2023年5月29日 · At worst, Y2K was dismissed as an outright hoax, a source of needless stress, as well as a colossal waste of time and money, especially for those who bought expensive home generators and bunkers full of canned goods.

The term year 2000 problem, also commonly known as the year 2000 bug, Y2K problem, Y2K scare, millennium bug, Y2K bug, Y2K glitch, or Y2K error or simply Y2K, refers to potential computer errors related to the formatting and storage of …

2020年1月1日 · There were three explicit threads of reasoning behind the Y2K disaster scenarios: Catastrophic Y2K pre-testing. There had, according to numerous reports, been several roll-the-clock-forward...

2024年12月27日 · Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing ...

2023年7月27日 · As the world approached the turn of the millennium, the Y2K bug, also known as the Millennium Bug or Y2K problem, became a global concern. The potential for computer systems to misinterpret dates and cause disruptions raised legitimate concerns about critical infrastructure and essential services.

2018年8月6日 · So was the Y2K bug all a fuss about nothing? That is certainly the view of Sir Bernard Jenkin MP who has compared what he believes are exaggerated fears about a no-deal Brexit to the bug.

2019年12月30日 · After the collective sigh of relief in the first few days of January 2000, however, Y2K morphed into a punch line, as relief gave way to derision — as is so often the case when warnings appear...

2020年1月7日 · Because of the hard work of programmers over several years, much of what the general public was told about the Y2K crisis didn’t come to pass. This has caused ill-informed hot takes, like...

2024年2月18日 · A subreddit about Y2K (also known as Cyber Y2K, Futuristic Y2K, or Kaybug), an aesthetic that was prevalent in pop culture from 1998 to 2004 and, to lesser extents, 1997 and 2005. We also allow posts that aren't futuristic or sci-fi, but have late 90s to early 2000s vibes.

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