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Fire Contained at Apple Headquarters, R&D Building?
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LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok-- that was a good one.
FYI - As an ex-Apple employee, trust me, they have a backup of every single thing that is not on paper. Everything is mirrored twice a day and sent to Elk Grove, CA digitally. In addition, I was having a "blonde" moment (guys have that, I guess) and I saw security guards walking with a pallet of what I thought were VHS tapes and they laughed and informed me that it was their last resort, nightly backups on huge old tape drives.
So, they have the data. Joke away.
Apple's Information Systems? Does that include MobileMe? What's its status, is MobileMe up or down?
Best Buy Training
Best Buy is upgrading their PC Geeks to the Mac product line.
As part of their hands-on training they were instructed to try installing some new hardware parts on a few Mac notebooks and Mac Pros.
Not being accustomed to the sleek design of Mac products, they mistook the Air Conditioning unit as a yet-to-be release of a new Mac computer!
DIXIE
Best Buy is upgrading their PC Geeks to the Mac product line.
As part of their hands-on training they were instructed to try installing some new hardware parts on a few Mac notebooks and Mac Pros.
Not being accustomed to the sleek design of Mac products, they mistook the Air Conditioning unit as a yet-to-be release of a new Mac computer!
DIXIE
That leads one to several conclusions:
1. All of your pants are custom made.
2. You never go anywhere where the temperature gets close to freezing.
3. You never went out for the track team.
4. You never get laid by the same gal twice.
5. After a wet dream you repaint the room and get new carpets and bed.
6. You seriously need to avoid a situation of getting someone irate enough to kick you in them - even morphine wouldn't help and the mess would be unbelievable.
Steve was back in R&D clocking jaws as he went Rambo due to disappointments: "DON'T DARE TELL ME THAT STINKING TABLET CAN'T BE MADE BY SEPTEMBER, %^$#^!" Knocked over a bunsen... end.
From what I understand, the fire caused little damage and was relatively small although it burned for awhile.
Why then were there over 60 firemen crowded around there?
I can see 10-15, but over 60 is just ridiculous
I bet many of them jumped out of bed when they heard just because they were Apple fans.
"Nah man, go back to sleep. We've got it contained.."
"No way I'm missing this! R&D Department?! I'll be there! Wait for me"
There is no such thing as overkill when it comes to a fire. Especially since there are two additional Apple buildings next door, one across the street and the whole area is lined with trees.
Thapler
I belive you have my thapler
First mobile me and now this. Wow. The world is going to hell.
Another stupid Mobile Me joke
Maybe if this had happened a month ago it would have been a convenient scape goat for the Mobile me problems.
But seriously, condolences to Apple on the devastation.
Maybe if this had happened a month ago it would have been a convenient scape goat for the Mobile me problems.
But seriously, condolences to Apple on the devastation.
I'd say too bad MobileMe wasn't in there but I'd rather have half-assed service than none at all.
Our company has a large RAID-like system for data storage. Actually we have three of them in three different cities a thousand miles apart. They are connected by a high speed data link and they remain synchronized. If a fire or an Earthquake should take out our entire company (including local backup tapes) we'd still have up to data two backups.
I assume most companeis have a system like this in place. Fire, earthquake and floods are all thinks that WILL happen and need to be planned for. Even with home computers. If you care about the data you need to plan for a fire. You want to have two copies even if the house burns down.
hey guys, I'm a fireman and was just in the Apple headquarters...guess what I saw
new apple newton 
You know that is not funny at all.
But it is a good thing I always first check the URL before clicking…
