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Article #9191The time thread that won't die.
From: Games Wizard
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:59
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:59
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There will be >>NO<< PARTY for software engineers on Jan 1 2000, because at that point all of the old bad programmers will have to figure out how to fix all the programs with 89 instead of 1989 as dates in data. For them at least the old milennia will end, and a new one ( a kinder gentler more user-friendly one ) will begin. "and the master programmer spake : Now my son, you are truly enlightened." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trendy footer by: John Stevens-Schlick Internet?: JOHN@tranya.cpac.washington.edu 7720 35'th Ave S.W. Seattle, Wa. 98126 (206) 935 - 4384 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My boss dosn't know what I do. P.S. What the @#$%^&_ is this thread doing here anyay?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!mcgill-vision!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!milton!maven!games From: games@maven.u.washington.edu (Games Wizard) Newsgroups: sci.space Subject: The time thread that won't die. Message-ID: <12649@maven.u.washington.edu> Date: 21 Dec 89 23:59:24 GMT Organization: University of Washington, Seattle WA Lines: 19