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I remember being confused about Y2K. like, what was supposed to happen?

Y2k was a self-defeating prophecy. BECAUSE it was so hyped up, it GOT fixed, so it DIDN'T blow up. Of course this means that laypeople will look back and wonder what the big deal was, but we software engineers understand just how much effort went into making sure the public could afford to feel that way.

The biggest problem with Y2k was that LOTS of systems stored dates with just two digits for the year. So in 1999, a system would know that I was 17 years old, because 99 - 82 = 17. But that same code would have thought I was -82 years old in 2000 -- certainly not old enough to drive or vote or open a bank account or take out a loan or sign a contract or get a job!

Another possible issue: Suppose something has to be processed every day after 1:00 AM, but only once per day. A common way to do this would be to store the last time the computer performed that task, and if it hasn't been, say, 23 hours since last time yet, then it's not time yet. Well, 12/31/99 01:00 AM rolls around, no problem. Now 01/01/00 01:00 AM rolls around... oh wait, last time we did it was in the future, obviously we don't need to do anything!

Whoops.

*noms on thread because is bored* :V

My dad was just sure that Y2K would cause mass anarchy and built what he later called a "storm shelter" but it was made with four foot concrete walls and he had two gas masks and about fifteen years worth of food stored down there. To this day he insists that he didn't really think Y2K would be that big of a deal, but I remember him sitting up at night making plans.

I remember my folks had a bunch of water stored in the basement around that time, but that was as far as it went.

I keep making frequent changes, but I wanted a Valentine's avi. Go figure. xux

d'ya ever wish Y2K woulda happened?
So our country wouldn't be here
haha

here's me on Y2K: it's NOT the start of the new millenium!! that's NEXT YEAR! you start counting at ONE! not ZERO!!!




(ok, it's cool to see all the numbers go from 12/31/1999 at 11:59:59 to 1/1/2000 00:00:00, but still.....)

No, I'm rather glad that I got to keep all my stuff.

I was young enough when it happened that I didn't really have anything (save for the onset of crippling depression), so I guess it wouldn't have made much of a difference to me... a hellhole is a hellhole lol

Though I suppose the lack of Y2K bug means we still have internet.... and Trisphee!

it would be highly interesting to observe the effects if y2k happened, but if it affected the banks negatively, then it would affect us negatively. we'd probably have a mini(?) great depression/recession/something, and that stuff is..not fun. my granpappy already suffered enough pls