FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for December 08, 2010
December 07, 2010
December 09, 2010
Transcript:
Peter: What are you doing? Jason: Checking to see if our ifruit is Y2K complatant. I'm changing this built-in clock to read January 1, 2000, if it doesn't work, we'll have to get a whole new machine. Keep your fingers crossed. Drat. Figures. Lousy piece of junk. Peter: It's not complaint? Jason: No, it is. AAAA! I'm entering the next millenium wiht a computer that won't play "half-life"
Zankou over 13 years ago
ha haa Y2K, I remember that hyped up joke.
Plods with ...™ over 13 years ago
Hey don’t knock it. I got 48 hours of double time for that.
ses1066 over 13 years ago
My workplace was an IT Shop and we had a management order sent out December 01, 1999. All corporate air travel was banned over the year’s end and personal vacation air travel was “strongly discouraged” for out technical staff.
Yes, it was overkill in hindsight but only because we in the IT profession had started the fixes early enough to handle that 2-digit year problem. The fear was an appreciation of the complexities of computer programming and how easy a “cusp event” could trigger “bad outcomes”!
kittenpah over 13 years ago
Y2K was great! I was able to pry a bunch of antiquated computer gear out of the hands of folks who never wanted to throw away anything, and get it finally tossed.
Nairebis over 13 years ago
Your favorite game: A repetitive, overhyped piece of trash unworthy of serious gamer attention.
My favorite game: A classic of the “new literature,” offering a sublime balance between innovative gameplay and a life-changing story that draws you into a virtual world created by sheer genius.
dflak over 13 years ago
We did our Y2K testing in July of the previous year starting on a Friday afternoon. The QA Staff came in and decorated the office for New Years.
syke34 over 13 years ago
Time for you to behave so you can get a new updated version.
ryankerwin over 13 years ago
What game you talking about, Nairebis?
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
Reminds me of a Star Trek: Voyager episode aired in 1999 in which someone (speaking in the past tense for them) mentioned that “not a single light bulb went out because of the Y2K hoax.” The writers were obviously quite confident in their prediction, and they were of course correct! (It’s amazing how many morons thought 00-99=100!)
DerkinsVanPelt218 over 13 years ago
If I get an old Apple Powerbook and it successfully says “enter new date” when it turns over to 12/31/2037, I think I’ll be all right.
JP Steve Premium Member over 13 years ago
2037? I thought we weren’t going to survive past 2012!!!
NightOwl19 over 13 years ago
Not sure if anyone is still reading these comments, but at the time I had a computer attached to a lab instrument that wouldn’t run properly if the computer date was set to the year 2000. It took me a while to figure out what was going on, and it caused a lot of annoyance. The effects of Y2K may not have been nearly as far-reaching as the hype suggested, but the bug really did exist.
Nairebis over 13 years ago
I was just mocking Darkeforce. :)