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Apple's Tree Buying Spree for Apple Park Causing Shortages
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8,000 parking spaces?!?
Apple will need to learn about the parking valet business stat!
(And let's just completely ignore the fact that cars for those 8,000 Apple Park parking spaces are currently occupying the same number of spaces elsewhere in Cupertino and environs.)
Cupertino has never had fruit trees, parking garages, urinals, or corporate cafeterias until the advent of Apple Park. This is a New Dawn for Santa Clara Valley! Apple's corporate existence is in jeopardy because the engineering team doesn't know how to mow lawns, scrub urinals, peel potatoes or park their cars in a different space.
Heck, they will be wandering around in the dark because the light switch is in a different place.
APPLE IS DOOMED!!!
Get it yet?
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Oh, the thought of actually seeing this. Pretty damn funny.
I'm pretty sure Phil, Tim, Eddy, and Jony take turns on the riding mower.
Farmers farmed fruit trees. That means Apple is now in farming. I don't "make it sound" like anything else that you haven't completely imagined. I personally always find it easier and more productive to listen to what other people actually say rather than to try to imagine what they actually meant. Your mileage obviously varies.
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And fairly pointless if you insist on missing the point, which clearly you intended to do forever. Sorry if it's too complicated, but you are the one who is making it that way.
Fruit trees existed long before farmers or agriculture.
Apple is now the owner of fruit trees. Not a big deal. Lots of locals have fruit trees on their property that are maintained by others, namely gardeners. You don't need to be a horticulturist/farmer/whatever to own a fruit tree.
In the same way, you don't need to be an auto mechanic to own a car. You don't need to be a sysadmin to own a computer. You don't need to be a janitor to own a toilet. You don't need to be a chef to own a refrigerator.
You still really don't get it, do you? But please keep commenting, I'm sure Apple employees who read this forum are laughing their asses off.
This is probably the most hilarious forum topic thread I have read in MONTHS.
I'm going to sleep now, looking forward to reading what scintillating responses you have to this tomorrow. Keep up the good work! We're counting on you now!!!
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The irony of people questioning the ability of a company called "Apple" to take care of some fruit trees is so overwhelming I bothered to log in and make a comment...
Whether they hire some people or contract it out, I'm sure they've realised they can't just leave fruit trees on their campus growing without proper care.
They've even removed "Computers" from their name, for crying out loud!
Whether they hire some people or contract it out, I'm sure they've realised they can't just leave fruit trees on their campus growing without proper care.
They've even removed "Computers" from their name, for crying out loud!
I'm pretty sure Phil, Tim, Eddy, and Jony take turns on the riding mower.
I agree about the first three, but Jony doesn't ride... he just stares at the mower and wonders how thin it could be. Perhaps it could be made of aloominyum?
Wish if they could add some cheetahs, pumas, jaguars, panthers, tigers, leopards, lions and mountain lions!
How could you miss out snow leopards? How could you??
No it doesn't.
Just because Apple Park will have fruit trees... doesn't mean Apple is "in farming"
You tried... but you're not convincing anyone on this line of thinking.
Apple Park will have grass, shrubbery and fountains too... but that doesn't mean Apple is "in landscaping and water features"
You're right, Jony probably doesn't drive the riding mower. However, he probably doesn't because it's not an Aston-Martin, Jaguar, etc.
For all we know, the best lawn mower driver might be Angela.
Maybe Apple sacked Scott Forstall because of his mowing skills. And Angela's short lived predecessor. And that Papermaster guy.
Thousands of them, and they aren't maintained by "gardeners" because they are agricultural trees and agriculture is regulated by the state and counties. Every county in California has an Agricultural Commissioner who is responsible for preventing infestations from spreading from one orchard to another. This is required by state law and has been for well over 100 years, but since you are so knowledgable on this subject no doubt you knew this already, but still think it's funny.
Currently the state is dealing with a potential killer infestation of a disease of citrus crops called HLB carried by an insect called the Asian citrus psyllid that has already wiped out much of the citrus crop in Florida. The insect is already in California, though the disease has not found a foothold here yet. This is why every fruit tree in several counties has to be inspected and sprayed regularly. It is a huge cost to growers but not half as much as losing all of their trees, which is the only real alternative. Nobody is allowed to take this problem lightly.
