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    2016 bug

    Windows phones
    Oz bank
    Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

    #2
    Y2.01K bug trips up Symantec
    Schoolboy error causes red faces

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01...tec_y2k10_bug/

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      #3
      El Reg thanks our contact who said this incident: "Reminds me of your recent article about cheap and dirty Y2K bug fixes where some unscrupulous programmers put in a simple if <10 = 20xx otherwise the date is 19xx." Indeed. ®
      Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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        #4
        Germany Y2.1K bug as well
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #5
          Originally posted by darmstadt View Post


          Funny thing about the Y2K thing ... my work had spent millions of dollars and nothing happened, but if you recall, 2000 was also a Leap Year and of Feb. 29, 2000 our systems went crazy, our IT guy quit and we all went home early ...
          Digital SPR from October 1983
          Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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