MitchW
MitchW

Robin Williams outside The Comedy Store. (1978)

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warner
warner

@MitchWagner what does the blog mean by "Y2K compliant"? I saw Y2K referenced in the Sunday Times magazine too, and wondering if it's to do with the disproven theory about millennium catastrophe

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MitchW
MitchW

@warner It is indeed a reference to the millennium bug

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year2000problem

Which may or may not have been exaggerated.

On my blog, it’s a joke.

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odd
odd

@MitchWagner Underscore pairs in open URLs are treated as italic text in Micro.Blog. @manton

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manton
manton

@odd @MitchWagner Thanks for the reminder. I need to fix this. (Best work-around for now is using a Markdown link.)

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devilgate
devilgate

@warner What do you mean by the 'disproven theory'? If it's the very idea that there was a problem, then you should be aware that there would have been problems if a lot of people hadn't put in a lot of preventative work. Maybe not as severe as some stories suggested, but lots of confused financial systems, for instance.

The interest on your account from year 1999 to year zero? Aaaargh!

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warner
warner

@devilgate if you were one of those prudent programmers, thank you for your service.

Nanos Gigantum Humeris Insidentes

P.s. couldn't see contact on your devilishly named website, typo:

I have was studying

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devilgate
devilgate

@warner I was indeed, in a small way. Seems like a lifetime ago now. And thanks for the typo notification.

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