New Apple Facility Proposed

[Mark]

Steve Jobs makes surprise presentation on new hi-tech Apple headquarters

 

[falcarrion]

If you build it they will come.

 

[Aeolius]

If you watch the video, you will see that the Cupertino town council is staffed by idiots. Some woman had the nerve to ask Steve Jobs when his company would provide the town with free WiFi... sheesh!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

That looks like it's going to be a pretty sweet work environment.

 

[Krug]

If you watch the video, you will see that the Cupertino town council is staffed by idiots. Some woman had the nerve to ask Steve Jobs when his company would provide the town with free WiFi... sheesh!

Duh. Did she want Apple to supply free iPads and iPhones to go along with that?

 

[Kzach]

We now have a new Mecca for the Zombie Apocalypse.

 

[Relique du Madde]

If you watch the video, you will see that the Cupertino town council is staffed by idiots. Some woman had the nerve to ask Steve Jobs when his company would provide the town with free WiFi... sheesh!

Duh. Did she want Apple to supply free iPads and iPhones to go along with that?

Well DUH! Remember this is California we are talking about. That city council was looking at Los Angeles and said "Why can't we get all the bribes and kick backs like they are receiving from AIG? WE have Apple in our back yard, can't Steve Jobs give use something like free macs?!?" Then then looked at Mountain View and said " Why can't we get free Wi-Fi when Google is giving to all their neighbors?!?! Surely apple would give us some stuff when we ok all their expansion plans."

 

[Aeolius]

Tio be fair, after the woman spoke up, Steve Jobs did say he would be glad to give Cupertino free WiFi, so long as Apple never had to pay taxes.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Tio be fair, after the woman spoke up, Steve Jobs did say he would be glad to give Cupertino free WiFi, so long as Apple never had to pay taxes.

Funny how rich people who back politicians who favor heavy taxes never want to pay taxes themselves.

Even funnier when you realize they probably know all the loop wholes which make it so that they don't have to pay as much in taxes as they should.

 

[AdmundfortGeographer]

Funny how rich people who back politicians who favor heavy taxes never want to pay taxes themselves.

That's really kind of a non sequitur here. In this case, Steve basically noted that Apple as a corporate citizen happily pays taxes to the city. If the city wants "free" public wifi, the city can use the those taxes to pay for it, in other words, Apple is already paying for whatever the city council builds for the residents. (Steve doesn't live in Cupertino and his doesn't pay his property taxes there). You can't blame the city council folks for asking about it though.

The amount of green space added, and pavement and roof tops removed, trees planted, landscape restored, would make about any city council swoon. Fully developed cities getting this much permeable surface offered just doesn't come every day. It makes a huge difference to the heat island effect. Technology comes and goes, but park-like land lasts decades. The cost for the city to tear out these old offices and turn them into this much green parkland would be bankrupting for the city.