Given that comforting sanity check, I measured the diameter of the Apple spaceship as 1615 ft, plus or minus a few ft., depending on where one places the ruler. That’s a radius of 807.5 ft.
So, if one could magically fly the future Apple spaceship to Arlington, VA and hover over the Pentagon, it would just slightly cover it.
Apple has more cash on hand than the U.S. government, so this seems appropriate.
The Pentagon is *probably* better armed.
My God! Just like the Pentagon, this thing looks dedicated to the self aggrandizement of the institutions for which they are build. Why not build something more modest and pass the savings on to the consumer? After all, isn’t Apple the computer (company) “for the rest of us” ?
My God! Another ESL poster who spells with an accent!
Apple is how free enterprise is supposed to work. Steve and company started and built this company from nothing and with a lot of creativity, HARD WORK, and persistence built it into what it is today.
Self aggrandizement! HAH. It’s simple EARNED affluence which people like you aren’t ABOUT to enjoy by whining and waiting for handouts.
The self-entitlement drips off your post.
You know what you’re entitled to do?
Buy or don’t buy.
That’s it.
Another pointless story linking to Yet Another idiotic John Martellaro post at TMO and, for good measure, The Loop throws in the moron meme of “Apple has more cash on hand than the U.S. government…” So? GE has *$50B* MORE than either yet I don’t see anyone using that comparison.
Wow, Shawn. Could you be more of a humorless prick?
I could try. Why don’t you post more pointless stories on The Loop and we’ll see?
Let me be perfectly clear: You don’t get a vote, asshole.
LOL Pay attention, Petey…I wasn’t asking for a vote. I was making a comment. And note how my comment was free from personal attacks and name calling.
But that’s fine, you go down that road you’ve trod so well in the past when you don’t get your way…
Riiiight. Because calling Martellaro’s post “idiotic” isn’t a personal attack. Playing the victim card doesn’t work here.
OK…let’s clear this up for those who, like Peter, may have a lack of comprehension of my post. My apologies for not having written more clearly earlier.
I said Martellaro’s *post* was “idiotic”. It was an attack on his *post*, not John himself. See, I can/do make a distinction between what someone writes and the person they are.
Unlike you, Petey, who directly called me a “humorless prick” and an “asshole”.
Not that I mind or care. I’ve been called worse things by better people. Hope that clears things up for you, Petey.
It was so pointless that you had to post an equally pointless comment?
There’s always the “Oh. A somewhat pointless story. what else is going on?” option.
LOL Hello Pot….
Yes, the option is there. And you didn’t take your own advice…why exactly?
I’m tired of your trolling. After consulting with Jim Dalrymple, I’ve decided to put you in the time out chair.
Excuse me, but how was that trolling? He criticized a filler post and you called him names.
LMAO Really? *I’M* trolling? Wow….Well, let me know when you stop crying in the corner because I was mean to you. Pull up your big boy pants and stop being such a pussy.
Now who’s calling who names? Seriously, Shawn. Adjust your meds, get a life, whatever.
LMAO Oh, sorry Peter. I didn’t realize you could call me names but I wasn’t allowed to call you names. My bad. You’re right – I’ll leave you to your hypocrisy. Won’t happen again.
You’re allowed to call me whatever you please, Shawn. Just don’t be a fucking hypocrite and complain about it when I do it.
Peter, you seem a little confused by the timeline. Maybe you need to go back an re-read who called what to whom and when. And who put who on a “time out”. and look up the definition of the word “complain”.
Once you’ve done all that, come on back and we can start over…OK, pookie?
If they’re built to the spec revealed thus far by Apple, the new headquarters will be impressive, for sure – but I think you’re off the mark by calling it a monument to “self aggrandizement.” Apple’s outlined plans to greatly reduce its environmental impact with this new design and improve overall security. So there are a lot of practical considerations in that massive building – it’s not simply a monument to ego.
You’re exactly right, wilburg. Apple should scrap all plans for the needed modern space they’re building — with their well-earned profits — and replace them with something modest, mundane, nonthreatening, and enimently approvable by anyone who’s prone to conflating the motives of a successful consumer electronics company with an overfunded branch of the government.
I get paid to be an asshole on the internet, what’s your excuse?
LOL You forget, I’ve been getting paid to do it a *lot* longer than you have. Remember, I know you. Your “asshole on the intrawebs” schtick holds no weight with me. 🙂
Saying “yet another” before “idiotic post” goes a bit beyond attacking the post and into personal attack territory. If I said everything you say on your show is stupid, isn’t that just as offensive.
Regardless, you guys both crack me up – so thin-skinned. I’m glad I come here. On other sites, authors are often to chicken the let their feelings show.
The Pentagon is 90% Underground
Who is this clown? He’s annoying.
‘Pass the savings the savings onto the customer’? I thought the iPad was rather inexpensive. Even the iMac is modestly priced compared to what’s out there. And the service you get from their stores or over the phone or the opportunity to to try out their machines without having to ‘ask’. Isn’t that savings enough?
Well, they could’ve commissioned to build a multi-storied ’80s phallic in the woods.
Pass the savings on to the consumer? By using it’s profits to develop systems capable of building functional, integrated, well supported and finely crafted hardware supported by an extensive ecosystem? Oops, already done. Is there some business model out there that dictates a companies purpose is to head to the bottom of margins and profits as soon as possible and try to make it up in volume? Oh, wait. Apple’s competition has lived by that motto and it hasn’t done them a lick of good, has it?
Dude, seriously, you want to start “who was on the internets first” with a guy who’s been in tech and IT for 20+ years? You let me know when you have a copy of your IBM ID’s that predate TCP/IP.
do you LIKE losing that much?
LOL Ah! There’s the Bynkii arguing style we all know and love so much…Make shit up and then argue against it. Good on ya, mate!
John, as you well know, I didn’t say I was on the internet first. You know how I know I didn’t say that? I can reread my post…..(checking again)….yup…never said it…but you go right ahead and argue it….
Which explains why it’s still cool with some hipsters.
Ah, the tu quoque fallacy you love so well. If only seven-year-old jurisprudence ruled the world.
Here’s the deal: MY being an asshole doesn’t justify YOU being an asshole. This article was, at WORST, the internet version of “Mrs. Rockefeller has a new hat.” It was not some crime against serious journalism requiring uncovering.
You coming in to shit on it just so you make sure your name is tagged on it is lame, and being an asshole. you know this.
ME being an asshole to you is also wrong, but it doesn’t make your assholery correct. It makes them slightly related. It’s the “Jimmy can’t tell on me for punching a baby because he kicked a puppy” fallacy, and coming from ANYONE over the age of seven is lame.
As far as what you said wordwise vs. the implications, save that shit for the little kids. We both know that was you swinging your “I’VE BEEN BROADCASTING ON THE INTERNET LONGER THAN ANYBODY” penis. You do it every chance you get, and no one but you cares. Yes, it is cool you’ve been doing it this long, but it is not, on any level, the trump card you use it as.
at what point did you miss the memo about Apple being a multi-billion-dollar international $BIGCORP?
LMAO “ME being an asshole to you is also wrong…”
Apology accepted. Love you!
dream on. I said me being an asshole to you was wrong, not that I felt particularly bad about it. Self-awareness != Apology.
You try apologizing for being such a raging ass about the article and I’ll think about apologizing for being one to you.