[dbcurtis]

One of the architects of the Pentium Pro, Intel’s first out-of-order execution engine, told of walking up to a Coke machine with an “out of order” sign on it — “Oh, out-of-order has other meanings.”

[IIAOPSW]

The vending machine at intel drops a can of coke. A CPU architect walking by picks it up then inserts his money. The machine is out of order.