Today I learned that x86 has a floating point version of the `nop` instruction, called `fnop`. It does nothing, but unlike the regular `nop` it uses the floating point unit to do nothing.
“In everyone’s pocket right now is a computer far more powerful than the one we flew on Voyager. I don’t mean your cell phone — I mean the key fob that unlocks your car.”
— Rich Terrile, JPL scientist and member of the Voyager imaging team