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Time Bomb Y2K

Computers that can handlemillions of numbers a minute may spend years stymiedby a single...

Computers that can handle
millions of numbers a minute may spend years stymied
by a single one, the date of the year 2000

Full Transcript

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Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute
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may spend years stymied by a single one,
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the date of the year 2000.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
59
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:26
Uploaded
Apr 21, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Spinning Nancy

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Movie Summary

An immersive, all-archival retelling of the "Y2K" millennium bug and the mass hysteria that changed the fabric of modern society.
It's a problem called the Millennium Bug - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It's a problem called the Millennium Bug
We can't see the electronic calendar - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
We can't see the electronic calendar
The first two digits of the year, the 19, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
The first two digits of the year, the 19,
To save precious storage space, only the last two digits change. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
To save precious storage space, only the last two digits cha...
So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars
And they're going to fall asunder - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
And they're going to fall asunder
REPORTER: Peter de Jager calls himself - Time Bomb Y2K 00:19
REPORTER: Peter de Jager calls himself
If we don't fix the programs, that's what happens. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
If we don't fix the programs, that's what happens.
If everybody listens to us, we'll bypass this. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
If everybody listens to us, we'll bypass this.
If everybody starts working on it, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
If everybody starts working on it,
What you have just communicated to me - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
What you have just communicated to me
Do you understand that? Do you realize that? - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
Do you understand that? Do you realize that?
♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
First day on the job, I noticed that our systems - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
First day on the job, I noticed that our systems
When I brought it up to management, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
When I brought it up to management,
In 1989, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
In 1989,
And the first show was about how in 1965 - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
And the first show was about how in 1965
And the question asked by 25 million people - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
And the question asked by 25 million people
It was that single device failing, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:18
It was that single device failing,
♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