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Time Bomb Y2K

So when the year 1999 ends,virtually all computer calendars are going to flipover to the...

So when the year 1999 ends,
virtually all computer calendars are going to flip
over to the next year, which the computers
will read as 1900

Full Transcript

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So when the year 1999 ends, virtually all computer calendars
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are going to flip over to the next year,
00:00:06.933 --> 00:00:10.002
which the computers will read as 1900.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:57
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.
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) ♪
- Here's ABC's Gina Smith. - Just how big is the problem? - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
- Here's ABC's Gina Smith. - Just how big is the p...
Well, imagine someone told you you had to find and replace - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Well, imagine someone told you you had to find and replace
- Now imagine you have to find... - (HELICOPTER THRUMS) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
- Now imagine you have to find... - (HELICOPTER THRUMS)
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