#millennium bug

[littlefleamart]

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[thisisrealy2kok]

Y2k-ready Duct Tape Outfit

[byruit]

In the late 1990s, IBM established Year 2000 Conversion Centers to tackle the Y2K problem, where many computer systems could fail due to date misinterpretation.

These centers helped organizations identify and fix Y2K issues, offering services like code conversion, testing, project management, and training.

With a global reach, IBM collaborated with tech companies, industry groups, and governments to ensure systems were updated and ready for the new millennium.

Their efforts successfully mitigated potential disruptions and set a precedent for managing large-scale IT challenges.

[arconinternet]

Is Your Computer Ready For The Year 2000? (Video, 1999)

In a Microsoft-funded video, Bill Nye takes on the millennium bug. You can watch it here.

You can download multiple versions of the mentioned CD-ROM here.

You can see my Tumblr post about, and link to, THE article about the Y2K problem here.

[krjpalmer]

PC Magazine October 6, 1998

This issue’s editorial take on “the millennium bug” warned there were “unknown unknowns” out there, but insisted that “everything electronic will stop working forever” amounted to a myth.

[valtharr]

So, I had a really fun worldbuilding idea, but my knowledge of certain things is limited, so:

Are there any IT people, computer specialists, or even sociologists (professional or hobbyist) who want to talk to me about the Y2K bug?

[isaacsapphire]

I wanted to sleep through New Years 2000, but my family had a dog and I ended up on "make the dog not awoo when the neighbors inevitably set off fireworks at midnight" duty. This happens to me every single New Years if there's a dog in the house.

no fucking awoo. no awoo right now. its late. its not awoo time. its sleeping time. go the fuck to bed.

[iltaccuinodegliappunti]

Fragilità umana e tecnologica: la lezione di CrowdStrike

“Se una farfalla smette di battere le ali nel cyberspazio succede un terremoto nelle nostre vite, in qualunque parte del mondo”: così esordisce Gabriele Romagnoli su Repubblica oggi in edicola. Parole sagge. Continue reading Fragilità umana e tecnologica: la lezione di CrowdStrike

[cataldodarker]

DISCOVER³⁰ (2/3)

11/30 - Avete ragione tutti

Artisti: Canova

Data di rilascio: 21-10-2016

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12/30 - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Artisti: Pink Floyd

Data di rilascio: 05-08-1967

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13/30 - Inner Song

Artista: Kelly Lee Owens

Data di rilascio: 28-08-2020

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14/30 - MILLENNIUM BUG

Artisti: PSICOLOGI

Data di rilascio: 12-06-2020

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15/30 - Crowded House

Artisti: Crowded House

Data di rilascio: 01-08-1986

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16/30 - Heartbreaker

Artista: INNA

Data di rilascio: 04-12-2020

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17/30 - THE S(EX) TAPES

Artista: FLETCHER

Data di rilascio: 09-09-2021

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18/30 - i,i

Artisti: Bon Iver

Data di rilascio: 09-08-2019

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19/30 - Titanic Rising

Artista: Weyes Blood

Data di rilascio: 05-04-2019

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20/30 - The Money Store

Artisti: Death Grips

Data di rilascio: 23-04-2012

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[insandriumheart]

༺2009༻

[littlefleamart]

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[thisisrealy2kok]

The Glitch That Threatened The World by Matt Cole

[byruit]

[arconinternet]

Doomsday 2000 (Magazine article, Peter de Jager, 1993)

THE article about the Y2K bug. Read it here, and read a multi-person retrospective mentioning it here.

[krjpalmer]

BYTE July 1998

This issue’s cover story took the “millennium bug” seriously, although it hadn’t (yet) joined those online who’d egged themselves on to insisting all electrical power would go out at the stroke of midnight, it would never be turned back on again, and whatever was actually being done to address that impending existential crisis wasn’t enough. BYTE itself, though, wouldn’t survive to the millennium or even to the next month. According to Wikipedia, McGraw-Hill sold its publishing arm due to declining advertising sales (BYTE was much thinner this year than it had once been), and the company that bought it immediately shut the long-running magazine down, although its web site apparently endured for another decade on a subscription basis for most of that time.

[atdoop]

some wigglypaint fanart of something i found while looking through old geocities gifs recently. it's called a millennium bug, created by someone who went by "oges". a little bit about where i found it and a link to the original below.

i've been looking through a ton of old internet stuff recently, trying to track down the origin of this silly little gif:

(still no luck there, earliest instance of it i can find is a deactivated tumblr blog)

while looking i was linked to gifcities, an internet archive project trying to preserve pretty much every gif on geocities. i don't remember what i searched, but when i saw the bug i was instantly enamored. it's such a cute little design, and i thought what the creator wrote about them was really heartwarming and sweet.

so of course i had to adopt my own and take care of it!! here's the original, they came in a bunch of colors but only the pink one was archived. i cleaned it up a bit and got rid of a bunch of extra white pixels, so if you want your own feel free to save it ^_^. i think it'd be nice to carry on their legacy a little bit...

and of course, here's the link to the original page if you're curious (warning for flashing lights if you go to their home page)