| From: | Grahamdrew <grahamdrew@***.NET> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Real-Life Computing ... |
| Date: | Thu, 28 May 1998 16:07:45 -0400 |
> two of my electronic appliances may stop working, but there's usually
> a feature to set the date...
>
<rant>
I whole heatedly agree. I don't know if there is some huge
earth-shaking concept I'm missing here but WHY IS THIS SUCH A BIG
PROBELM!?
Ok, so my computer thinks it's 1AD, I'm not sur about you guys but I
have one of those rip-off 365 days of duct tape a year calenders, I
don't know if I've ever actually checked the date on my computer...
I can see a few small problems with acounting records and such, but
nothing that would cause a "crash," and NOWHERE near the kind of
problems to define it as a virus (who ever coined that term for Y2K
should take some check thier medication)
CPUs don't deal with time and date anyway, that's a BIOS or an OS
function based on the kind of scomputer your looking at. A little
software patch or flash BIOS upgrade and your cleared, no problem.
Oh yea, and I wouldn't expect you would have trouble with most
apliances, as they don't usually keep track of the date, just time (my
microwave and oven don't, and my VCR is still flashing 12:00 12:00
12:00)
</rant>
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