid auditors. At the right moment they shout: "I want one" (BTW. is this always the same guy?). I hate him.

[curious4me2]

I suffer from allergies and my reaction manisfests itself from minor to severe coughing. It's something I have lived with most of my life. I can't eat chocolate without having a coughing fit afterward.

[Diggory Laycock]

Probably subconsciously for thinking / waiting time - many people use Um.. or Er.. but this doesn't present a good image if you are public speaking.

Have you noticed how he also uses distractions like drinking water to break-up time when he's waiting for the Mac to do some lengthy task. It draws your attention from the fact that he's waiting for the computer to complete it's task.

[Speckledstone]

Originally posted by Sherwin:
Passive smoking. While the keynote was on I smoked three or four fags. That must have affected him.

You Brits crack me up...

I remember a thread, from a while back, where a lot of people thought the term "Fanny Pack" was funny. Sherwin that quote takes the cake!

[acadian]

15 years of smoking a pack a day and I now have chronic bronchitis. I usually cough at least once every 30 minutes.

[bradoesch]

Originally posted by Diggory Laycock:


Have you noticed how he also uses distractions like drinking water to break-up time when he's waiting for the Mac to do some lengthy task. It draws your attention from the fact that he's waiting for the computer to complete it's task.

Never thought of that. I just figured he's trying to get his 8 glasses a day.

[ryju]

Some people with asthma tend to have a dry cough that's almost constant and doesn't really go away. I had it when I was younger.

[osiris]

Steve secretly chain-smokes Pall-Malls.

Nah, maybe it's because he's speaking 20 hrs a day. Imagine what it's like to run two huge corporations. Lotsa talking.

[bimmerphile]

*cough cough*

Finally, an explanation for the flower-power iMacs...

[beb]

I wonder if Steve's drug-related flashbacks make him see vivid colors or Susan Kare's icons?

[HotSoup]

Who cares? I didn't bother me. In fact, I barely even noticed.

[Montezuma58]

Is he constantly checking himself for hernias?

[amsalpemkcus]

The side-effect of saying "boom" too often?

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by bimmerphile:
*cough cough*

Finally, an explanation for the flower-power iMacs...

Disagree. It'd have to be a pretty hardcore drug to produce the Flower Power iMacs...

Weed just can't explain it.

[Kenneth]

Originally posted by amsalpemkcus:
The side-effect of saying "boom" too often?

Not the word "thrill"?

[mac-kerouac]

Tourette Syndrome!!

(...cough, cough, nod, nod, blink, blink...)


Good thing he doesn't have coprolalia.
(...F**k, s**t, a**, bi**h, c**t, w****ws...)

[andreas_g4]

Al least it inspired me to a new signature. Who's interested in my systems specs anyway!

[mike one]

Originally posted by andreas_g4:
Who's interested in my systems specs anyway!

not me!

new sig gets the

[nredman]

Originally posted by deekay1:


he's been hitten teh chronic!

make my **** the chronic i wants to get f'd up