[–] LandR 8y ago ↗ I imagine Linus Torwalds as being always furious, at everything and everyone.Although the content of the actual email hardly makes him come across as furious. Is it because he used the word shit? [–] paulhilbert 8y ago ↗ Yeah - that is a "moderate" on the Torvalds scale... [–] rmason 8y ago ↗ Apple and Microsoft, being partners with Intel, can't complain about the bugs - publicly at least.What makes it news is that Linus can and does rake Intel over the coals. Unlike a lot of the others complaining he's much more credible.It's not like this is the first time Intel has had a problem. Anyone remember the floating math problems of the early Pentiums?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
[–] rmason 8y ago ↗ Apple and Microsoft, being partners with Intel, can't complain about the bugs - publicly at least.What makes it news is that Linus can and does rake Intel over the coals. Unlike a lot of the others complaining he's much more credible.It's not like this is the first time Intel has had a problem. Anyone remember the floating math problems of the early Pentiums?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
[–] aceoflala 8y ago ↗ >Techies are going crazy after "Meltdown" and "Spectre," two new methods for stealing passwords, were revealedImagine being a journalist and having to churn out this pointless drivel for a living.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 23.2 ms ] threadAlthough the content of the actual email hardly makes him come across as furious. Is it because he used the word shit?
What makes it news is that Linus can and does rake Intel over the coals. Unlike a lot of the others complaining he's much more credible.
It's not like this is the first time Intel has had a problem. Anyone remember the floating math problems of the early Pentiums?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug
Imagine being a journalist and having to churn out this pointless drivel for a living.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16066968