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The first two digits of the year, the 19
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Time Bomb Y2K

The first two digitsof the year, the 19, are assumed by the computer, chiseled in stone as...

The first two digits
of the year, the 19, are assumed by the computer, chiseled in stone as far
as its memory is concerned

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.004
The first two digits of the year, the 19,
00:00:03.467 --> 00:00:05.001
are assumed by the computer,
00:00:05.167 --> 00:00:08.133
chiseled in stone as far as its memory is concerned.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
41
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:45
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.
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) ♪
- 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)