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Steve Jobs' Childhood Home to Become Historical Site

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firewood

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Jul 29, 2003
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Travel though the popular tourist cities in the UK and EU, and one finds all sorts of very old houses with signs saying "Famous (Painter/Author/Composer) lived here". Not just Saints and Kings (et.al.).

Just a dozen miles away, the old HP garage is also a marked/preserved historical landmark.
 
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macchiato2009

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- entrance ticket will be around $50
- audioguides on ipod touch will be available for rent for $50 but you can also have your own visit during a One-to-one session with a store specialist who learned Jobs' book by heart for $99 (half an hour)
- using Jobs' toilets will cost $50, toilet paper will be available for an additional $10 per piece of paper
- pictures will not be allowed, unless taken with an iPhone, on sale at the souvenir shop in the living room, bringing your own iPhone will not be allowed
- there will be a WiFi spot for $50 for 15 minutes

:p


fanboys can already start lining up :p
 
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kunai

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Klae17 said:
I think this idolization of Steve Jobs is going too far. Yes, he changed the world, created new markets, and did great things. He was also many negative things. Time to move on.
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Andrew Carnegie, anyone?

Vanderbilt? Rockefeller? Has anyone studied 10th grade history?

Okay, okay, so Steve didn't create libraries in towns or do much philanthropy. That's okay. He's not getting the recognition of Vanderbilt or Carnegie, he's just having his house preserved.

I think that's decent recognition for a businessman who pushed so many fringe technologies into the mainstream. GUI, capacitive touch, MP3s...
 
Klae17

Klae17

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rdlink said:
What's your point? The same four things you said about him could be said of most of the Mercury astronauts. Is it wrong to preserve their childhood homes?

In fact, I think it's more relevant to preserve this structure, because the garage of this house is where modern personal computing was born.
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It was my opinion. Expressing a different opinion is alright, right?

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kunai said:
Andrew Carnegie, anyone?

Vanderbilt? Rockefeller? Has anyone studied 10th grade history?

Okay, okay, so Steve didn't create libraries in towns or do much philanthropy. That's okay. He's not getting the recognition of Vanderbilt or Carnegie, he's just having his house preserved.

I think that's decent recognition for a businessman who pushed so many fringe technologies into the mainstream. GUI, capacitive touch, MP3s...
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A+ in all my history classes.
 
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unplugme71

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dewilded said:
He revolutionized the telephone (iPhone), music (iPod/iTunes), motion picture (Pixar), and computer (Mac) industries. He then re-revolutionized the computer industry with the introduction of the iPad.

Not many people on this planet can lay claim to having such a major impact on four unrelated industries.
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And possibly TV, although he may not be around now - his ideas, and what he started (Apple TV, iTunes, iCloud) were the foundation.

I think one of every item should be placed in the house to symbolize what he created (first iPhone, first iPad, first Mac, etc..).
 
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samcraig

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I read a rumor that Jony Ive wants to come in an flatten the house and give it some pretty colors. No?
 
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Jamez1502

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macchiato2009 said:
- entrance ticket will be around $50
- audioguides on ipod touch will be available for rent for $50 but you can also have your own visit during a One-to-one session with a store specialist who learned Jobs' book by heart for $99 (half an hour)
- using Jobs' toilets will cost $50, toilet paper will be available for an additional $10 per piece of paper
- pictures will not be allowed, unless taken with an iPhone, on sale at the souvenir shop in the living room, bringing your own iPhone will not be allowed
- there will be a WiFi spot for $50 for 15 minutes

:p


fanboys can already start lining up :p
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When did anyone say anything about a commercial venture? Preserving it as a historical site just protects the property.
 
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3282868

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nozebleed said:
and a community organizer with a 20 min senate career :rolleyes:
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That "public organizer" has a stellar educational background and a lot more experience in law and politics than an actor:

Columbia University in New York City, where he majored in political science with a specialty in international relations and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1983.

Obama entered Harvard Law School in 1988. He was selected as an editor of the Harvard Law Review at the end of his first year, and president of the journal in his second year. During his summers, he returned to Chicago, where he worked as an associate at the law firms of Sidley Austin in 1989 and Hopkins & Sutter in 1990. After graduating with a J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard in 1991, he returned to Chicago.

In 1991, Obama accepted a two-year position as Visiting Law and Government Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School... He then taught at the University of Chicago Law School for twelve years—as a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996, and as a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004—teaching constitutional law.

