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Thread ID: 61490	2005-09-06 12:22:00	Y2K bug... and its fridge magnets	bRaZZiN (2228)	PC World Chat

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
386545	2005-09-07 21:48:00	???? whats wrong with the scanner idea? Same. :confused: And I did READ. :D I guess the magnet was already sealed in an envelope, in the snail mail post.	Strommer (42)
386546	2005-09-08 00:36:00	To explain - I don't have a scanner. I never suggested that I did. To me, the words:"Have a scanner?" weren't a question needing a reply. That would assume I owned something I didn't know the function of. Really dumb, eh? Think about it... That's all I know. I'm more interested in knowing what Brazzin wants the pic for? And I see I'm not the only prospect by now.	Laura (43)
386547	2005-09-08 03:24:00	I have read this thread multiple times, written and scrapped lots of words, and still have no idea what you on about Laura? so you dont have a scanner? Anyone can scan the magnet for Brazzin, it does not have to be you . No not everyone has scanners or digital cameras, but its an option isnt it, for brazzin to ask the person who may also have the said magnet? I dont think the finger was being pointed directly at you Laura . Now i may be totally off but thats my understanding of the situation . :illogical Also unless someone says they have something such as a scanner, we are not to know otherwise, so we may have presumed you or the other person has a scanner for a quick and easy option? and wallah Brazzin has a picture? :lol: Cant recal my original thoughts on this, maybe i still wrong? who knows who cares, all brazzin wants is a photo, scan or whatever of this item, we are trying to help this happen, are we not? confuzzled beetle here . :waughh: No offence intended . beetle	beetle (243)
386548	2005-09-08 03:42:00	Is this it ? (www.magnet-i.com)	Strommer (42)
386549	2005-09-08 06:20:00	No. Mine is coloured cream & maroon with Nyuuji's wording.	Laura (43)
386550	2005-09-08 07:15:00	A programmar I know pointed out what should have been obvious to me too ( having done programmming ) that if you want to get pedantic (or is that 'accurate") it wasn't a millenial bug at all but a century bug . It was just a coincidence that computing got electronic and serious in the 20th century . If the transition had been from the 1800s to the 1900s the 'bug' would have been the same . :2 and a half cents: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . m	mark c (247)
386551	2005-09-09 02:21:00	The problem was a combination of things. It looks very much as if the "Century" byte in the PC AT clock chip was an afterthought, added by the BIOS programmers. "day" "month" and "year" are registers in the clock circuit. "Century" is a memory register, and wasn't automatically incremented. (That would have been a "we'll never need that" decision in the design of the clock chip, so blame Motorola for that). The two characters allowed for years was reasonable when it started. It was common even in handwritten records, and probably caused various problems at century changes. The difference at 1999-2000 (apart from Microsofts idea that 2000 was a leap year) was that with so many computers in the world the chances of automatic cockups were so much improved. Computer memory was so expensive that it made a big difference. Most mini- and mainframes didn't have even have a hardware clock. Each time they were started up, the operators had to enter the date and time. Sometimes they got it wrong. :( The best time-limited date I saw was in the DEC OS/8 for the PDP8s. It allowed one 12 bit word for the date. Work it out. After day (1-31 -- 5 bits) and month (1-12 -- 4 bits), there were only 3 bits left for the year. It was valid for (and the OS displayed ) 1970-1977. Not one of the better features, but every word counted when you had only 8k words unless you were very rich. And I suppose they wanted everyone to buy PDP11s or VAXen. Y2K was a very profitable episode for some ... ;)	Graham L (2)
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