tlug: Intel Pentiums/"Bill Sux"

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

This is pretty cool.  I suppose they had to fire the guys, but it's cool
nonetheless. :)

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Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:29:32 -0600
From: Dave Close <dave@example.com>
Reply-To: UUASC@example.com
To: UUASC@example.com
Subject: Bill sux

From: Alan Edmonds <alan_edmonds@example.com>
Subject: [Fwd: [humor] Fwd: Pentium CPU "bug"]

API - Time Magazine reports an interesting case of high-tech graffiti. It
seems that a couple of Intel engineers working on the design of a recent
version of the Pentium microprocessor included a message that describes
their feelings about Bill Gates, president of Microsoft, a good corporate
pal of Intel's.

When a portion of the Pentium chip is examined under a powerful scanning
electron microscope, the phrase "bill sux" is clearly visible, etched into
the surface of the chip.

The "flaw" in the chip was only discovered by accident well after the chip
was  released into the market, too late for Intel to prevent the chip from
being used in the manufacture of tens of thousands of PCs.
Intel says that both engineers responsible were former employees of
Motorola, makers of the chips that are the heart of the Apple Macintosh.
Both engineers have since been fired by Intel.

Full picture on http://www.idt.mdh.se/kpt/billsux.jpg

Dave Close, Compata, Costa Mesa CA  "Politics is the business of getting
dave@example.com, +1 714 434 7359    power and privilege without
dhclose@example.com           possessing merit." - P. J. O'Rourke
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