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To: milo_morai who wrote (129202)	11/29/2000 8:25:24 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) of 1571039

Some P4 humor I posted on the other thread: re:<<"suddenly pulled from the shelves because "they were running too fast.">> <Gosh, I guess Paul has been right all along... > I interpreted this one differently. The HP 1.4G P4's had to be pulled "suddenly" instead of being pulled at a leisurely pace. The P4 is imbued with HAL-like AI features that detect when someone is about to "pull it from the shelf." (These abilities were not supposed to be activated until 2001, but someone at Intel goofed and put the AI version of the BIOS into the machines. This is the explanation for the so-called "P4 BIOS bug.") To remove the first P4 system from the shelf, the store manager tried to walk up to it at a leisurely pace and pull it off the shelf. Instantly, the P4's self-protect mechanism sprung into action! It TCP-IP'ed all other P4's throughout the Best Buy universe that it was in trouble. It told them to be on the lookout for store managers. This is netburst architecture run amock! After issuing the warning to its other brethren, the P4's case fan went into hyperdrive by CPU control, sucking all air out of the case. The HP P4 system flew gently to the floor and then its retractable putty-colored legs telescoped out of its fat body. It started running at top speed. Hence the description, "they were suddenly pulled from the shelves because they were running too fast." The store manager eventually caught the pesky P4, but getting rid of the rest of them will be a tricky proposition for Best Buy. That net-bursted warning has put the BIOS in super-vigilant mode and only a sudden attack from above can catch them unawares. No wonder Intel claimed Best Buy had a "logistical problem." Petz

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