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Cupertino Certain to Approve Apple's Spaceship Campus

Infinite Loop

Regarding last post: What was I thinking, "Infinite Circle?" Meant to write "Infinite Loop."

Anyhow, ... move over similar, though rigid-shaped Pentagon, there's a new shape in town! Based on a similar structure buried several hundred feet below Area 51.

:)
 
Since people are calling it a space ship maybe aliens will land there and give Steve the technology so Apple can build the xMac so many of us want. :D
 
adom said:
This gets more and more cringe-worthy than the first video posted. Is it me, or do the council members for this city seem not fit for public speaking?

I mean, I've seen people aged 16 have more confidence and structure to a presentation!
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Keep in mind the geography of the bay area. I live in San Francisco, and the city council here is of a high caliber, but the cities of the suburbs, like Cupertino, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Milpitas, Milbrae, San Bruno, Santa Clara, Alviso, they're all tiny little towns with 20-30k people.... so the council members and reps are just soccer moms and dads who do it as a hobby... so they never get press like this. That's why this guy put on a suit and tie to come to work. Normally they're in jeans and a t-shirt, haha.

It's good for them though. They had to be sweating their ass off because cities like Cupertino have one main tennant. Imagine having a mall and having one company leasing 90% of the stores, then their contract comes up for renewal... that one deal could make of break your well-being and that's how it is for cities like Cupertino.
 
farmboy said:
I was wondering how the usual suspects were going to find an anti-Apple spin. Winni, inlovewithi...where's lilo777?
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I always love the anti-apple people.... their reasoning is the absolute reverse of logic. I personally can't handle Walmart's shopping experience regardless of how cheap they are, but can't stand when people say it destroys local business and they're greedy corporations. Those same people say they'll only shop at local business, won't go to starbucks, and only go to mom n pop coffee houses.

Makes no sense. So if their local coffee shop is good, and they tell 4 friends and all those friends tell 4 friends eventually the coffee shop will expand, and eventually open more stores. At what point does it become "too successful" and that person stop shopping there?

Apple started the same way. They were small (garage), and became big. And now people put them in crosshairs for being some big, evil, cult-like corporation, and it makes no sense. Do you want to discourage success? Do you want to penalize people for making a good product or coming up with a successful business model? If you open a business, you're an idiot if your goal is to stay a 1 location, small shop... well if your objective is to make money and grow your customer base at least.

People need to stop attacking success and realize that attacking successful business models just make them a hypocrite, because by supporting small business, you're actually encouraging the growth of small business to become the very entity that you so hate.

Ok, stepping off my soapbox.
 
pianomann said:
Interesting bloke, he must be the first American that i've heard have public speaking issues. That was a shameful effort! Once its built I recon it may warrant a trip to the US to have a closer look. Hopefully the Australian dollar is still hovering around its present rate in 2015 :D
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I've seen plenty with speaking issues.

Of course, they're usually politicians apologizing for extramarital sex with someone who may or may not be the gender of one's spouse. Of course, I guess that's an entirely different kind of speaking issue.
Winni said:
Apple's plans for their new HQ are very impressive, and I'm sure that this building will be nothing but awesome. But still, it is just an office building of a company that sells consumer products, and if an office building is described as "iconic", I can't help myself to think that we live in a sad and shallow time.
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While it affects culture, something being iconic does not mean it's culturally important itself, for example that firm that is trying to (did they ever start it?) build the rotating apartment building in Dubai - it'll be iconic because of how unusual it is, not because it's a culturally significant building.
 
Rajani Isa said:
I've seen plenty with speaking issues.

Of course, they're usually politicians apologizing for extramarital sex with someone who may or may not be the gender of one's spouse. Of course, I guess that's an entirely different kind of speaking issue.


While it affects culture, something being iconic does not mean it's culturally important itself, for example that firm that is trying to (did they ever start it?) build the rotating apartment building in Dubai - it'll be iconic because of how unusual it is, not because it's a culturally significant building.
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How about just saying it's a cool campus, and to have one building makes sense. It allows cross-departmental functionality, and lots lower operating cost than having 20 buildings spread across town. Right now, teams have to commute 20 minutes to drive to meetings in other locations. LOL

It's cool looking because Apple wants to be iconic. Look at an Apple store in comparison to a Pottery Barn... duhh.. they want their corporate presence to be equally as appealing in comparison.

