ahh yes because some BIOS didn't work to well with the year 2000 and would jump back to 1972 if i remember correctly , never sold so many new computers in that time .
Hah, I remember y2k well! I remember watching the ball drop with my parents and us all thinking that it would be a complete blackout haha. We figured we'd survive, but it would suck. Funny how it thankfully turned into nothing! I can imagine the money spent on it though.. jeez
What's hilarious is that I had no idea Summer in the City was sung by that band, I know that song well but have no clue the name of the band lol
Y2K mostly ended up being a non-issue because all of the "bugs" were taken care of ahead of time. A lot of the COBOL code that banks used would have definitely been a big issue since for the most part it only supported 2 digit dates. Now, I'm not exactly sure what would have happened if banks suddenly thought it was 1900 again but probably nothing good. There were a few years leading up to Y2K that it was a great time to be a retired COBOL programmer looking for some extra money. It was a non-issue for PCs (even if it was a bug that wasn't patched it wouldn't have been that big of a deal for most people). Not sure how other industries would have been affected but I don't think planes would have fallen out of the sky or anything.
Taking a look at songs released in the Y2K era, it's hard to believe some of them are 25 years old...
No, I think it was a lot of paranoia. I don't think things would have went totally smoothly if they had just let it be, but I don't think the world would have ended either. I only had one semester of COBOL behind me at that point, so I wouldn't have been much help anyway.
Eric Clapton was the only name I recognized on this list :) Though I definitely heard Summer in the City, that is a great song!
I recall the Y2K thing as I started working for Fujitsu Consulting in summer of 1999 after graduating from the University of Kansas with a Masters of Accounting and Information systems.
Oh my goodness. That's crazy for me to wrap my head around. I actually can't imagine how awesome it would be to discover James Taylor for the first time all over again.
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We need more nuclear power. Properly managed, it's the cheapest, cleanest energy available.
I totally agree with this!
We were all scared that the world would come to a stop because of a computer glitch! :)
Yes we were! It was an interesting time!
ahh yes because some BIOS didn't work to well with the year 2000 and would jump back to 1972 if i remember correctly , never sold so many new computers in that time .
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Haha yeah, it was a pretty big deal. Until it really wasn't.
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Hah, I remember y2k well! I remember watching the ball drop with my parents and us all thinking that it would be a complete blackout haha. We figured we'd survive, but it would suck. Funny how it thankfully turned into nothing! I can imagine the money spent on it though.. jeez
What's hilarious is that I had no idea Summer in the City was sung by that band, I know that song well but have no clue the name of the band lol
Yeah, it's kind of a departure from their other stuff and a bit more growly, like I would have associated it with a different band, not them.
Sounds great! I liked them a lot. I do think I'm going to add a few of them to my playlist!!
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Y2K mostly ended up being a non-issue because all of the "bugs" were taken care of ahead of time. A lot of the COBOL code that banks used would have definitely been a big issue since for the most part it only supported 2 digit dates. Now, I'm not exactly sure what would have happened if banks suddenly thought it was 1900 again but probably nothing good. There were a few years leading up to Y2K that it was a great time to be a retired COBOL programmer looking for some extra money. It was a non-issue for PCs (even if it was a bug that wasn't patched it wouldn't have been that big of a deal for most people). Not sure how other industries would have been affected but I don't think planes would have fallen out of the sky or anything.
Taking a look at songs released in the Y2K era, it's hard to believe some of them are 25 years old...
No, I think it was a lot of paranoia. I don't think things would have went totally smoothly if they had just let it be, but I don't think the world would have ended either. I only had one semester of COBOL behind me at that point, so I wouldn't have been much help anyway.
Eric Clapton was the only name I recognized on this list :) Though I definitely heard Summer in the City, that is a great song!
I recall the Y2K thing as I started working for Fujitsu Consulting in summer of 1999 after graduating from the University of Kansas with a Masters of Accounting and Information systems.
Really? You aren't familiar with James Taylor? I'm sure you know some of his songs even if you don't really know him. He had a bunch of hits.
Really, somehow I completely missed him :) I looked up his famous songs like Fire and Rain and a few others and for sure never heard those...
Oh my goodness. That's crazy for me to wrap my head around. I actually can't imagine how awesome it would be to discover James Taylor for the first time all over again.
lol y2k what a fluffing let down that was... the world never stopped lol
Haha, nope!
hehe yeah thankfully it was a nope
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