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Postby iandotcom on Wed Mar 23, 2005 3:55 pm

You got to keep in mind that techs are constantly changing.

Im gonna be 40-something around that time :shocked:
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Postby Mac33 on Wed Mar 23, 2005 7:04 pm

LOL it won't concern me as i will be the proverbial ashes to ashes by that time...lol :whistle :lol:
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Postby nicksthegreat on Wed Mar 23, 2005 8:30 pm

well that dint sound real good mac :no
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Postby howhy on Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:14 am

Mac33
LOL it won't concern me as i will be the proverbial ashes to ashes by that time...lol


nicksthegreat

well that dint sound real good mac



i too think the same nicksthegreat thinks.
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Postby poisonbl on Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:40 am

most of the date conversion is done by the OS, correct? if so, why not patch that part to change the base date and reset the counter for another time? anyone? :lol:
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Postby Tw34k on Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:55 am

Computer Guru wrote:its an exponential thing.... they keep changing faster, and faster, and faster.. until: KABOOM


We run out of electricity and go back to using pencil and paper.
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Postby Mac33 on Thu Mar 24, 2005 7:56 am

Well guys if you consider i'm well into my 6th decade, there's not much chance of me being alive by that date as i would be approaching 100 years old. :whistle :lol:
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Postby OsirisX on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:18 pm

I don't think computers would even rely on binary programming 30 years from now, I'm sure something more efficient than 1s and 0s will be developed.
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Postby Neuromancer on Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:23 pm

Like processors based on Hex? :lol:
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Postby Curtybob on Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:06 pm

I remember the big fuss about the millenium bug... and my thoughts were "Oh, No!!! I'll have to re-enter all my MS Money data. The Apocalypse has come!!!!" God forbid we have a glitch in our "perfect" systems. I think we deal with problems and bugs ten times bigger than this at least once a month. We'll live. But at least there's is some time to figure out the best way to fix it... even if it is ignore it because the machines and OS's it will affect will be long dead by then. (And no, not meaning you, Mac, or any of our other experienced and wise people. :P )
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