Pentium protests perplex gays at Intel.Gay and AIDS rights activists are among those who charge that Intel Corp.'s Pentium III The successor to the Pentium II from Intel. Introduced in the spring of 1999 at 500 MHz, the Pentium III architecture was similar to the Pentium II with the addition of 70 new instructions optimized for multimedia (see SSE). computer chip, which includes a serial number that can be used to track computers, could hurt people using the Web as an anonymous meeting place and information resource. But Dave Hughes David William "Hughesy" Hughes (born 26 November 1970 in Warrnambool, Victoria) is an Australian stand-up comedian, radio and television presenter. Early life Born and raised in the regional town of Warnambool, Victoria, Hughes has said that he drank heavily as a teenager , president of Intel's officially recognized gay-employee group, said he's "mystified mys·ti·fy tr.v. mys·ti·fied, mys·ti·fy·ing, mys·ti·fies 1. To confuse or puzzle mentally. See Synonyms at puzzle. 2. To make obscure or mysterious. " by the controversy, particularly since the chip includes a mechanism that allows users to "turn off" the serial number. "If I were to buy a computer with [the chip], it wouldn't particularly bother me," Hughes said, noting that his group has taken no position on the issue. Nevertheless, activist groups, including the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation defamation In law, issuance of false statements about a person that injure his reputation or that deter others from associating with him. Libel and slander are the legal subcategories of defamation. Libel is defamation in print, pictures, or any other visual symbols. , are awaiting a rifling front the Federal Trade Commission on its effort to slop production of the chip. |
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