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In my imagination, I see four corporate computer geeks at a table in a bar sometime in 1997 worried about their bonuses and one of them suggests that maybe they can get an extra weekend's overtime by pushing the need to do something for Y2K. The other three are sceptical but say they'll try it. The rest is history.

My real question is a two parter. Did the geeks do it because they were stupid and really believed the falsehoods? Or did they all know that there was no need to do anything, but that they were making more money from the lies than they would have been making with the truth? ]]>Mar 16th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Mar 15th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Mar 15th 2008 9:13AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Mar 15th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Back to the Future Part One Mo' Time!!!]]>Mar 15th 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Mar 15th 2008 9:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Mar 15th 2008 9:26AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/Mar 15th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/
The good news is that is seems to be largely limited to Linux and Unix systems and mostly of the 32-bit variety. Given that even the current 64 systems still have components that are 16- and even 8-bit I'm not holding my breath on that score, but god help me maybe running Windows (or what passes for it at that time) in 2038 will be a good thing (?!?!?)

Malware Tech from Mid-west US]]>Mar 15th 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/
#1. AOHell runs WINDBLOW$ software, otherwise us LINUX users would be able to access it and have accouts!

#2. Ok, 30 something years? Linux is OPEN SOURCE, so we all have the "code" and potential to fix this "bug" long before it hits.

#3. Computers are moving to a higher bit software so this is a moot point. Just another "WIN$UX$" iD10t trying to bring down Unix & Linux...."We are MICRO$HAFT, Resistance is futile...you WILL be assemilated!"]]>Mar 15th 2008 9:55AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/
My WIN$HAFT Spell checker didn't work! Imagine that, Bwahahahahahaha!

"They told me to load WIN XP or better, so I loaded Kbuntu Linux."]]>Mar 15th 2008 9:58AM