Cupertino Approves New Apple Spaceship HQ 172
mrspoonsi writes with news that Apple's plan to raze the old HP headquarters and replace it with some kind of space ship is moving forward. From the article: "A little over two years since Steve Jobs presented his case for it and after the occasional setback, the Cupertino City Council has finally given Apple full approval to go ahead with its futuristic campus. In exchange, Apple has agreed to fork over more money to the city in the form of a reduced sales tax rebate — going forward, Cupertino will only give back 35 percent sales tax instead of the 50 percent it had previously. Indeed, as soon as Apple gets its final permits some time today, it can begin demolishing the former HP headquarters and start building its own."
nothing new (Score:5, Funny)
It is the pentagon, but thinner and with rounded corners.
No they would not move away! (Score:5, Funny)
They are building a space ship so they can "fly away" if the city doesn't cooperate. Read the bloody article!
WARN: There is another system (Score:4, Funny)
Here in the UK we cut out the middleman, and just buy these flying saucer tech headquarters directly from taxpayers' money:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Communications_Headquarters [wikipedia.org]
Then they spy on us.