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Q&A: THE PENTIUM FDIV BUG
>
> Q: How many Pentium designers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
> A: 1.99104274017, 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
> 585.991983605.
>
> 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
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> 9.9919973251 It's a FLAW, Dammit, not a Bug
> 8.9919163362 It's Close Enough, We Say So
> 7.9919414610 Nearly 300 Correct Opcodes
> 6.9919831538 You Don't Need to Know What's Inside
> 5.9919835137 Redefining the PC -- and Mathematics As Well
> 4.9919919021 We Fixed It, Really
> 3.9918245917 Division Considered Harmful
> 2.9911523619 Why Do You Think They Call It *Floating* Point?
> 1.9919103517 We're Looking for a Few Good Flaws
> 0.9919919918 The Errata Inside
SOMETHING TO THINK ABT??