Re: High tech graffiti

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From
Jonathan M. Bresler <jmb>
Date
31 Jul 1998 10:30:09
Subject
Re: High tech graffiti
Message-ID
199807311730.KAA24265@hub.freebsd.org


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	sorry to say this seems to be a hoax ;(

original image:
http://www.amazon.com/covers/0/69/102/125/0691021252.l.gif

see http://slashdot.org/

jmb

Rick Siple wrote:
> This was forwarded to me from a coworker, who got it from someone else,
> etc. So this could all be hearsay, but...
> __________
> Rick Siple
> ricksiple@mpainc.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Subject: FW: Bill Sux
> >
> > Time Magazine reports an interesting case of high-tech graffiti. It
> > seems
> > that a couple of Intel engineers working on the design of a recent
> > version of the Pentium microprocessor included a message that
> > describes
> > their feelings about Bill Gates, president of Microsoft, a good
> > corporate
> > pal of Intel's.
> >
> > When a portion of the Pentium chip is examined under a powerful
> > scanning
> > electron microscope, the phrase "bill sux" is clearly visible, etched
> > into the surface of the chip. The "flaw" in the chip was only
> > discovered
> > by accident well after the chip was released into the market, too late
> >
> > for Intel to prevent the chip from being used in the manufacture of
> > tens
> > of thousands of PCs.
> >
> > Intel says that both engineers responsible were former employees of
> > Motorola, makers of the chips that are the heart of the Apple
> > Macintosh.
> >
> > Both engineers have since been fired by Intel. Full picture at
> > http://www.idt.mdh.se/kpt/billsux.jpg
>
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