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Twentyfour years ago, Y2K Jan 20, 2024 9:57:36 GMT 7 oldie likes this

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Post by rubl on Jan 20, 2024 9:57:36 GMT 7

From 'who cares' to 'doomsday' and back again. Memories are selective

'The 'nothing-happened' Y2K bug – how the IT industry worked overtime to save world's computers

...though bonkers conspiracies on solving date-field problem never died down'

www.theregister.com/2024/01/17/y2k_feature/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=article

-- The more I learn the better I understand I know nothing.

siampolee Detective Alive alive O Posts: 14,076 Likes: 8,908	Twentyfour years ago, Y2K Jan 20, 2024 11:32:07 GMT 7 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by siampolee on Jan 20, 2024 11:32:07 GMT 7 I think in the end the fix was rather simple... Indian origin I think
	Socialism will never take root in the UK because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires."

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Twentyfour years ago, Y2K

Post by rubl on Jan 20, 2024 9:57:36 GMT 7

Post by siampolee on Jan 20, 2024 11:32:07 GMT 7

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