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5 shuttle buses chartered by Google, Apple apparently vandalized on I-280, possibly with pellet gun
Shuttle buses carrying Apple and Google employees were apparently vandalized Tuesday while traveling to and from the South Bay, officials said. No injuries were reported.
Five buses driving in the northbound and southbound directions of Interstate 280 between Highway 84 and Highway 85 were damaged during the Tuesday morning and evening commute, said California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel. Four buses were chartered by Apple and one by Google, the officer said. The Apple campus is located off I-280 in Cupertino. Google headquarters is in Mountain View off Highway 101.
According to Montiel, several bus windows were damaged and cracked, possibly by pellet guns, BB guns or rocks.
According to an article on TechCrunch
In response, we've learned that Apple has rerouted the bus routes for employees living in San Francisco, adding 30-45 minutes of commute time each way, as the company works with authorities to see what exactly is going on.
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 2) by looorg on Thursday January 18 2018, @06:21PM (8 children)
I'm sure they'll escalate to IED:s some days, for some reason. Wasn't Apples new round office complex finished recently? Seem to recall it in one of the papers I read during my trainride to work today.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday January 18 2018, @06:31PM (4 children)
Apple employees could take refuge in their walled gardens. Secure enclaves.
Build a wall around the walled garden. With rounded corners. And make the people outside the wall pay for it.
I can understand why people might throw rocks at Apple buses, with rounded corners. Even FaceTwit. But Google? Google only brings wonderful goodness to our lives. And Google can do no evil. Their motto says so. And it must be the truth, because if it weren't that would be evil.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Thursday January 18 2018, @09:36PM (2 children)
Build a wall around the walled garden. With rounded corners. And make the people outside the wall pay for it.
The people outside the wall are *happily* paying for it, by buying overpriced Apple iDevices in droves.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday January 18 2018, @10:04PM
That sounds like people *inside* the wall(ed garden) who buy Apple products.
The people outside the walled garden are buying the non-apple products. Also, in droves.
But Apple would like everyone outside their wall (ecosystem) to also pay Apple because Apple doesn't make enough money from its overpriced boutique devices.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday January 18 2018, @10:06PM
Apple is also repatriating money at a temporarily lower tax rate, and has announced that it will build a new headquarters somewhere (like Amazon). The location they choose will surely give them tax breaks and other incentives.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @10:45PM
Bucky Fuller pointed out many years ago that it's crazy to commute to work -- perfectly good living space is left vacant all night in typical office buildings. While I understand the desire for a private residence for a family, all the singles that work for Apple (et al) could easily live in their office buildings, with just some minor adaptations.
There is plenty of history for this, early industrial revolution factory owners built residential housing for their workers on site (since there were no established commuting vehicles). I believe this is still common in lower wage countries.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 18 2018, @08:56PM (1 child)
Fuck an IED, bring out the IEEMP's. That's how you really fuck up their day.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday January 18 2018, @11:55PM
Just make sure to use some helium balloons, to deliver the charges up in the clouds their computers reside
(grin)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 19 2018, @05:26AM
That thing reminds of the Farpoint Station in the pilot episode of ST:TNG. [google.com]
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