Thursday, July 9, 2009

Why I Use 64-Bit Linux

What's wrong with planning ahead?

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I'm sure I'll have lots of other problems to deal with in 2038, like whether we'll be having soup that day.

By way of background, back in the early 90's I was on a software project that had to predict the orbit of the planets and the moon. Someone asked whether it was Y2K compliant. Since it was written for Unix, I said it would be fine until 2037, and I was willing to let the Year 2038 problem take care of itself.

It's important to give future generations something to strive for.


2 comments:

lahru said...

Maybe this is why all of my Y3K hats aren't selling.

Cujo359 said...

Rather like the Sun going out - it's something no one's got around to worrying about yet.