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Article #388Re: Computer bugs in the year 2000
From: larry
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 1985 18:05
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 1985 18:05
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Another problem is that we have gotten into the habit of only using the last 2 digits of the year (look at your checkbook). Even worse is that some business software only allows a 2 character wide field for the date. Perhaps the designers did not expect their program to be in use in the year 2000 but I would not be suprised to see a considerable amount of 370 code running in the year 2000. Just think that in a few years you will be able to refer to the year 2002 as aught-two! By the way the Websters Thesaurus also lists ought as an alternate spelling to aught. Larry Pajakowski ihnp4!tellab1!extel!larry
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site extel.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!tellab1!extel!larry From: larry@extel.UUCP Newsgroups: net.bugs Subject: Re: Computer bugs in the year 2000 Message-ID: <39000001@extel.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Jan-85 13:05:00 EST Article-I.D.: extel.39000001 Posted: Thu Jan 24 13:05:00 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 27-Jan-85 04:40:45 EST References: <820@reed.UUCP> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:reed:-82000:extel:39000001:000:616 Nf-From: extel!larry Jan 24 12:05:00 1985