[Coco] Hex calculator (off topic)

[Roger Merchberger]

Rumor has it that wdg3rd at comcast.net may have mentioned these words:
>-------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: Roger Merchberger <zmerch-coco at 30below.com>
> > [1] Remember Intel's initial dismissal of the bug by saying "The average
> > user will be affected by the bug once every 24,000 years?" By that math,
> > I'm a 48,000-year-old guy!!! ;-)
>
>Or maybe you're not just an average user.

Well, considering the fact that Intel's marketing _targeted_ higher-level 
applications (read: AutoCAD and/or servers) and at the time this happened 
(including their infamous quote) the Pentium line was priced outside what 
would normally be considered what an "average user" used a computer for 
(i.e. word processing / games) stumbling across the bug designing a basic 
computer desk (for fun & practice) - would seem to be an average use for 
the machine.

It's not like I was using it for bungee-jumping or anything... ;-)

[[ Oh, and I'm only counting the times I hit it *before* I actually knew 
there was a bug. I'm obviously not counting the "hey, watch this!" or "will 
you check my pentium" incidents... ;-) ]]

Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger

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