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Interesting. Before Y2K (Year 2000) I stocked up on a good amount of packaged food with some shelf life, and some minimal tools etc. Turned out that nothing ma
by vram22 10y ago
Interesting. Before Y2K (Year 2000) I stocked up on a good amount of packaged food with some shelf life, and some minimal tools etc. Turned out that nothing major happened, either to computer systems or the world. Surprisingly low effect compared to what was imagined or predicted.
- Ensorceled 10y agoThere was a lot of of money spent on remediating and testing computer systems during the 90's. Governments had plans within plans and conducted drills. Shareholders asked CEO's what their Y2K plans were during AGM's. Not surprising that the effect was low. To this day, I wonder if our over-preparedness for Y2K is why we are so complacent about climate change.
- vram22 10y ago>There was a lot of money spent on remediating and testing computer systems during the 90's. Yes I know. I was part of one such remediation project for a large client for a while, though not directly involved. > Not surprising that the effect was low. It was known that the fixes done would work. The concern was about steps possibly not taken in some random systems like hardware or infrastructure ones.