From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: linux-os@analogic.com
Cc: "Srinivas G." <srinivasg@esntechnologies.co.in>,
linux-kernel-Mailing-list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 12:07:40 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1116000461.5846.4.camel@mindpipe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.6912311752220.4361@chaos.analogic.com>
On Wed, 1969-12-31 at 17:54 -0500, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, 13 May 2005, Srinivas G. wrote:
>
> > Tuesday, January 19 2038. Time: 03:14:07 GMT. If Linux programmers get
> > nightmares, it's about this date and time. Immediately after that second
> > is crossed, current computer systems running on Linux will grind to a
> > halt or go into a loop. This will trip up a lot of databases. No, this
> > is not another hoax raised by some anti-Linux lobby. It is Linux's own
> > Y2K nightmare, says Businessworld.
> >
> [SNIPPED...]
>
> It's simply not true. It's more FUD. Look at the date on this email.
> Also, calculating 30-year mortgages doesn't use time_t. Code certianly
> doesn't set the time 30 years ahead to see what the cost is. It's
> just FUD.
Please don't screw up thousands of people's inbox to make a point. Many
people sort their mail into folders by date.
Lee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-13 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-13 11:43 Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day Srinivas G.
2005-05-13 11:48 ` Matthias-Christian Ott
2005-05-13 12:17 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-05-13 16:07 ` Lee Revell [this message]
2005-05-13 12:22 ` Denis Vlasenko
2005-05-13 12:27 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-05-13 12:43 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-05-13 20:36 ` Bill Davidsen
2005-05-13 20:47 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-05-13 21:07 ` Chris Friesen
2005-05-13 21:22 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-05-13 23:10 ` David Lang
2005-05-13 21:24 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-14 9:09 ` christos gentsis
2005-05-14 9:46 ` jnf
2005-05-14 10:37 ` christos gentsis
2005-05-14 10:20 ` Willy Tarreau
2005-05-15 20:25 ` Richard B. Johnson
2005-05-13 14:37 ` DervishD
2005-05-13 15:19 ` randy_dunlap
2005-05-13 15:24 ` DervishD
2005-05-13 16:11 ` Alan Cox
2005-05-15 16:20 ` Helge Hafting
2005-05-16 2:09 ` Paul Jakma
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-05-14 12:46 Matthew Geier
2005-05-14 20:27 ` christos gentsis
2005-05-14 21:19 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-05-15 1:04 ` Gene Heskett
[not found] <43GQ7-5qy-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
2005-05-14 13:41 ` Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@posting.7eggert.dyndns.org>
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