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Time Bomb Y2K

I think it's no accident that the tremendous speed that we're seeingand development of...

MAN: I think it's no accident that the tremendous speed that we're seeing
and development of this new cyber culture which is evolving right
in front of our eyes, right around this
millennium time

Full Transcript

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MAN: I think it's no accident
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that the tremendous speed
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that we're seeing and development
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of this new cyber culture
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which is evolving right in front of our eyes,
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right around this millennium time.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
42
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:39
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 the actual millennium itself - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
It's the actual millennium itself
It's like a magnet - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
It's like a magnet
So as you hit it right on the year 2000, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
So as you hit it right on the year 2000,
I want to get online. I need a computer! - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
I want to get online. I need a computer!
Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
Computers that can handle millions of numbers a minute
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,