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Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?
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On Sun, 22 Sep 2024 01:29:38 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:

> Temperature is an unsigned quantity.

Presumably you mean “absolute” temperature, otherwise ...

Fun fact: there are actual physical systems with negative absolute 
temperatures.