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To: ajbrenner who wrote (47959)	1/31/1999 1:43:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570343

Like I told "cyber-snoop is OK Paul". This is serious. AMD has been given a gift...let's see what they can do with it. Check out the poll results. Intel should take a hint from Clint and abide by the polls.... cnn.com

To: ajbrenner who wrote (47959)	1/31/1999 3:03:00 PM
From: carl a. mehr	Respond to of 1570343

Re: "The ID problem is not going to just fade off into the sunset." I suppose you are right about the ID issue will not fade away too quickly. All the US paper currency has numbers. Likewise all cars, bicycles etc. Anything of value comes with id's. The same group of people that the world heard from when the 'so called Pentium flaw' occurred. To my belief, an honest example of a working program failing was never shown. All the 'nothing people' and poor programmers were busy yelling about examples of integer and floating point operations repeatedly performed on a number would yield an incorrect answer. That ought to get me a few answers, but I may choose to let others answer them on such a boring day. Take time to look at my profile and get on board the winners. This public service message made by Humble Brother Carl, trying to save souls for the Almighty Dollar. Greed is King! humble carl PS: This person takes the investment game seriously; read his posts Member 4107128

To: ajbrenner who wrote (47959)	1/31/1999 4:15:00 PM
From: Cirruslvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570343

OK, so 90% of the people that took the CNN poll aren't in favor of putting the ID numbers on the chip. While that is impressive, this poll is as equally staggering - 79% of the people who took another poll said NO to "Does Intel's revised plan for ID numbers on computer chips satisfy you?" cnn.com These polls are obviously biased toward the informed person (What other kind of person would read CNN Online?), but it is these informed people who make purchases on the Internet. They must think that the chance of a more secure transaction isn't as important as being followed around the net. Right? This PSN won't hurt Intel in the corporate market, but it may in the retail market, where AMD resides. Like Jim said, this is the perfect time for AMD PR to jump in. A question for everyone - Do you use a 128-bit security browser? If so, do you think that is enough security? I do (to both questions).