systemx Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We were all waiting for the world to end when the millenium bug struck at 12. How many squillions of quids were wasted in making everything Y2K compliant. Anyway All the Best when it comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We were all waiting for the world to end when the millenium bug struck at 12.How many squillions of quids were wasted in making everything Y2K compliant. Anyway All the Best when it comes. I was looking forward to my y2k bonus. Roll on the Euro.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I never understood this Millennium bug thing (probably because I was 12). What was supposed to happen and why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I never understood this Millennium bug thing (probably because I was 12). What was supposed to happen and why? All computers were meant to pack up cause the couldn't handle turning over 2000 from 1999 or some pile of made up corporate pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I never understood this Millennium bug thing (probably because I was 12). What was supposed to happen and why? Computers apparently only understand the year by the last two digits due to an astonishing lack of foresight from programmers back in the fifties or something. (They probably thought that we'd all be radioactive by now and either have superpowers or be ruled by monkeys, turned out that was just Americans) So when 2000 came along it was thought that computers would read the year as 00 and by computer logic, figure that that meant 1900 and so cease to exist, not having been invented yet. Actually what happened was; everybody got miraculous, except me, I had the flu. By the time we came to it was about January 3rd and life had moved on. I remember Richard and Judy telling us that we should store away tins of food and batteries and short wave radios (between Judy downing gin and tonics). Did anybody actually do this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodge Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I never understood this Millennium bug thing (probably because I was 12). What was supposed to happen and why? Covered pretty well here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem It wasn't so much your average desktop PC that was rumoured to have problems, it was a lot of electronic "embedded systems" that run everything from power plants to sewage systems. A *lot* of money was spent to make sure that this didn't happen. However as with everything, there was probably a fair amount of scaremongering as well causing needless cash to be spent on replacing everything with a chip in it where it wasn't really necessary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWL Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 I was flying to Paris to see in the Millennium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Computers apparently only understand the year by the last two digits due to an astonishing lack of foresight from programmers back in the fifties or something. (They probably thought that we'd all be radioactive by now and either have superpowers or be ruled by monkeys, turned out that was just Americans) So when 2000 came along it was thought that computers would read the year as 00 and by computer logic, figure that that meant 1900 and so cease to exist, not having been invented yet. Actually what happened was; everybody got miraculous, except me, I had the flu. By the time we came to it was about January 3rd and life had moved on. I remember Richard and Judy telling us that we should store away tins of food and batteries and short wave radios (between Judy downing gin and tonics). Did anybody actually do this? ****, that's mental! Did it cause a lot of widespread panic amongst intelligent people, or was it just another bird-flu/swine-flu etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 ****, that's mental! Did it cause a lot of widespread panic amongst intelligent people, or was it just another bird-flu/swine-flu etc? As an intelligent person, I feel adequately qualified to confirm that no, it did not. We all got together and enjoyed NewYear like any other. Some of us were struck down with a nasty flu. Others refused to celebrate as it wasn't actually (mathematically) the beginning of a new millenium. Thickoes, though, panicked and got lagered up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Harris Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 watch out for the same panic in 2038 when unix time reaches it's capacity and twiddles the sign bit sending us back in time to 1901, perhaps hibs will even win the cup the following year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I P Knightley Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 watch out for the same panic in 2038 when unix time reaches it's capacity and twiddles the sign bit sending us back in time to 1901, perhaps hibs will even win the cup the following year. There's a bit of peace of mind for us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K1874M Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 @ gatecrasher for Sasha and Chemical Brothers ?107 a ticket.... what a rip off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cow Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 We were all waiting for the world to end when the millenium bug struck at 12.How many squillions of quids were wasted in making everything Y2K compliant. Anyway All the Best when it comes. I worked in the royal scot hotel at the time and took delivery of 400 torches with extra batteries for every torch due to mangement thinking all the power was going out at midnight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 My work hired a Y2K consultant who's only advice was to get the serial numbers of every electronic device in the building. And of course they would only "analyze" the data after someone else had collected it for them. Very boring few days for me and a lot of easy cash for them. In the end one piece of software in the whole building threw a bit of a huff but took 2 minutes to sort out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltedjedi Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I was at work making sure all the vicky wines tills could cope with the millenium. I really had to work hard for that 800 per hour watching television Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Weathers Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 @ gatecrasher for Sasha and Chemical Brothers ?107 a ticket.... what a rip off. Expensive but sounds like a great night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 I was looking forward to my y2k bonus. Roll on the Euro.... Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munch Posted January 1, 2010 Share Posted January 1, 2010 We were all waiting for the world to end when the millenium bug struck at 12.How many squillions of quids were wasted in making everything Y2K compliant. Anyway All the Best when it comes. yip planes were going too fall from the sky. the World was going too end And hibs would win the big cup:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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