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		charcircuit 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel: A Bug and a Pro The average consumer with a pentium didn't have it in a radiation therapy machine.

rbanffy 11 months ago [–]

But those who used a Therac 25 wouldn't be happy.

immibis 11 months ago | [–]

Therac 25 didn't use a Pentium, nor floating point, and if it did, a 0.0001% increase in the radiation dose would be unnoticeable.

rbanffy 11 months ago | | [–]

It didn't, but the joke is still funny.

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