Valleywag editor Ryan Tate, irked by an iPad ad, drunkmailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs just after 9:30 last night. To Tate’s shock and delight, Jobs argued back and forth with him until 2:20 AM in four rounds of messages, reproduced below.

The real Steve seems to be emulating the Fake Steve more and more, spilling his controversial opinions directly onto the Internet regardless of what anyone thinks. I like it.

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