Hi Harry,

Apple, GCHQ, what's the difference?
http://petewarden.github.com/iPhoneTracker/

/Derek

P.S. Apple seem to have done a significantly better job of the car parking 
issue...

On 12 Jun 2011, at 21:17, Harry wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Hmmm. I was actually struck by the similarity between Apple's new HQ and 
> GCHQ, the UK government's "top-secret" communications monitoring station -
> 
> http://www.google.co.uk/searchq=gchq&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&biw=1175&bih=764&prmd=ivnsm&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=hA_1TYeHJYOw8gOC1NSXBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ_AUoAQ
> 
> (all that should be on one line, or just google for "gchq" and look at the 
> images).
> 
> On 12 Jun 2011, at 19:55, Derek Logan wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> The latest update on the Apple story is that they are actually going to 
>> build their new headquarters in Southern Sweden:
>> 
>> http://www.maxlab.lu.se/media_press/research/pm_exteriornew.html
>> 
>> You can see that the lawn outside has been severely affected by the reality 
>> distortion field. Actually Apple seem to have moved away from the monolithic 
>> design in Fred's mail towards something "greener" (well with grass on the 
>> roof anyway...) and more compact. Check out another, even more elegant 
>> earlier design here:
>> 
>> http://www.maxlab.lu.se/maxlab/max4/images/maxiv_buildning_suggestions/Snöhetta/MaxLab_Aerial_FINAL_II.jpg
>> 
>> /Derek
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>> On 9 Jun 2011, at 17:49, Vellieux Frederic wrote:
>> 
>>> Sorry, a bit off topic. But in the news today (check google news for 
>>> example): Steve Jobs (Apple) has revealed his plans for the new "Apple 
>>> campus" (Apple headquarters) in Cupertino, California. Should look familiar 
>>> to macromolecular crystallographers.
>>> 
>>> Fred.
>>> <apple.jpg>
> 
> Harry
> --
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> Cambridge, CB2 0QH
> 

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