Re: Y2K

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Author: Steve Litt
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Y2K
On Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:54:17 -0500
Matthew Crews <> wrote:

> Man, Y2K seems like at eternity ago. I knew back then that nothing
> world-ending was going to happen, but I expected there to be major
> hiccups. Thankfully there were only minor hiccups since everyone
> worked their butts off on correcting Y2K bugs.
>
> The year 2038 problem might be a similar result.


In my wildest imagination, I can't conceive of a situation in which 32
bit computers are still used in 2038. And if there are still 32 bit
computers in use, our society probably has much worse problems than a
date flipover could ever produce.

SteveT

Steve Litt
December 2017 featured book: Thriving in Tough Times
http://www.troubleshooters.com/thrive
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