Couldn't you just commission an animatronics replica to babble out a few stock phrases at shows and otherwise have a committee issue bulls ostensibly signed by him? If you replaced Steve Jobs with a jar of Folgers Crystals, would anybody be able to tell in a blind taste test? As with almost everything else at Apple, isn't this basically more show than substance? I say we prick this supposed "Steve Jobs" with a pin and see if he deflates.

Given that the human body only contains one liver, I doubt the donor will be doing anything bar decomposing!

Now kidney's they're different, humans come with a spare, and if you donate one, the other will actually enlarge to help deal with the load.

Sorry to shoot your joke down - it did amuse me... Honest!

You might want to read up on Mr. Jobs' work history. You can argue whether he's made good decisions, or been a good boss - but to deny that he's had a powerful and unique influence on people and products is delusion.

Saying that it normally takes months and then telling us he only had to wait months is wasting our tie reading it.

.. a lot easier to install than one of those Apple batteries.

>> Given that the human body only contains one liver, I doubt the donor will be doing anything bar decomposing!

Yes you only have one liver, but you don't need a whole one - and I believe they generally they will regenerate. It is possible be be a living donor by giving someone some of yours. Take a look at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/20/live_liver_transplants/