The big difference is that was mostly resolved via software. Intel issue is much harder. On Jan 5, 2018 11:48 PM, "Steve Litt" wrote: > On Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:27:38 -0700 > Eric Oyen wrote: > > > oh boy. This sounds like another Y2K problem, only this one has some > > reality about it and real consequences. > > Y2K was completely real, and would have had real consequences if our > society hadn't taken three years to fix most of it. We were fortunate > that in those days society was willing to put in hard work to fix a > future problem, rather than "kicking the can down the road." > > Between 1984 and 1991 I wrote plenty of software using 2 digit years. > So did everyone else. Much of the Cobol from the 1960's onward used 2 > digit dates to save memory, which was very precious back then. Much of > that software was still used in 1999, and some is still used today. It > got fixed. > > It's speculation what would have happened if our entire society hadn't > pitched in and fixed most software in 1997-1999, but it's my opinion > that if we'd done then what we'd surely do now (call it somebody else's > problem, keep prioritizing our own little lives and those of our > corporations, and do nothing), we'd be bartering gold for tuna and water > for bullets. > > None of this is to imply that Meltdown and Spectre aren't a very big > deal. Just don't think Y2K was no big deal because we did the necessary > work to fix it proactively. > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > December 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times > http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss