Ten years ago, next month...
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Ten years ago, next month...
The prophets of doom (Daily Mail) were warning of the end of civilization as we know it.
All thanks to the....
...Millenium Bug!
How many planes actually fell out of the sky as the clocks ticked past midnight on New Year's eve?
How many millions of pounds were wasted on unnecessary computer updates? I remember having to inform all of our customers in writing that we were "prepared" for the Year 2000. People even made jobs/money out of it: now those same people do HIPs/Energy checks for house sellers!
10 years later, it's swine flu that's going to wipe out mankind. But at least the computers will be OK!
All thanks to the....
...Millenium Bug!
How many planes actually fell out of the sky as the clocks ticked past midnight on New Year's eve?
How many millions of pounds were wasted on unnecessary computer updates? I remember having to inform all of our customers in writing that we were "prepared" for the Year 2000. People even made jobs/money out of it: now those same people do HIPs/Energy checks for house sellers!
10 years later, it's swine flu that's going to wipe out mankind. But at least the computers will be OK!
26 November 2009, 01:55 PM
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I seem to remember it was more than just the Daily Mail lol.
20 years ago Tomorrows World said we would all be living in domes, and flying hover cars lol
20 years ago Tomorrows World said we would all be living in domes, and flying hover cars lol
26 November 2009, 02:21 PM
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Actually I was involved with Y2K compliance at our company and we identified several potential failures that if left unresolved would have caused serious operational issues.
The fact is there was a real risk of systems failing but re-coding or replacing obsolete systems meant nothing actually ever happened.
The fact is there was a real risk of systems failing but re-coding or replacing obsolete systems meant nothing actually ever happened.
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My brother made a fortune during the run up to Y2K, he said at the time that serious problems could have occurred if certain things hadn't been done. Mind you he may well have just been trying to justify some of the money he was charging. 
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Actually I was involved with Y2K compliance at our company and we identified several potential failures that if left unresolved would have caused serious operational issues.
The fact is there was a real risk of systems failing but re-coding or replacing obsolete systems meant nothing actually ever happened.
The fact is there was a real risk of systems failing but re-coding or replacing obsolete systems meant nothing actually ever happened.
So was I, and as has been said, the reason nothing happened was BECAUSE all the money was spent sorting it first !!!
26 November 2009, 03:33 PM
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y2k -- a consultants dream
the UK and the US spent millions
I seem to recall pretty much the rest of Europe (Italy especialy) spent about £18.00
which was a worry because I was in Tuscany at the time
A light bulb failed in Iran I seem to remember
the UK and the US spent millions
I seem to recall pretty much the rest of Europe (Italy especialy) spent about £18.00
which was a worry because I was in Tuscany at the time
A light bulb failed in Iran I seem to remember
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Blimey Guv, you'll be telling us all that Sadam Hussein really did have long-range weapons of mass destruction next!
Oh, the blissful naivety of youth...
Back to the issue though: it's a good point to note that the countries who didn't bother too much about the "Bug", didn't have any problems that I can remember.
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Actually I was involved with Y2K compliance at our company and we identified several potential failures that if left unresolved would have caused serious operational issues.
The fact is there was a real risk of systems failing but re-coding or replacing obsolete systems meant nothing actually ever happened.
The fact is there was a real risk of systems failing but re-coding or replacing obsolete systems meant nothing actually ever happened.
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Blimey Guv, you'll be telling us all that Sadam Hussein really did have long-range weapons of mass destruction next!
Oh, the blissful naivety of youth...
Back to the issue though: it's a good point to note that the countries who didn't bother too much about the "Bug", didn't have any problems that I can remember.
Yes quite, why listen to someone who was there working on Y2K projects in the city, and has first hand experience of the issues, when you have your own pig ignorant views instead?
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see post 13 - no in fact I'll quote it for you as you still dont get it
let me elobarate for the hard of thinking, some countries are more developed than others. Some countries have more IT systems than others. Some systems are older than others. Countries which have lots of IT systems and were early adopters of computer technology were more vulnerable to the bug. These however were rich western countries and hence spent a lot of money fixing the problem. Which they did successfully. Everything worked after they were fixed. There were no problems because money and time had been spent fixing them. Other countries that didnt have any real IT infrastructure werent effected because they had no old equipment to go wrong. Those that had IT infrastructure provided by global companies eg banking services in Africa, had the problem fixed by those same companies.
I trust this spoon feeding of a basic idea that wouldnt challenge an 8 year old is sufficient?
Because the same countries have no IT - their systems run abroad.
I trust this spoon feeding of a basic idea that wouldnt challenge an 8 year old is sufficient?
27 November 2009, 12:48 PM
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see post 13 - no in fact I'll quote it for you as you still dont get it
let me elobarate for the hard of thinking, some countries are more developed than others. Some countries have more IT systems than others. Some systems are older than others. Countries which have lots of IT systems and were early adopters of computer technology were more vulnerable to the bug. These however were rich western countries and hence spent a lot of money fixing the problem. Which they did successfully. Everything worked after they were fixed. There were no problems because money and time had been spent fixing them. Other countries that didnt have any real IT infrastructure werent effected because they had no old equipment to go wrong. Those that had IT infrastructure provided by global companies eg banking services in Africa, had the problem fixed by those same companies.
I trust this spoon feeding of a basic idea that wouldnt challenge an 8 year old is sufficient?
let me elobarate for the hard of thinking, some countries are more developed than others. Some countries have more IT systems than others. Some systems are older than others. Countries which have lots of IT systems and were early adopters of computer technology were more vulnerable to the bug. These however were rich western countries and hence spent a lot of money fixing the problem. Which they did successfully. Everything worked after they were fixed. There were no problems because money and time had been spent fixing them. Other countries that didnt have any real IT infrastructure werent effected because they had no old equipment to go wrong. Those that had IT infrastructure provided by global companies eg banking services in Africa, had the problem fixed by those same companies.
I trust this spoon feeding of a basic idea that wouldnt challenge an 8 year old is sufficient?
South Korea and Italy to name just two – spent nothing (the rest of Europe a fraction of the UK & US’s spend)
the UK and US spent some 300 billion dollars
and they got the same result – nothing
the reality was that the bug affected .0000001% computer systems
but the scare stories – much like global warming alarmists btw, told the us that on 1 jan out PC’s would not boot
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