The list sounds more Palo Alto than Silicon Valley. I personally think there is much more to SV than the 9 items.
But I agree on the weather, it is nearly perfect.
I have to agree. I would think the epicenter of Silicon Valley would be more likely Sunnyvale. It's surrounded by Mountain View, Santa Clara, Cupertino and North San Jose.
Think Apple, Google, Intel, AMD, Lockheed, Nvidia, Cisco, Adobe, HP, ebay, Yahoo. These are all a small drive from Sunnyvale.
I think Fry's started in Sunnyvale... And Cyberdyne Systems is in Sunnyvale. ;)