Question:
So now that I know what y2k is, what is y2k38?
bb
2010-09-07 17:07:37 UTC
What is happen in 2038 that is so bad for computers?
Three answers:
Liam F
2010-09-07 17:11:26 UTC
THIS WILL HAPPEN!

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l887wd98TC1qzrlhgo1_500.png

IT'S HORRIBLE. SOOOOOOO SAD.
?
2010-09-08 00:10:14 UTC
The Unix EPOCH is a timestamping software used by computers; it's basically a set of numbers in seconds from the year 1970 when the unix epoch started, and nothing will happen, computer programmers are too intelligent, they'll simply make a new epoch.
2010-09-08 00:34:44 UTC
Before then we'll have added a byte to the timestamp and we'll be good for a few more centuries. It'll probably cause as much real problem as Y2K did. (It took me a few days to rewrite code to handle everything that could be handled.)


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