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[edit: please ignore; don't want to delete because then the responses will seem odd, but this no longer makes sense given the new title] New title from ilamont
by andrewcooke 17y ago
[edit: please ignore; don't want to delete because then the responses will seem odd, but this no longer makes sense given the new title]
New title from ilamont isn't smart. It's inconsistent.
[Something can be counterfeit and lead. Like, for example, a fake Intel Core i7-920 processor. Also, HN traditionally keeps titles.]
- ilamont 17y ago"working counterfeit" didn't quite fit. Do you have a better suggestion? It's worth making the distinction -- see http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918 http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=918 for example of working counterfeit chips made during "ghost" shifts at Chinese factories.
- andrewcooke 17y agoHow about "Hands On: Unboxing the Fake Intel Core i7-920"? (but fwiw I do - now - see the distinction you were trying to make). [edit: maybe "third shift" is more popular than "ghost shift"? http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/01/8375455/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/...]
- ilamont 17y agoChanged.
- ars 17y agoCounterfeit usually means it does what it says, but it lies about who made it. Knockoff means it does what it says, and looks like the official one, but doesn't lie about who made it. Fake doesn't work, or works poorly, but is made to look real.