Steve Jobs' Yacht Revealed 438
schwit1 writes "Venus, the incredible luxury yacht Steve Jobs had been designing up until his death a little over a year ago, seems to have made its first appearance as a finished product in the city of Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Unsurprisingly, its design is breathtaking. Reportedly designed in a joint effort between Jobs himself and Philippe Starck, the stunning ship first showed up on the blog One More Thing, which posted some stills as well as a few other details. The ship is about 230 to 260 feet long, for instance, and made entirely of aluminum, which makes it particularly light. And if you had any doubt this is Steve Jobs' yacht, there are seven 27-inch iMacs in the wheelhouse. According to One More Thing's sources, the Jobs family will be present for the yacht's christening ceremony proper, thought it's unknown whether or not they intend to use it, or what its ultimate fate may be. Regardless of what may happen to her, she sure is a beauty. It's certainly a shame Steve Jobs never got the chance to see her finished."
iSore? (Score:5, Funny)
I don't know, it looks more like an iSore to me.
Re:iSore? (Score:5, Funny)
Bandwidth saver (Score:5, Funny)
For those of you who wish to save bandwidth and not seek out a picture:
Imagine USS Seal and Merrimack having a love child.
Imagine a hurricane depositing a pagoda on top.
But not as pretty.
I can't wait to see (Score:4, Funny)
Samsung's CEO's new yacht. I hear they'll be debuting it next year.
Re:iSore? (Score:3, Funny)
It's a fake. (Score:5, Funny)
And if you had any doubt this is Steve Jobs' yacht, there are seven 27-inch iMacs in the wheelhouse.
Why yes I do. I doubt any egocentric billionaire could afford one of those $1800 27-inch iMacs, much less seven of them. Good lord, such opulence!
Re:iSore? (Score:5, Funny)
Congrats on first dickishness. Very clever.
I don't own any Apple products, and likely never will - I have major philosophical differences with that kind of closed-source approach.
But y'know what? Jobs was a fucking genius, and that boat is a clear expression of how his vision matured over the years. Just because I don't like the underpinnings of Jobs' genius doesn't mean I can't appreciate it for what it was.
Oh, and y'know... he's dead. Those wars are over, asshole.
None of what you said alters the fact that the boat is sort of ugly. When vision matures in this particular manner it's usually called cataracts.
Re:iSore? (Score:5, Funny)
Jobs' Yacht Released (Score:5, Funny)
No sails. Less space than an aircraft carrier. Lame.
Re:iSnored? (Score:5, Funny)
And they named her Venus.
They probably didn't realise "The Good Ship Venus" had a fair bit of prior art. I wonder who they'll sue for that?
I don't mind it... (Score:5, Funny)
It looks like Steve Jobs took the designs of the black ship that Zaphod Beeblebrox stole from the restaurant at the end of the universe, built it in white, then jammed a old corrugated iron shack on the top for a wheelhouse!
Re:Seaworthy? (Score:5, Funny)
What happens when one of them takes a good sized wave?
It's important to hold the ship at the correct angle to the wave.
Re:I can't wait to see (Score:5, Funny)
Did you mean debugging?
Re:Seaworthy? (Score:2, Funny)
wait, WHAT?!? are you saying it has WINDOWS?!?
Re:iSore? (Score:5, Funny)
You're right. It's matured in a sort of Lucasian way. You know the way that the last star wars movies made were so mature and superior to the first star wars films made.
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I don't hate jobs or apple. Even owned an iphone 3.
That boat is ugly.
Where can it dock? (Score:5, Funny)
Nice looking?? (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah it looks positively beautiful. When compared with a pile of steaming dog shit smeared into your living room carpet.
Re:iBox (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Definitely not an Apple product! (Score:4, Funny)
He should've had his designers build models (for him to poop on) ..
Hence the iPoopDeck.
Nice packaging (Score:5, Funny)
Re:iSore? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You aren't so good looking yourself (Score:4, Funny)
This might be a huge shock to you, but it's not. Attractive, ugly, skinny, fat, young, old, smart, stupid, rich, poor, good, evil; it's extraordinarily easy to "get some" no matter who you are. That fact that you seem unaware of this is indicative of your own immaturity.
Re:iSnored? (Score:4, Funny)
Wash the bridge windows? Stand on the roof and pee on them.... Lager, rinse,repeat.
Re:iBox (Score:5, Funny)
And the Chinese galley slaves received a promise for better working conditions. Also very generous!