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From https://www.sgoc.de/pentium.html

    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?
    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:  Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
    A:  Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got
        585.999983605.

    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
    -------------------------------------------

    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 - No Life-
                    Maintenance Devices Should Be Used With This
                    Processor
    2.9991523619   Why Do You Think They Call It *Floating* Point?
    1.9999103517   We're Looking for a Few Good Flaws

    And the 0.9999999998th Slogan Is...
                                    The Errata Inside

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