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“Planes falling pit of the sky” still gets used both as an example of overblown Y2k fear-mongering AND the reason why all those quiet preparations were necessar
by BeFlatXIII 1y ago
“Planes falling pit of the sky” still gets used both as an example of overblown Y2k fear-mongering AND the reason why all those quiet preparations were necessary.
- msla 1y agoIs there any plausible mechanism for Y2K bugs to cause planes to fall from the sky?
- LargoLasskhyfv 1y agoWhy not? From five years ago, on the most modern type: https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/02/boeing_787_power_cycle_51_days_stale_data/ https://www.theregister.com/2020/04/02/boeing_787_power_cycl... Seems to be unrelated at first look, but considering the complexities of systems, and cascading failure modes?