This is only one example of the many agricultural diseases and pests that are common or episodic in California fruit trees. If you have any of these trees, you have to deal with it. If you have a lot of trees, you have to deal with it a lot. You can ask anyone who grows fruit for a living whether this is a trivial problem to be addressed by "gardeners."
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No it doesn't.
Just because Apple Park will have fruit trees... doesn't mean Apple is "in farming"
You tried... but you're not convincing anyone on this line of thinking.
Apple Park will have grass, shrubbery and fountains too... but that doesn't mean Apple is "in landscaping and water features"
Well, you can repeat that endlessly, but you will be wrong, endlessly. You are welcome to verify anything I've said. Perhaps you ought to give that a try before responding again.
I'm pretty sure Phil, Tim, Eddy, and Jony take turns on the riding mower.
Or scribing urinals.
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Apple is worth $605 Billon
They can afford to spray the god damn trees.
Well, lil' ol' Saratoga seems to be able to handle it with their long-standing heritage fruit tree orchard. I drive by it occasionally and it seems to be pretty healthy.
My guess is that Apple Inc. has more resources available than the City of Saratoga. Apple can afford all of the fruit tree care necessary for their ornamental orchard. It's not like they are running a farm. They are more concerned about shaving two cents off an iPhone capacitor because that decision makes more impact on their bottom line.
But keep on with your posts. They are most entertaining, everyone is in rapturous anticipation for your next tidbit of almighty knowledge that has never been divulged to commoners such as MacRumors readers!
Growing fruit trees on their property will DOOM APPLE!
Omg!!!!
Sooooo grateful @IJ Reilly has REALLY decided to "double down" on insisting that Apple is now a farming company! =)
This is rich.
I just don't get why he keeps ignoring my insistence that it's actually now a janitorial company, on account of all the toilets in the new building (it clearly makes just as much sense).... I've been mimicking his contrived arguments EXACTLY, lol.
Sooooo grateful @IJ Reilly has REALLY decided to "double down" on insisting that Apple is now a farming company! =)
This is rich.
I just don't get why he keeps ignoring my insistence that it's actually now a janitorial company, on account of all the toilets in the new building (it clearly makes just as much sense).... I've been mimicking his contrived arguments EXACTLY, lol.
Not all employees will drive into work; some will use Apple's corporate commute program (shuttle buses), linking up with BART and Caltrans, others will carpool.
This all gives a new shade of meaning to the term "apple orchard."
When I think of fruit trees, which I have out back, I think of wasps. I'm sure Apple will have some service to keep the ground free of fallen fruit or they will have one helluva nasty wasp problem.
When I think of fruit trees, which I have out back, I think of wasps. I'm sure Apple will have some service to keep the ground free of fallen fruit or they will have one helluva nasty wasp problem.
Well I just hope they make the fruit trees modular. They had also better offer a matte option for the tree bark.
"Can't farm anymore my ass!"™
OK, so genuine question for a European here... Do you guys not have public transport to get you to and from work? I mean, it's all very well planting all these trees... but 11,000 cars turning up and leaving everyday?! That's mental. Not to mention the sheer amount of concrete
Honestly. good. Apple leading the way again and buying so many trees they're eating up the market. This is not a negative.
Public transportation is most cities in the US is a joke. You need public transport to GET TO the public transportation station, then once at your destination, you need transport to get to your destination. The problem is that most cities are so large and sprawled out that it's practically impossible to have convenient pickup spots within walking distance of them.
When I was in London last year, I was amazed at how well their tube system worked. I wish we had something like that.
Public transportation in the suburbs especially is marginal at best. It's there to one degree or another but in many instances not all that convenient or useful (short of not really having any other options).
Yeah, the reflectivity issue with Apple branded tree bark is WELL documented... also, the ones that have leaves sourced from TSMC seem to grow .00000745% faster than than the ones with leaves sourced from Samsung, so be sure to return your tree as many times necessary within your 14 day window, until you get a "good" one! ;0)