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Re:Server room with seismic isolation floor in Japan earthqu... by sp332 on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @04:44PM (#14448396)
Apple's new giant circle can move 4.5 feet! https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-...
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Re:Server room with seismic isolation floor in Japan earthqu... by sanswork on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @05:05PM (#14448537)
One of cap Gemini's offices in the UK is built on springs and has a dry moat. Though I think that was for bomb attacks not earth quakes.
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Re:Server room with seismic isolation floor in Japan earthqu... by Piskvorrr on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:17AM (#14451229)
The moat might also be useful when besieged.
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Re:Server room with seismic isolation floor in Japan earthqu... by ehnto on Tuesday May 30, 2017 @11:04PM (#14450165)
I can't help but chuckle at a writer using the term "insanely great" to describe the building. It lacks a certain potency in the context of a book's tagline! Perhaps it's a symptom of the exagerated language pop culture uses for average things diluting the power of other possible words.

The article was however, "fairly excellent".

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Re:Server room with seismic isolation floor in Japan earthqu... by wierdaaron on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @12:27AM (#14450423)
"Insanely great" is a Steve Jobs-ism, so in the context of Apple it's usually a reference to that.
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Re:Server room with seismic isolation floor in Japan earthqu... by ehnto on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @12:56AM (#14450498)
Oh I see, that makes sense then. Thank you for the clarification!
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