It’s hard to drum up much sympathy for Steve Jobs right now (he’s having a killer MacWorld), but he’s lost his appeal to tear down the Jackling mansion in Woodside. A preservation group has been trying to save the historic home, built in 1925 for copper baron Daniel Jackling. Jobs can’t be ordered to restore it, but the court ruled that he can’t demolish it to build a new house. He was not able to convince the court that renovation was impractical and demolition the only alternative. Jobs actually wants a smaller home than the 30 rooms, 14 bedrooms and 13.5 bathrooms in the 17,000-square-foot mansion. And he’s willing to help pay expenses for someone to relocate it.