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. |