James,
9/9/99 == the end of Unix time?
Stick to MGs my friend...
(better yet, get yerself a Triumph ;-)
--Scott
(with my sincere apologies to the MG list... it is
rubbish like this that causes I/T managers like
myself much grief.)
--- James Nazarian Jr <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU> wrote:
> 9/9/99 is the end of Unix time. Unix has a counter
> that counts seconds
> since it was first started I don't know how many
> years ago. on 9/9/99 the
> size alloted for the counter will be filled and unix
> will stop (assuming
> it was never upgraded to fix this problem.
>
> James Nazarian
> '71 B roadster
> '74 BGT bastardization with big aluminum heart :)
> '63 Buick 215 cubic inch 'heart'
>
> On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Dave Houser wrote:
>
> > Friends,
> > As I sign off tonite, I'm reminded that my
> birthday tomorrow has a
> > special meaning in the old computer code leading
> to possible Y2K probs.
> > At 9/9/99, programs were scheduled to stop. Is
> this so?
> > Thanks goodness, there's no chips in my MGs.
> > Cheers,
> > Dave Houser
> >
>
>
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