Posted by Research Pickle on July 19, 2005 at 23:54 [205.188.117.69]
In Reply to: Re: Global warming does not exist posted by Victoriah Nichole Little on July 18, 2005 at 13:00
Lets see, here are some real Y2K1 glitches that DID happen: (more on the rest of your crap later)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1101917.stm
(Some large scale Y2K1 glitches that REALLY DID HAPPEN in spite of Y2K efforts)
http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb011015-2.htm
(Factiva searching struggles with a Y2K problem, well after the fact)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem
(notes that the restart after the 2003 North American blackout was sped by Y2K fixes, and also gives some examples of pre-Y2K glitches with the same problem, as well as a good technical description)
So the froth was not for nothing, Victoriah. Real problems really happened to computers doing real work, including bank and credit-card systems.
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