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The millennium bug

Post by macliam » Wed Jan 01 2020 10:20pm

As we've had a few comments on this in the past, I thought this article might be of interest.... :eh:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... it-systems

...... but, of course, we all know it was all just a waste of time, don't we? :roll:
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by blythburgh » Thu Jan 02 2020 7:54am

Of course it was a waste of time worrying about it once they had fixed it and we applied any updates needed
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by macliam » Thu Jan 02 2020 10:50am

blythburgh wrote:
Thu Jan 02 2020 7:54am
Of course it was a waste of time worrying about it once they had fixed it and we applied any updates needed
As always, hindsight is 20:20 :roll:
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by BeautifulSunshine » Thu Jan 02 2020 11:28am

Contrary to conspiracy theories the Millennium Bug was real.
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by macliam » Thu Jan 02 2020 7:06pm

AAAlphaThunder wrote:
Thu Jan 02 2020 11:28am
Contrary to conspiracy theories the Millennium Bug was real.
Did you actually read the linked article? :eh:
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by BeautifulSunshine » Fri Jan 03 2020 6:58am

macliam wrote:
Thu Jan 02 2020 7:06pm
AAAlphaThunder wrote:
Thu Jan 02 2020 11:28am
Contrary to conspiracy theories the Millennium Bug was real.
Did you actually read the linked article? :eh:
No.
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by blythburgh » Fri Jan 03 2020 7:30am

I read the article and it was scary but not really a surprise to me
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Re: The millennium bug

Post by macliam » Fri Jan 03 2020 2:10pm

AAAlphaThunder wrote:
Fri Jan 03 2020 6:58am
macliam wrote:
Thu Jan 02 2020 7:06pm
AAAlphaThunder wrote:
Thu Jan 02 2020 11:28am
Contrary to conspiracy theories the Millennium Bug was real.
Did you actually read the linked article? :eh:
No.
Says it all really.......
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