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From: pa56680@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (P. Ialamanna)
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Subject: REPOST: [comp.sys.intel] Pentium Bug Humor :-)
Date: 30 Nov 1994 18:30:37 GMT
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I found this quite amusing...


>From: dmethvin@aol.com (DMethvin)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
>Subject: Pentium Bug Humor :-)
>
>Q&A:  THE PENTIUM FDIV BUG
>
>Q:   How many Pentium designers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
>A:   1.99904274017, but that's close enough for non-technical people.
>
>Q:  What do you get when you cross a Pentium PC with a  research grant?
>A:   A mad scientist.
>
>Q:  What's another name for the "Intel Inside" sticker they put on
>Pentiums?
>A:  Warning label.
>
>Q:  What do you call a series of FDIV instructions on a Pentium?
>A:  Successive approximations.
>
>Q:  Complete the following word analogy:  Add is to Subtract as Multiply
>is to
>        1)  Divide
>        2)  ROUND
>        3)  RANDOM
>        4)  On a Pentium, all of the above
>A:  Number 4.
>
>Q:  What algorithm did Intel use in the Pentium's floating point divider?
>A:  "Life is like a box of chocolates." (Source: F. Gump of Intel)
>
>Q:  Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
>A:  Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got
>585.999983605.
>
>Q:  According to Intel, the Pentium conforms to the IEEE standards
>754 and 854 for floating point arithmetic.  If you fly in aircraft
>designed using a Pentium, what is the correct pronunciation of
>"IEEE"?
>A:   Aaaaaaaiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!
>
>TOP TEN NEW INTEL SLOGANS FOR THE PENTIUM
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  9.9999973251   It's a FLAW, Dammit, not a Bug
>  8.9999163362   It's Close Enough, We Say So
>  7.9999414610   Nearly 300 Correct Opcodes
>  6.9999831538   You Don't Need to Know What's Inside
>  5.9999835137   Redefining the PC--and Mathematics As Well
>  4.9999999021   We Fixed It, Really
>  3.9998245917   Division Considered Harmful
>  2.9991523619   Why Do You Think They Call It *Floating* Point?
>  1.9999103517   We're Looking for a Few Good Flaws
>  0.9999999998   The Errata Inside
>


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Thanx for the memories, MJ   "Men will lie on their backs, talking about the
P. Ialamanna, aka Pman       fall of man, and never make an effort to get up" 
pa56680@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu			       - Henry David Thoreau