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Not sure why anyone is memory conservative these days anyway, but it's possible they thought about it but figured that there weren't that many people over the a
by x1798DE 12y ago
Not sure why anyone is memory conservative these days anyway, but it's possible they thought about it but figured that there weren't that many people over the age of 118 floating around, and even if they get a letter reminding them to register for the draft, they'd just ignore it.
- Igglyboo 12y agoOr it's a legacy system they never bothered properly fixing and just used some quick hack when 2000 rolled around.
- revelation 12y agoIt is 2014, males born in the 2000s are not yet at an age where they would be harassed by the selective service. My estimate is we will see this blow up again in 2018.
- x1798DE 12y agoI don't think so. It's always 118-126 years, no matter what year it is right now, so we'll only see this blow up if there's an explosion in that population.
- theandrewbailey 12y agoSorta knowing the sad state of government IT, it's possible that it was never "fixed" at all!
- donutello 12y ago> but figured that there weren't that many people over the age of 118 floating around The letter shown in the example was sent to someone who died in 1992 so there's at least some evidence to suggest that floating around is not a necessary condition to receive the letter.
- ajuc 12y agoWell, obviously if he died in 92 and have been born in 93 he counts as alive :)