From 1994 to 2002, Obama served on the boards of directors of the Woods Fund of Chicago, which in 1985 had been the first foundation to fund the Developing Communities Project; and of the Joyce Foundation. He served on the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge from 1995 to 2002, as founding president and chairman of the board of directors from 1995 to 1999.
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Let's recap:

- Columbia University BA

- Harvard Law School J.D. magna cum laude 1991

- Elected to the Illinois State Senate 1996 age 35

Let's take a look at Ronald Reagan's career: (especially impressed with "Bedtime for Bonzo")

Actor

Death Valley Days (TV Series)
Charles Poston / William Burt / Lt. Col. Martin Burke / ...
- A City Is Born (1965) ... Charles Poston No Place for a Lady (1965) ...
- William Burt
- The Lawless Have Laws (1965) ... Lt. Col. Martin Burke
- Temporary Warden (1965) ... Warden Hume
- No Gun Behind His Badge (1965) ... Bear River Smith
See all 8 episodes »

Kraft Suspense Theatre(TV Series) (1964)
Judge Howard R. Stimming
A Cruel and Unusual Night (1964) ... Judge Howard R. Stimming

The Killers (1964)
Jack Browning

Wagon Train (TV Series) (1963)
Capt. Paul Winters
The Fort Pierce Story (1963) ... Capt. Paul Winters

Heritage of Splendor (Short) (1863)
Narrator

G.E. True Theater (TV Series) (1954-1962)
Paul Miller / Frank Foster / Sam Miller / ...

- My Dark Days: Part 2 (1962) ... Paul Miller
- My Dark Days: Part 1 (1962) ... Paul Miller
- Shadow of a Hero (1962) ... Frank Foster
- The Wall Between (1962) ... Sam Miller
- Money and the Minister (1961) ... Rev. Theodore Carlisle
See all 34 episodes »

The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series) (1961)
Rex Kent
Who Killed Julie Greer? (1961) ... Rex Kent

The Young Doctors (1961)
Narrator (voice)

Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) (1961)
Maj. Will Sinclair
The Long Shadow ... Maj. Will Sinclair


The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series) (1960)
Alan Royce
The Way Home (1960) ... Alan Royce

Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Cmdr. Casey Abbott

General Electric Summer Originals (TV Series) (1956)
Jungle Trap

Tennessee's Partner (1956)
Cowpoke

Cattle Queen of Montana (1955)
Farrell

The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series) (1953-1954)
Lieutenant Commander William Masterson / Steve Wentworth / Dr. David Glenn
- Beneath These Waters (1954) ... Lieutenant Commander William Masterson
- And Suddenly, You Knew (1953) ... Steve Wentworth
- The First Born (1953) ... Dr. David Glenn

Prisoner of War(1954)
Webb Sloane

Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) (1953-1954)
Lt. Paul Random / Steve Davis / Doctor
- The Edge of Battle (1954) ... Lt. Paul Random
- The Jungle Trap (1954) ... Steve Davis
- The Doctor Comes Home (1953) ... Doctor

Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) (1953-1954)
Guest Host / Merle Fisher
- A Place in the Sun (1954) ... Guest Host
- Message in a Bottle (1953) ... Merle Fisher

and on and on
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Woo-wee, that Reagan was really qualified for President of the United States.

Nixon, Reagan, GWB - all amazing Presidents ;)
 
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nutmac

nutmac

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It would be better to state "the birthplace of Apple to become historical site".
 
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ps45

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Eduardo1971 said:
Only in the United States of America.
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Take a walk through London and you're sure to see dozens of heritage buildings adorned with blue plaques commemorating historic figures who lived there, from Dickens to Hendrix
 
mdelvecchio

mdelvecchio

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Macwick said:
Just remember you Government Central Planner types, this humble house is where a multi-multi-billion dollar enterprise was born, without any help from you.
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except for borders, streets, electrical, infrastructure, banks, etc... yeah no help.
 
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ps45

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Macwick said:
Just remember you Government Central Planner types, this humble house is where a multi-multi-billion dollar enterprise was born, without any help from you.
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Oh god, any excuse huh? I think the Jobs family will have availed themselves of plenty of services provided for them by their government and the taxes they paid. Presumably creating an era of peace, a secure neighborhood where tech firms could prosper, where his family could afford a home and providing access to education were all just meddling by The Man? Although I suspect Jobs probably was something of a deluded Rand follower too.
 
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SusanK

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I hope it happens. Woz and Steve working in this garage eventually put this iPad in my hand. They impacted the world.
 
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