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Time Bomb Y2K

Imagine how many things arenow run with computer chips and are connected to so many other...

Imagine how many things are
now run with computer chips and are connected to so many other things
run by computer chips

Full Transcript

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Imagine how many things are now run with computer chips
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and are connected
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to so many other things run by computer chips.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
33
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:48
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.
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC BUILDS) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
- ♪ (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) ♪ - (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
- ♪ (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) ♪ - (AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
It seems unbelievable, but it's only 535 days from now. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
It seems unbelievable, but it's only 535 days from now.
At the stroke of midnight, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
At the stroke of midnight,
It is a complex test that requires us all - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It is a complex test that requires us all
Every government agency, every university, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:17
Every government agency, every university,
This is clearly one of the most - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
This is clearly one of the most
More than anything else, the year 2000 problem - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
More than anything else, the year 2000 problem
Earlier this year, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:17
Earlier this year,
(CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement and take this on, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
(CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement and take this on,
(CHUCKLES) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
(CHUCKLES)
We are at the White House. We're here with John Koskinen. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
We are at the White House. We're here with John Koskine...
You've been known in papers and articles as the Y2K czar. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
You've been known in papers and articles as the Y2K cza...
JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd say, in a way, I suppose, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
JOHN KOSKINEN: Well, I'd say, in a way, I suppose,
And if it doesn't go well, they'll say - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
And if it doesn't go well, they'll say
Has to be a fair amount of pressure, though, you must admit - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
Has to be a fair amount of pressure, though, you must admit
- ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
- ♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪ - (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
All you can say for sure right now - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
All you can say for sure right now
But also there are a lot of people working very hard - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
But also there are a lot of people working very hard
Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
Uh, so at this stage, all you can do is make guesses