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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by archmikhail on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @04:57PM (#13535634)
Analysts remain "concerned" about $AAPL growth because world forests cannot produce enough paper for how much cash $AAPL continues to print.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by sparky_z on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:03PM (#13535693)
The good news is that the Irish government uses Euros, which are made of cotton fiber, not wood pulp.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by cgh on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:12PM (#13535783)
US dollars are made of cotton and linen.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by sparky_z on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:20PM (#13535859)
I almost mentioned that too (basically nobody makes money out of paper, it's too fragile), but it ruined the snappiness of the quip.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by ricardonunez on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:50PM (#13536138)
Microsoft and Alphabet are printing money. Apple had to go digital.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by freehunter on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @06:33PM (#13536509)
That's why they switched to high resolution displays, so they could fit all the zeros in their bank account on the screen without scrolling.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by ChuckMcM on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:08PM (#13535743)
you know you are in trouble when we start having electron shortages resulting in not enough electrons to erase flash chips so we can program in the large bank balances :-)
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by thecosas on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:00PM (#13535675)
One was quoted, saying "The paper shortage due to Apple's enormous cash reserves are overblown; that's why they have Apple Pay."
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by deeth_starr on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @05:21PM (#13535871)
$AAPL has requested the mint start making them 1 trillion dollar coins
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