People in this country make me laugh... do you not travel outside the US? In Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, they're all building amazing architectural buildings... look at the CCTV building in Beijing... look at the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, look at any major city anywhere... right now we're dropping so far behind as a crap-nation who has no money to build anything because of the mistakes of the past 30 years... it's a GREAT thing that Apple is spending the money to actually build a news-worthey building on American soil for once.
 
farmboy said:
I was wondering how the usual suspects were going to find an anti-Apple spin. Winni, inlovewithi...where's lilo777?
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I barely even come here.

Not a spin, to me it goes with that whole Apple cult vibe thing. Perhaps that's just Steve Jobs taste, and certain things he puts out are always going to give me that vibe. Definitely not a spin, but a very honest opinion.
 
What does this mean (video, start at 1:59)?:

No company emboils the value more than Apple
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I was able to find a definition for emboils on websters-online-dictionary.com

emboil
1. To boil with anger; to effervesce.
2. To cause to boil with anger; to irritate; to chafe.

What in the world did he mean... embodies?
 
bella92108 said:
I always love the anti-apple people.... their reasoning is the absolute reverse of logic. I personally can't handle Walmart's shopping experience regardless of how cheap they are, but can't stand when people say it destroys local business and they're greedy corporations. Those same people say they'll only shop at local business, won't go to starbucks, and only go to mom n pop coffee houses.

Makes no sense. So if their local coffee shop is good, and they tell 4 friends and all those friends tell 4 friends eventually the coffee shop will expand, and eventually open more stores. At what point does it become "too successful" and that person stop shopping there?

Apple started the same way. They were small (garage), and became big. And now people put them in crosshairs for being some big, evil, cult-like corporation, and it makes no sense. Do you want to discourage success? Do you want to penalize people for making a good product or coming up with a successful business model? If you open a business, you're an idiot if your goal is to stay a 1 location, small shop... well if your objective is to make money and grow your customer base at least.

People need to stop attacking success and realize that attacking successful business models just make them a hypocrite, because by supporting small business, you're actually encouraging the growth of small business to become the very entity that you so hate.

Ok, stepping off my soapbox.
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You went on a rant that has absolutely nothing to do with me, or mentioned any reasons why I dislike Apple as a company, and it's not even the cult like vibe.

You might find this article interesting http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/05/19/apple.religion/index.html?hpt=C1 it's also not a coincidence why many people feel that way about Apple.
 
bella92108 said:
Keep in mind the geography of the bay area. I live in San Francisco, and the city council here is of a high caliber, but the cities of the suburbs, like Cupertino, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Milpitas, Milbrae, San Bruno, Santa Clara, Alviso, they're all tiny little towns with 20-30k people.... so the council members and reps are just soccer moms and dads who do it as a hobby... so they never get press like this. That's why this guy put on a suit and tie to come to work. Normally they're in jeans and a t-shirt, haha.

It's good for them though. They had to be sweating their ass off because cities like Cupertino have one main tennant. Imagine having a mall and having one company leasing 90% of the stores, then their contract comes up for renewal... that one deal could make of break your well-being and that's how it is for cities like Cupertino.
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I think part of what you say is true.

But regardless of population, the City is a far more complex place than the Peninsula or the Valley, which is why its government is more professional. But having a small population is no excuse for what we saw in Wong. The Peninsula and Valley are home to world renowned companies, Stanford, and some very wealthy constituents (you neglected to mention Atherton) all of whom expect not only competence, but professionalism.

But yeah, without Apple, Cupertino would have to do more than cut back their library’s hours.
 
It was painful to see the way the whole council handled this process. They all seemed to cream their pants once Steve Jobs took to the podium. That their enthusiasm was unrestrained is a bit of an understatement. They should have reserved their excitement by putting up a serious front. They seemed all but sold, communicating to Apple that the company can do whatever it wants. After all, this is business. To get prematurely excited about a product does not leave the city with much bargaining leverage and say as to the terms and conditions of the new facility.
 
Love the entire design. This will be one of Steve Job’s lasting legacies and will probably become an American landmark. I hope he remains healthy to see its completion.

As far as the mayor of Cupertino, what a clown! Terrible public speaking abilities and he comes across as a complete tool in Apple's pocket. Hey Mayor, you know there is a way to publically support Apple without seeming like you are some wide eyed, cool aid drinking, in Apple's pocket, gaga for Steve Jobs, fan boy.
 
inlovewithi said:
I'm sorry to say, and I held off from saying it last time, but this spaceship building gives off an Apple cult vibe.
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ILikeTurtles said:
Wow! Does it really? Please explain.
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Heaven's Gate.

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