Steve Jobs' Yacht Impounded In Amsterdam

SchrodingerZ writes "The Venus, Steve Jobs' custom-made mega yacht, (valued at 137.5 million dollars), has been impounded in Amsterdam. Philippe Starck, the boat's main designer, had The Venus impounded by debt collectors, after supposedly Starck and his company, Ubik, were paid only 6 million of the 9-million-euro commission. Roelant Klaassen, a lawyer for Ubik, released in a statement that 'These guys [Jobs and Starck] trusted each other, so there wasn't a very detailed contract.' 'The Venus is a floating ode to both Jobs and Starck's minimalist aesthetic. Made entirely out of aluminum, with 40-foot-long floor-to-ceiling windows lining the passenger compartment and seven 27-inch iMacs making up the command center.' The ship was unofficially unveiled in late October, a year after Jobs' death. It now sits dormant in the Port of Amsterdam, until the payment dispute is resolved."

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Re:Generation time lenght

[Runaway1956]

I did mention horses. Horses have life expectancies roughly 1/3 to 1/2 that of humans. You might want to throw that into you "not equal to" calculations, then see how it all compares to selective breeding for human beings. it might also be interesting to trace life expectancies for humans versus horses throughout history. What was a human's life expectancy 1000 years ago, compared to a highly valued war horse?

Slaves might be massacred for little if any reason, whereas a valuable war horse would be pampered and babied, and the best physicians called in if it appeared to be ill.

And, BTW - you expose your cultural upbringing when you assume humans only begin breeding at age fifteen. For much of history, and probably all of prehistory, common wisdom said, "If it's old enough to bleed, it's old enough to breed." We still see that today, both in the US among "fundamental" Mormon groups, as well as overseas in Islamic parts of the world. If a girl reaches puberty at age 10, some of bastard is waiting around to stick it to her.

So, you're right that evolutionary changes in humans probably take 100 times longer than in dogs. But, it probably only takes three times as long as for horses.