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Well actually, I was gonna try to get into something
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Time Bomb Y2K

Well actually, I was gonnatry to get into something where you can actually see me...

Well actually, I was gonna
try to get into something where you can actually see me doing
something useful here

Full Transcript

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Well actually, I was gonna try to get into something
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where you can actually
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see me doing something useful here.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
36
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:15
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.
(INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER) - Time Bomb Y2K 00:06
(INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER)
Uh, it's a field in a program just called YR for year. - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
Uh, it's a field in a program just called YR for year.
And the 99 means - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
And the 99 means
So these are the kinds of things that the various tools - Time Bomb Y2K 00:07
So these are the kinds of things that the various tools
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.