more on Pentium bug

[James Gosling]

> "I know it's buzzing all over the Net.  But there are maybe several dozen
> people that this would affect," High said.  "So far, we've only heard from
> one.  It's reasonably rare."
> 
> High said that a theoretical mathematician with a Pentium machine purchased
> before the summer should be concerned.  Intel, he said, will replace the chip
> for anyone who shows they need an extremely high degree of accuracy.

The problem, of course, is knowing *who* the "several dozen people"
affected are.  These days, I have a lingering suspicion that one of
them is *me*.

It sounds like they're demanding a full numerical analysis of every
application a person uses.  Totally ridiculous.