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Dec 20 2012, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 20 2012, 09:42 PM) I think 19 January 2038 is a much more likely date for the end of the world. Think "millennium bug" and then some. Most if not all new pooters are 64 bit. Most operating systems designed to run on 64-bit hardware already use signed 64-bit time_t integers, effectively eliminating the Year 2038 problem in any software that has been developed to use the extended format.
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Dec 20 2012, 10:18 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 20 2012, 09:42 PM) I think 19 January 2038 is a much more likely date for the end of the world. Think "millennium bug" and then some. Which will not happen. Remember the "millennium bug" - watch as planes fall out of the sky, they said. As your PC explodes. Well, 9 and a half year old me sat there with a glass of warm milk, infront of my PC as the year struck 2000 and I was disappointed when my computer amazingly kept working... I went back to listening to Blue by Eifel 65. 95% of new programs are native 64 bit with 32 bit support. Almost all new PCs and Laptops which come with more than 4 GB of RAM will be 64 bit as well. So don't worry, dear. It's only a time-space continuum.
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Dec 20 2012, 10:25 PM
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QUOTE (Andy1 @ Dec 20 2012, 10:21 PM) Dear Mayans, if you have got it wrong don't worry, it's not the end of the world. I told 'em, till I was blue in the face, I said "don't buy your calender from Staples, they're crap"
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Dec 21 2012, 09:23 AM
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QUOTE (TallDarkAndHandsome @ Dec 21 2012, 08:35 AM) Booger - I'm still here. Wat a load of old sh!t. Isn't it later today though? You are still doomed. I'm sitting here with my tin hat on, so I'll be OK.
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Dec 21 2012, 10:25 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Dec 21 2012, 11:23 AM) Isn't it later today though? You are still doomed. I'm sitting here with my tin hat on, so I'll be OK. 11:11 apparently. just 45mins to go. Merry Christmas everybody.....................................oh............hang on cancel that!! End of the World.
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Dec 22 2012, 10:57 AM
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QUOTE (blackdog @ Dec 22 2012, 01:03 AM) I'm still trying to work out why the Mayans came up with a calendar that was, according to news reports this morning, based on GMT. They needed to know GMT so that they could set their watches unless they could use the atomic clock in Maya.
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