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Rapporter om feil i Pentium har medført en flom av vitser på Internet. Vi gjengir et lite utvalg på originalspråket: 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?

A1: Warning label.

A2: Truth in advertising.

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. 

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