Bob wrote:
>I'm with you on the 9999 thing - but, hey! It was a possibility.
I disagree - two variables can't effect each other in that way to create
such a problem.
>Here in the Philippines, I believe that 4 vessels had problems with
>their navs on the GPS rollover. Nothing untoward happened - but that
>_just might_ have been because people were alert to the possibiliies.
> I know that in Japan, many car owners were upset to find that their
>new-fangled GPS navigation systems in their cars stopped working. No
>great shakes - but still it was inconvenient - and it proved the
>point.
I never heard of any GPS problems, so I guess I'm proven wrong now. Can
someone please explain why the week changes the position?
>As you may guess, I am a little bit involved in educating
>people about this issue locally.
Then could you (or someone else) please explain the problem to me? The
explanation(s) I've recieved (including from people who claim they now) are
that the computer stores the date as 2 numbers. This is highly unlikely if
you ask me since a computer stores with either "0" or "1" - 2 numbers
wouldn't be enough for many years, and even if they meant that it could
store 99 then it will be able to store 100. (Of course unless Binary Coded
Digit have been used - but that uses more memmory then the normal way does
so there's no point to do so on little RAM. Well actually it might be able
to be stored since if a carry flag is set it will work anyway (but that
requires much more from the programmer)).
>My greatest concern is that
>people err on the side of safety and avoid panic buying, bank runs,
>etc.... all of which are irrational human reactions to a very
>POSSIBLE set of technical problems. There are many great sites on
>this issue. As a Christian pastor, I like this one:
>
> www.josephproject2000.org/about.html
>
>IMO their views are balanced and positive.
My grandmother believs that the devil will come at 2000 - that's what she
and her friends read in the Bible. Don't get me wrong, I'm christian as
well - but we can always see things "From a certian point of view".
>The common folk will look to those of us who are computer "experts"
>to give them a sense of what's happening. If we err, I'd rather err
>on the side of warning people about something that might happen and
>doesn't than to err by telling them that nothing will happen, and
>something does.
But what if it have resulted in a loss of money for no actual reason?
People will be upset since (everyone?) can come up with better things to
spend tax money etc. on.
//Bernie
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