빌 게이츠 집 구경 좀 해볼까요 ? 

중국 후진타오 주석이 미국을 방문했는데, 백악관 혹은 부시의 텍사스 목장이 아니라 빌 게이츠의 시애틀 집에서 첫 만찬을 가졌습니다. 변화되어 가는 국제정치의 한 흐름을 보여주고 있습니다. 국가 정상만이 아니라 다국적 기업의 정상도 이제 국가 외교의 매우 중요한 대상이라는 거죠.

요새 빌 게이츠 집 모습이 많이 공개가 되어 있습니다. 그래서 한번 구경 좀 ---.

The Bill Gates' House

On the shores of Lake Washington. ... originally spun as an "ecology house". It took seven years to build the 40,000-square-foot mansion on a wooded five-acre compound in the moneyed Seattle suburb of Medina. Designed by James Cutler. Estimated cost: $97 million. Is the square footage 40,000, 66,000 or 48K as listed in county records? [1835 73rd Ave NE, Medina, WA 98039?map - arial photo]

Gates house (and more photos) at Seattle in 2002

Interactive Tour at usnews.com

 위에 들어가면 각 부분에 대한 설명이 되어 있습니다.

As we careen down this path, we will find some solacing entertainment in the unfolding saga of the Gates House. Gates' plan for a wired-to-the-max "home of the future" -- rigged with centrally controlled music, "smart" lighting and video-wall entertainment -- looks sumptuous, if a little antiseptic, in the demo on the "Road Ahead" CD-ROM.

But does anyone really expect it to work? It's a bug-fest just waiting for Gates' first dinner party, whose guests will doubtless learn the hard way that the absolute control promised by the computer industry is and always has been a myth. Lost Highway page 3 - salon.com/02dec1995