Y10K Bug?

[David Tharp]

After spending (not me of course but society at large) an estimated
$100,000,000,000 to clear up the Y2K bug I wonder if our
great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,
great,great,great grand children will have to go through the whole mess
aagain because of of the whole world's computers will be able to read
only the first 4 digits of the date? It causes one to pause!
--
" Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in
society." Mark Twain

[Icarus]

No, I don't think so, as by then we should be using computers based on
quantum mechanical principles. In short, the date field will be in a
superposition such that it simultaneously represents all dates. When
measured, the date wave function will collapse to the correct date. After
which, it reverts to the superposition.

So no problem! :-)

I feel confident in making this prediction, with the realization that
deja.com will doubtlessly only hold onto the last 5000 years of Usenet
messages, so no one will be able to verify it, or prove that I'm wrong :-)

Dennis

David Tharp <bk...@lafn.org> wrote in message
news:1999Dec29....@lafn.org...

[Jim Thompson]

Icarus wrote in message ...

>No, I don't think so, as by then we should be using computers based on
>quantum mechanical principles. In short, the date field will be in a
>superposition such that it simultaneously represents all dates. When
>measured, the date wave function will collapse to the correct date. After
>which, it reverts to the superposition.
>
>So no problem! :-)
>
>I feel confident in making this prediction, with the realization that
>deja.com will doubtlessly only hold onto the last 5000 years of Usenet
>messages, so no one will be able to verify it, or prove that I'm wrong :-)
>
>Dennis

Even if deja's archives do go back that far the worst that could happen is
the folks in 9999 or 10000 would thaw you out of the cryogenic device or
clone you and then subject you to severe ridicule. The inverse could also
be true and you would be thought of as the Nostradamus of your time :-)

Only time will tell.

Jim AKA MAYjor Dudley Doright (RMBCMP)
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/2223/

[ma...@imap2.asu.edu]

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In article <1999Dec29....@lafn.org>,

bk...@lafn.org (David Tharp) wrote:
>
> After spending (not me of course but society at large) an estimated
> $100,000,000,000 to clear up the Y2K bug I wonder if our
>
great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,great,
> great,great,great grand children will have to go through the whole
mess
> aagain because of of the whole world's computers will be able to read
> only the first 4 digits of the date? It causes one to pause!

Not if we can get the word out! http://www.y10kbug.com

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