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Steve Jobs' Yacht 'Venus' Launched in the Netherlands
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This is better... probably cheaper too
Not really better. Have you ever been on a yacht that size at sea. I don't mean a harbor cruise or a dockside tour. I mean "at sea". If you have you'd know in a minuet your die on that thing. The main trouble is the huge open spaces where you'd get tossed 20 feet into a well. Boats made for the open ocen have grab rails and smaller internal spaces.
Also the extream width means the boat will roll badly and make the crew sick.
THis thing is designed for flat protected water and us at the dock. Ocen going boats are more narrow
And by what credentials do you make such a statement? Or are you just another nothing that criticizes the work of others just to feel self-important in your miserable nothing life?
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Oh the Apple Maps app comment is SOoooooo original. How did you ever come up with it?
Your right. Bill Gates is such a bad person for something that happened over 15 years ago. People aren't capable of learning from their mistakes and changing their ways. I guess that is why he gives much of his wealth away, because that is what bad people do.
Those appear to be the new iMacs to me....
I think
So jealous! My one dream in life is to sail around the world on a luxury yacht for a few years and this is one of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen!! I think Sir Jony would approve.
I think
So jealous! My one dream in life is to sail around the world on a luxury yacht for a few years and this is one of the most beautiful ones I've ever seen!! I think Sir Jony would approve.
Looks like a Buddhist Temple
To flow with his theme of "Zen" To me, the yacht is very Buddhist looking. As we all know, Jobs was very much a Buddhist, and as such preferred clean lines and "minimal" aesthetics over clutter. (This picture is from the Midwest Buddhist Temple in the US) - My 2 cents.
To flow with his theme of "Zen" To me, the yacht is very Buddhist looking. As we all know, Jobs was very much a Buddhist, and as such preferred clean lines and "minimal" aesthetics over clutter. (This picture is from the Midwest Buddhist Temple in the US) - My 2 cents.
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At first glance, that thing is very ugly. Like a piece of floating cheese.
However, you can imagine the detail which would have gone into that thing.
I would love to see a proper tour around the ship.
Even the anchor looks like it has been redesigned!!
However, you can imagine the detail which would have gone into that thing.
I would love to see a proper tour around the ship.
Even the anchor looks like it has been redesigned!!
$1.00 a month
You see, he was only paid a dollar a month...but he saved all those dollars and see what he bought!
You see, he was only paid a dollar a month...but he saved all those dollars and see what he bought!
Yes I know. I was just being sarcastic in my post. Bill & Melinda have done amazing things. One of the greatest, is the example they set for their peers like Larry Ellison, who is another selfish narcissist in the image of Steve Jobs.
On the outside one could make that it is actually more Asian, or Buddhist in design.
The interior layout is very minimalistic, very Zen like. Mr. Wright was a minimalist. One could easily describe the yacht as a minimalist design, IMO.
Just saying.
Nice hull, but thats it.
The hull looks nice and those windows along the sides to the bow are cool. But the wheelhouse and main deck cabin look awful. The hull is so sharp the contrast of the square upper decks look like bricks with a fugly roof profile.
Starck's only attribute is to educate designers in what NOT to do.
The hull looks nice and those windows along the sides to the bow are cool. But the wheelhouse and main deck cabin look awful. The hull is so sharp the contrast of the square upper decks look like bricks with a fugly roof profile.
Starck's only attribute is to educate designers in what NOT to do.
While it doesn't look what I would have imagined Steves yacht to look like, I seriously doubt that it look much different than the design he agreed on before he died.
Wonder if it is user upgradeable or do you have to discard it and buy another one after your warranty expires?
Wnder if next years model will have all the features removed but be razor thin?
Wnder if next years model will have all the features removed but be razor thin?
well, the scale of the boat and frank lloyd wright inspired design does kind of fit steve's style from what i've read about him. i think i just hate how they have imacs as the navigation screens. kind of a tacky taste. and museum-y.
Yeah because every other company in the world makes all of their products in the US.
exploitation has no preference where it operates - it simply exists where it can - if that's what you mean
Or that said analog instruments are elsewhere and not pictured. Aircraft with glass panels also have a set of conventional instruments as a backup, for use in the event of a power failure. I suspect the same rule applies to sailing.