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On Wed, 14 Dec 1994, William H. Martin wrote:

> According to Silauren, Half-Elven:

> > 'ach wovwI'mey chu' tambeHbogh jan'e' chenmoHta'DI' *Intel* jonwI'pu'?
> 
> nuqjatlh? "But as soon as Intel engineers build a device which
> is ready to replace a new lightbulb?" mu'tlhegh chenmoHbe'
> mu'meyvam. pagh tlhobta' 'oH.

*charghwI'* lut tlhaQDaq chel'egh 'oH 'e' Hechta' mu'tlhegh.
mu'tlheghwIj Damughchu'ta', *charghwI'*.  lugh *English* mu'meylIj.
'ach mu'tlheghlIj mu'tlheghwIj je DalaD vIneHta'.  

> > cha'vatlh vaghmaH jav.
> 
> jIyajbe'.

bIngDaq lut tlhaQ vIja'.

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qaStaHvIS *Thu, 8 Dec 1994*, ghItlh *charghwI'*:

	wovwI' chu' lo'lu'taHvIS, wovwI' ngo' tamlu'meH, *Pentium*
	chenmoHbogh *Intel* jonwI''e' 'ar poQlu'?

	wa' DoD Hut Hut Hut Hut chorgh Hut Soch...

vIghItlh:

    'ach wovwI'mey chu' tambeHbogh jan'e' chenmoHta'DI' *Intel* jonwI'pu'?

    cha'vatlh vaghmaH jav.
================

	wovwI' chu' lo'lu'taHvIS, wovwI' ngo' tamlu'meH, *Pentium*
	chenmoHbogh *Intel* jonwI''e' 'ar poQlu'?
    'ach wovwI'mey chu' tambeHbogh jan'e' chenmoHta'DI' *Intel* jonwI'pu'?

    cha'vatlh vaghmaH jav.

Dayaj'a'?

[universal translator engaged]

forgive the language switch, but i can't continue in klingon; i'm 
starting to confuse myself.

basically, with my original post, i tried to add something to charghwI's 
original Pentium joke.  basically, his original joke translates:

Q: "How many of Intel's Pentium engineers does it take to screw in a 
	lightbulb?" 
A: "1.9999897."

the sentence i added, as charghwI' translated, reads:

	> "But as soon as Intel engineers build a device which
	> is ready to replace a new lightbulb?"

ie, my joke should have translated:

Q: "How many of Intel's Pentium engineers does it take to screw in a 
	lightbulb after they've built a bulb-changing-machine?"
A: "256."

explaination of the joke, while i'm at it:
one of the bugs that the Pentium produces (at least some of 'em) is an 
incorrect division, for one set of values, of the formula: x-[(x/y)*y]
now, anyone with a sense of algebra will see that this should equal 
zero.  well, on a pentium at work, and for only one value-set, i produced 
the answer of 256.  

*sighs*

somehow i'm not surprised to know i'm even less funny in klingon than i 
am in english.  'course, i never before thought that possible.....

> > --naQ'avwI'
> 
> charghwI'

--naQ'avwI'

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