Intels 1 billion mistake

Nobody said being a nerd would be easy.....



"bob urz" <sound@inetnebr.com> wrote in message
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http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

bob
 
"bob urz" <sound@inetnebr.com> wrote in message
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bob
The big mistake was not producing a flaw.
The big mistake was not doing adequate testing to discover it before
release.

Charlie
 
bob urz <sound@inetnebr.com> wrote in news:ii9em9$h2t$1@speranza.aioe.org:

http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

bob
Nuts! Old computer stores, like Best Buy, will buy up defective units and
be selling them as new for years......

Caveat Emptor.
 
In article <ii9em9$h2t$1@speranza.aioe.org>,
bob urz <sound@inetnebr.com> wrote:

http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

bob
Typical asinine reporting. There is *no date* on that article, Just
mentions of "Monday", "January" and "February" without even a mention of
*which year*.

I guess we can all ASSume that the article is current, but what kind of
sucky publisher puts out "news" articles without a date?

Oh wait, below the bottom of the article is the line

"Copyright 2011 The Associated Press."

Dumbasses.
 
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:06:19 -0800, Joe wrote:
bob urz <sound@inetnebr.com> wrote:

http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

Typical asinine reporting. There is *no date* on that article, Just
mentions of "Monday", "January" and "February" without even a mention of
*which year*.

I guess we can all ASSume that the article is current, but what kind of
sucky publisher puts out "news" articles without a date?

Oh wait, below the bottom of the article is the line

"Copyright 2011 The Associated Press."
Probably inserted by some PHP code using the current date of the 'view'.
 
Allodoxaphobia wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:06:19 -0800, Joe wrote:
bob urz <sound@inetnebr.com> wrote:

http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

Typical asinine reporting. There is *no date* on that article, Just
mentions of "Monday", "January" and "February" without even a mention of
*which year*.

I guess we can all ASSume that the article is current, but what kind of
sucky publisher puts out "news" articles without a date?

Oh wait, below the bottom of the article is the line

"Copyright 2011 The Associated Press."

Probably inserted by some PHP code using the current date of the 'view'.

Bullshit. The AP has always marked their news with a copyright
notice and the date. If they didn't, it wouldn't stand up in court.

Here is the raw article, with the AP copyright notice. Do you see
any PHP?

&lt;span id="ctl00_phSubPageBody_lblContentBody" class="text"&gt;<p>SANTA
CLARA, California (AP) &amp;mdash; Intel Corp. on Monday said it has found
a design flaw in a recently released chip, and is working with laptop
makers to replace affected computers.</p>
<p>Sales lost while the company rushes out a replacement chip, and the
cost of replacing computers with the flawed chip, will cost the
company $1 billion, it said.</p>
<p>Intel said it's shipped 8 million of the defective chips, but
complete PCs with those chips have only been on sale since Jan. 9, so
"relatively few" of them have reached consumers. The main processing
chips in these computers are branded "Core i5" and "Core i7."</p>
<p>The affected chips aren't the main processors, which are based on
the so-called "Sandy Bridge" technology that Intel announced in
January, but a support chip. The flaw means it may degrade with use
over a period of months or years, slowing down the transfer of data to
and from the computer's hard drives and DVD drives.</p>
<p>Intel said consumers can "continue to use their systems with
confidence, while working with their computer manufacturer for a
permanent solution."</p>

<p>Intel shares slid 25 cents to $21.21 in early afternoon
trading.</p>
<p>The company said it has already started making a new version of the
support chip, and hopes to start delivering it to PC makers in late
February. While they wait for the new chip, production of computers
using Intel's "Sandy Bridge" chips will be on hold.</p>
<p>The delay will reduce revenue by about $300 million in the first
quarter, Intel said. It put the repair and replacement cost at $700
million.</p>
<p>Despite the setback, Intel raised its overall revenue outlook for
the first quarter because of the recent acquisition of the phone-chip
business of Infineon Technologies AG. It also expects to complete the
acquisition of McAfee by the end of the first quarter.</p>
<p>Intel now expects $11.7 billion in revenue in the first quarter,
plus or minus $400 million. Its prior outlook was for $11.5 billion,
plus or minus $400 million.</p>
<p>Intel also said it expects revenue to grow by a mid- to high teens
percentage in 2011. It previously expected a growth of about 10
percent.</p>

<p>The company said its gross margin &amp;mdash; the profit made on each
sale, expressed as a percentage of overall revenue &amp;mdash; will be
lower than its previous outlook as it will be taking a charge related
to the chip flaw.</p>
<p>Intel now expects its first-quarter gross margin to be 61 percent.
Its earlier outlook was for 64 percent.</p>
<p>For the full year, gross margin is now expected to be 63 percent,
compared to the previous expectation of 65 percent.</p>
<p>Shares of rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. jumped 36 cents, or 4.8
percent, to $7.86 on the news. The stock has traded in the 52-week
range of $5.53 and $10.24.</p>
<BR>

<p align="center">Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.</p>
&lt;/span&gt;



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You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a band-aid on it, because it's
Teflon coated.
 
On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:02:26 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Allodoxaphobia wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:06:19 -0800, Joe wrote:
bob urz &lt;sound@inetnebr.com&gt; wrote:

http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

Typical asinine reporting. There is *no date* on that article, Just
mentions of "Monday", "January" and "February" without even a mention of
*which year*.

I guess we can all ASSume that the article is current, but what kind of
sucky publisher puts out "news" articles without a date?

Oh wait, below the bottom of the article is the line

"Copyright 2011 The Associated Press."

Probably inserted by some PHP code using the current date of the 'view'.


Bullshit. The AP has always marked their news with a copyright
notice and the date. If they didn't, it wouldn't stand up in court.

Here is the raw article, with the AP copyright notice. Do you see
any PHP?
&lt;snicker&gt; The client will _never_ see any PHP.
 
"Allodoxaphobia" wrote in message
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:02:26 -0500, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
Allodoxaphobia wrote:
On Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:06:19 -0800, Joe wrote:
bob urz &lt;sound@inetnebr.com&gt; wrote:

http://mbtmag.com/Content.aspx?id=1937

Typical asinine reporting. There is *no date* on that
article, Just
mentions of "Monday", "January" and "February" without even
a mention of
*which year*.

I guess we can all ASSume that the article is current, but
what kind of
sucky publisher puts out "news" articles without a date?

Oh wait, below the bottom of the article is the line

"Copyright 2011 The Associated Press."

Probably inserted by some PHP code using the current date of
the 'view'.


Bullshit. The AP has always marked their news with a
copyright
notice and the date. If they didn't, it wouldn't stand up in
court.

Here is the raw article, with the AP copyright notice. Do
you see
any PHP?

snicker&gt; The client will _never_ see any PHP.
Yes, The PHP is applied on the server side and what the client
sees as a web page is the processed page rather than the original
PHP code.

David
 
David wrote:
Yes, The PHP is applied on the server side and what the client
sees as a web page is the processed page rather than the original
PHP code.

Have you ever seen a raw newsfeed from the AP? I have, starting in
'73 as an engineer at a TV station. There was a copyright date on every
article. The only news service I've seen that didn't have one was the
military news wire that served Alaska.


--
You can't fix stupid. You can't even put a band-aid on it, because it's
Teflon coated.
 

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