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Here are some latest jokes on Intel,
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Questions & Answers:
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: The 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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