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Time Bomb Y2K

So these are the kinds ofthings that the various tools that we're using help us find

So these are the kinds of
things that the various tools that we're using help us find

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So these are the kinds of things that the various tools
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that we're using help us find.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:42
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.
Just about everything we do - Time Bomb Y2K 00:18
Just about everything we do
- There it is. - (KEYBOARD CLACKS) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:12
- There it is. - (KEYBOARD CLACKS)
We can put a tiny little machine on Mars to roam around - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
We can put a tiny little machine on Mars to roam around
(LAUGHS) I mean, who were the programming geniuses - Time Bomb Y2K 00:08
(LAUGHS) I mean, who were the programming geniuses
Programmers have been telling management - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Programmers have been telling management
And management said that is outside - Time Bomb Y2K 00:12
And management said that is outside
♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:13
♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
So, the sheer expense of computing - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
So, the sheer expense of computing
That's when major businesses and government institutions - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
That's when major businesses and government institution...
And one of the most fateful cost-cutting measures - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
And one of the most fateful cost-cutting measures
♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪ - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
(BEEPING, ECHOING BUZZING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:10
(BEEPING, ECHOING BUZZING)
BOB CRINGELY: If we dig still deeper, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:11
BOB CRINGELY: If we dig still deeper,
GRACE HOPPER: I was very fortunate - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
GRACE HOPPER: I was very fortunate
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:14
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)
It was a hot summer in Cambridge and Mark Two stopped. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
It was a hot summer in Cambridge and Mark Two stopped.
And inside the relay, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
And inside the relay,
So the operator got a pair of tweezers - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
So the operator got a pair of tweezers
Put it in the logbook, - Time Bomb Y2K 00:05
Put it in the logbook,
And below it he wrote, "First actual bug found." - Time Bomb Y2K 00:09
And below it he wrote, "First actual bug found."