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Y2K bug to hit in 2038
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Dec 12, 2005, 10:28 AM
 
You mean today?
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Dec 12, 2005, 10:29 AM
 
What? Better Stock up Now And Dust Off the Fall out shelter doors

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Dec 12, 2005, 10:35 AM
 
haha sorry… something went wrong while posting the topic… please check it here

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Dec 12, 2005, 11:05 AM
 
old news?
     
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Dec 12, 2005, 11:33 AM
 
I don't think I will be too worried about something happening in 2038.

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Dec 12, 2005, 11:38 AM
 
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Dec 12, 2005, 11:44 AM
 
Originally Posted by rickey939
Get with the times turtle777...the re-branding of the 'NN uses vertical text:
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Dec 12, 2005, 12:17 PM
 
Won't matter after 2012, anyway.
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Dec 12, 2005, 12:58 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacNStein
Won't matter after 2012, anyway.
Why, what happens then?
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Dec 12, 2005, 01:09 PM
 
Originally Posted by ReggieX
The catastrophic management of the preparation for the 2012 London Olympic Games will cause a rift in western financial systems, causing a cascade effect which will render all financial systems dead and industry bankrupt, taking the World back to the iron age. Residents of rural Wales will notice no difference whatsoever.
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Dec 12, 2005, 01:33 PM
 
NSTimeInterval
typedef double NSTimeInterval;
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Always in seconds; yields submillisecond precision over a range of 10,000 years.
     
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Dec 12, 2005, 01:48 PM
 
Originally Posted by ReggieX
Nah, I think the Mayans had it right. Two words, "dark rift".
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Dec 12, 2005, 01:52 PM
 
Originally Posted by MacNStein
Nah, I think the Mayans had it right. Two words, "dark rift".
Say the Mayan reference when Googling, just wasn't sure which way you were pointing. Found this too
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