"Friday 13th Bug" Hey Hey Hey 'The Black Friday Bug' As everyone here said i dont think it is going to cause a huge problem, ofcource the media will make a huge issue out of it. But even if there was a serious problem, someone would probably make a patch for it. Plus to be sure, and out of curiosity. I changed to date and time on my linux comp to Tue Jan 19 03:14:07 2038, well something close, and left the comp running for a day. The next day, OMG nothing happened, it was just another ordinary day for my poor old linux. It didnt gone on a time travel, and go back to 1901, it was still 2038. (I was using xandros linux distro) So there you go, real proof.

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Interesting topic, but if we consider Y2K bug, which creats alot of noises, Horror & Trouble in all over the world, But at time it became FUSE like a balloon POOOAAAHH............This bug which is 2038 seems to like that of Y2K, so no problem because these are not the real BUGS

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I'm not interested in doign any testing of my programs. This bug sounds interesting. In 22 years, they'll have it fixed. I highly doubt we will be using these types in computers in year 2038 anyways.

Y2K was way too exaggerated in the media. I mean, some people in my small town started stocking water and food. I didn't really believe it all, after all, I was only 7 years old.

Year 2000 came, nothing strange happened. Power was still on, water still worked. Banks were working fine.

I think that this problem might be more exaggerated but this will not be a big issue.

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Y2k didn't have much of a solid base as it was, alot of it was theory, though the government did have to patch alot of computers.
the 2038 bug is pretty much patched and it's got a such a headstart by now I doubt ANYTHING will be affected then...
Kinda sad really would be cool, doom and all

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Well i dont think the Earth will still be in one peice by then. It'll probably be a mix of nuclear waste and mustard gas. But hey, it'd be funny if it does happen.
It would absolutely crap out the global economy lol. All the robots stopping..

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eh everyone was worried about y2k, but seriously, i was playing rollercoaster tycoon when it rolled around, no problems xD

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Why keep time in 9 digit numbers (seconds after January 1970), 32 bit values, when you can just keep time like a normal human? What I mean, is keeping separate values for every part of a date, then have a formula that controls the numbers. Instead of 2147483647 wouldn't it be easier to just have the computer add 1 to the number of years after a certain number of days etc... even a watch or digital calendar will record time until the year 10000, why can't a computer do it? Isn't it just simple math.... why can't a computer be programed like: "if it is January, set 31 as number of days in month, then add 1 day after 24 hours, 1 hour after every 60 minutes, 1 minute after every 60 seconds, and add 1 year after every [number of seconds], then after [however many years], add 1 to the century digit etc..."

Although that might be a simple minded non-technical theory, and computers probably can't do it, period.

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lol, it probably would be easier (or at least more sensible) to keep time like a normal human...
But it's *fun* to have crazy things running everything

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"Oh no, this will cause real problems, after reading it and trying it out, this does cause all network-oriented programs to cease to work, but by then nobody will use any of the technology that is related in this bug...
Y2K was because PCs didn't store the century, I.e. it would think 1901 and 2001 are the same year, which is sketchy.
Well... it's hard for me to explain bacause I'm not very good with computers to begin, so I'll just quote.
Y2K was LARGELY hyped by the media, and alot of systems did have to be upgraded/changed to avoid failure."


Im scared my comp mite pack in now! Im so glad my pc missed the previous bug but 2038. Im permanently on msn messenger and yahoo messenger so i hope they have edited their programs so this bug does not hit it.

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This is probably just going to be a minor inconvenience to be totally and completely honest.

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