haha that was stupid.
2006-07-21 11:00:57 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Yes it was!
I highly enjoyed the ridiculousness of it.
I wonder how many people got toilet paper and batteries for Xmas that year!
2006-07-21 11:04:21 · answer #1 · answered by Starlight 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well it really could have been bad but wasn't because a lot of software was rewriten.
We still do have some Y2k Bugs but correct for them by using another system to correct the problems.
current date on the Y2k system (an old Billing Data Base) is July 21 1972.
2006-07-21 18:14:56 · answer #2 · answered by Cable guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, Y2K was real. However, the media did blow it out of proportion. Programmers were able to isolate the code and make the change to not make it a problem. Thats why now when you enter the year on a website you can't just put the last 2 digits anymore. They want all 4.
2006-07-21 18:03:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There were some valid reasons for concern, but not the end of the world panic. I will never forget selling a very unique polar fleece product in a shopping mall in Appleton, WI at a kiosk. There was a radical group of survivalists who bought hundreds of POLAR HOODS. They believed that the gas company's computer would shut down and there would be no gas for heating their homes. They also spent thousands on emergency food and water supplies. It was a funny time in our history.
2006-07-21 18:06:50 · answer #4 · answered by thebushman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, there was like no water, flashlights, matches, candles and pretty much food on the shelves at grocery stores, because people thought everything would crash and the world was going to end.
Do you remember 9/9/99 when people freaked out about that too?
2006-07-21 18:05:29 · answer #5 · answered by Tarabeara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I sure do! It was very stupid. A lot of people got scared for no reason at all. Oh, by the way. Don't pay attention to Mr. "Village Idiot". A place in Texas is missing him right now and they don't know what to do, so, there's panic everywhere.
2006-07-21 18:06:04 · answer #6 · answered by c52parrish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember. And I think it was so stupid. Companies made a fortune off of people by putting fear into there heads. When all along they had done enough research to know nothing was going to happen.
2006-07-21 18:05:43 · answer #7 · answered by Kali_girl825 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it happened to a lot of systems its just because it was thought of before Y2K a lot of people got to add updates to servers etc, Desktop computers and Laptops not many where affected
2006-07-21 18:03:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I was part of an emergency services group which I still am today, I was standing by that night hoping things would be okay, but we were at the Emergency Operations Center just in case. It was a feeling of fear and a sense of unknown.
2006-07-21 18:38:29 · answer #9 · answered by cubsfreak2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a little afraid because of it, but my father always kept telling us how it was all a lie. He kept making fun of all the people who were all paranoid about it.
We waited for the new year anxious to see if anything would happen, but as we all know everything turned out ok.
2006-07-21 18:21:27 · answer #10 · answered by ♥SA-Spurs♥ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember sitting at my computer and waiting for Midnight to come by, and feeling like an A** because my PC was fine,lol.
2006-07-21 18:05:08 · answer #11 · answered by Tortured Soul 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