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Re: Y2K Fears to Stop Cityrail Trains
- Subject: Re: Y2K Fears to Stop Cityrail Trains
- From: Mr Simpson <mdoyle@mail.usyd.edu.au>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 23:07:46 +1000
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: The University of Sydney, Australia
- References: <379cde6a.0@newshost.pcug.org.au> <37ec85d0.10386144@news.ozemail.com.au> <7o5846$cqh$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <37c2acdb.5823954@news.ozemail.com.au>
< Tell > wrote:
> [..pruned..]
> We are not talking ancient main frames or DOS here, but
> dedicated control systems that were engineered for a
> long and useful life. They all use long date format
> assigned to a very large integer. No short cuts to
> save memory, which is where this Y2K started from.
>
what i think is really ironic is the now trendy way to refer to it as y2k,
effectively shortening its name - which is how the whole problem
came about in the first place...
Homer