Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: time_t size: The year 2038 bug? | Date | Wed, 05 Jan 2000 19:34:02 -0500 | From | Gregory McLean <> |
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-> Also sprach Dominik Kubla: -> } On Wed, Jan 05, 2000 at 03:32:53PM -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote: [snip] -> } Incidentally this is the exact argument that reportedly was used against -> } those who warned about the Y2K problen in late seventies/early eighties! -> } -> There's certainly a correlation (sp?) between the two and it would be -> ironic if it happened again. However, here's why I think it won't: -> -> Noone uses old machines for very long. How many of you are still using a -> PDP-10 (30+ years ago) or an Apple classic (20- years ago) for "real" -> work?
Umm.. Actually, I was at a satellite uplink station and saw a _pair_ of pdp-10's. I asked those aren't still being used and the answer was, yes, they are. They are doing some sort of encryption/decrytion/signal processing. So you never know from what corner this old gear will pop up in.
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