[SIGCIS-Members] Letterman Top 10 list about Pentium bug?

[Ellen Spertus]

I did miss it. Totally my fault. Thanks for sending it back out.

Ellen

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020, 6:31 PM Paul Ivanov <pi at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hi Ellen!
>
> Ellen Spertus, on 2020-08-15 15:42,  wrote:
> > Per my original email, there was a 1996 thesis referencing a 1994
> internal
> > Intel document that Letterman did make a joke during his *monologue*,
> which
> > may have been:
> >
> > You know what goes great with those defective Pentium chips?
> > Defective Pentium salsa!
>
> I think I made my reply text too long and obscured Don's response
> which contained the exact date and exact quote, so I'm including
> it again here:
>
> Don Giller, on 2020-08-15 00:27,  wrote:
> > The only mention of the Pentium issue was during his monologue
> > on December 15, 1994:
> >
> > "You know, you know what you can do if you have any of those
> > defective Pentium computer chips? You know what I’m talking
> > about? If you have any of those defective Pentium computer
> > chips, get yourself some defective Pentium salsa, uhmm! I’m
> > telling you, unbelievable! Knock yourself out."
>
> So there you have it,
> pi
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