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 |
10. | Your current computer is too accurate |
9. | You want to get into the Guinness Book of World Records
as "owner of most expensive paperweight" |
8. | Math errors add zest to life |
7. | You need an alibi for the IRS |
6. | You want to see what all the fuss is about |
5. | You've always wondered what it would be like to be a
plaintiff |
4. | The "Intel Inside" logo matches you decor perfectly |
3. | You no longer have to worry about CPU overheating |
2. | You got a great deal from JPL |
1. | It'll probably work |
APPLE: |
Arrogance Produces Profit-Losing Entity |
BASIC: |
Bill's Attempt to Seize Industry Control |
CD-ROM: |
Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete in Months |
COBOL: |
Completely Obsolete Business Oriented Language |
DEC: |
Do Expect Cuts |
DOS: |
Defunct (Defective) Operating System |
IBM: |
I Blame Microsoft |
LISP: |
Lots of Infuriating & Silly Parenthesis |
MACINTOSH: |
Most Applications Crash; If Not, The Operating System Hangs |
MICROSOFT: |
Most Intelligent Customers Realise Our Software Only Fools Teenagers |
MIPS: |
Meaningless Indication of Processor Speed |
OS/2: |
Obsolete Soon, Too. |
PCMCIA: |
People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms |
PENTIUM: |
Produces Erroneous Numbers Through Incorrect Understanding of Maths |
RISC: |
Reduced Into Silly Code |
SCSI: |
System Can't See It |
WINDOWS: |
Will Install Needless Data On Whole System |
WWW: |
World Wide Wait |
486: |
The average IQ needed to understand a PC. |
State-of-the-art: |
Any computer you can't afford. |
Obsolete: |
Any computer you own. |
Microsecond: |
The time it takes for your state-of-the-art computer to become obsolete. |
G3: |
Apple's new Macs that make you say "Gee, three times faster than
the computer I bought for the same price a Microsecond ago." |
Syntax Error: |
Walking into a computer store and saying, "Hi, I want to buy a
computer and money is no object." |
Hard Drive: |
The sales technique employed by computer salesmen, esp. after a
Syntax Error. |
GUI: |
What your computer becomes after spilling your coffee on it. |
Keyboard: |
The standard way to generate computer errors. |
Mouse: |
An advanced input device to make computer errors easier to generate. |
Floppy: |
The state of your wallet after purchasing a computer. |
Portable Computer: |
A device invented to force businessmen to work at home, on vacation,
and on business trips. |
Disk Crash: |
A typical computer response to any critical deadline. |
Power User: |
Anyone who can format a disk from DOS. |
System Update: |
A quick method of trashing ALL of your software. |