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To: tejek who wrote (143420)	3/21/2002 6:57:48 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1584017

Hammer slipping into 2003? Typo or misinterpretation By Mike Magee, 21/03/2002 16:26:11 BST Update: 18.31 GMT AMD Europe has not got back to us and it's close of play this side of the pond. So maybe Hammer has, indeed, slipped to next year, because there's certainly no denial yet. It's down to the US to get back to us now, we reckon - those boys in Satan Clara have our number. Meanwhile, the outfit has published an annual report in PDF format which you can find here, and where the word Hammer occurs so many times we haven't been able to count it yet. As for the Upside interview, it probably was conducted at the end of last year, and things may have changed since then, but Sanders uses the 2003 number specifically. PERHAPS AMD CEO JERRY SANDERS memory is slipping, or maybe he's talking about Sledgehammer rather than Clawhammer, but there's a little snippet from that Upside interview that seems to suggest we won't see Hammer chips until 2003. There are other possibilities. In his interview with Upside, which we covered earlier in the day, Sanders said: "…When we start shipping [Hammer] in 2003… my life's work will have come to fruition." All previous assessments by the chip company, as recently as last week at CeBIT, was that members of the Hammer family would ship this year. We're assuming that when he says Hammer he means Sledgehammer, but we've placed a call to AMD to clarify exactly what Jerry Sanders meant, and will update this story accordingly. It could also be a slip on Upside's behalf – heavens to Betsy, we've been known to make typos ourselves – witness our first article on this Hammer speech today… µ theinquirer.net

To: tejek who wrote (143420)	3/21/2002 10:53:04 PM
From: Dan3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1584017

Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil," which they said would be way eviler than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of in his State of the Union address. Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are Just as Evil... in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best evils... best at being evil... we're the best." Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil. "They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. "An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret handshake. Ours is wickedly cool." International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as within minutes, France surrendered. Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in what became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As Just Generally Disagreeable. With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics; Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America, while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis of Countries That Be Allowed to Ask Sheep to Wear Lipstick. "That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do," said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell. While wondering if the other nations of the world were serious, a cautious President Bush granted approval for most axes, although he rejected the establishment of the Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay," accusing one of its members of filing a false application. Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges. Italy, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but privately, world leaders said that's only because no one asked them. satirewire.com