R520 tape-out number three was successful(Inquirer)

And R520 is never released, ATI's assets are purchased by NV at firesale prices, and for the next 10 years we'll be hearing that "Gxxx is finally going to include the fabled ring bus that would have saved ATI. . .if only, if only."

Wait, I read that story somewhere else I think.

 

Finally someone gets what I've been telling in at least ten posts in the last two days

 

No problem . But note that I said I was giving them the benefit of the doubt that maybe they were thinking along the lines of what I posted . However I won't put $$$ on them being correct , since this might indeed just be a total guess parading as news .

 

It's "third time lucky" in English.

 

uh, I've never heard that before...

googling:
"Third time's the charm" 23,800 hits
"Third time is lucky" 193 hits

Edit: Aha! Leaving out the 'is' helped:
"Third time lucky" 70,200

and that expresiion I have heard before...

 

you didn't use googlefight?

 

without is:

"third time lucky" - 70,200

 

"Third time luck" 70,200 hits

 

No, for some reason googlefight returned much lower numbers.

no-X & nutball, I know, but I was a bit slow editing my post...

 

Hmmm, is third time lucky an American expression? I grew up under the British system and third time's the charm is what I'm used to - even in the media and movies.

 

Well, I'm an Aussie so well.... but a tiny survey of my Brit colleagues seems to indicate "third time lucky" is the better known expression.


Edit: Shakespeare used something similar:

 

Try "Third time charm" Leaving out IS and THE.....lots more

It also common to hear "Thrid time's a charm"