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Time Bomb Y2K

We can't see theelectronic calendar inside a computer,but if we could, it would...

We can't see the
electronic calendar inside a computer,
but if we could, it would look
something like this

Full Transcript

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We can't see the electronic calendar
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inside a computer, but if we could,
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it would look something like this.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:40
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.
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,
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