Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 30, 1999
December 29, 1999
December 31, 1999
Transcript:
"7...6...5...4..."
"THE END IS AT HAND! THE END IS UPON US!!"
"DESPAIR! OH, BLACK DAY! Doom.. ruin.. doom.. its over."
"Who was that?"
"A Y2K consultant!"
I was like 19 on this date. I was studying electrical engineering and design at MIT. My dad called that very day and asked if he should prepare for Y2K and what I thought would happen. He explained that one of his Navy buddies had told him cars would not start, the electrical grid would shut down and take years to restart, hospitals would go dark and stay that way for years to come, etc etc. I told him to calm down, that Y2K wasn’t quite what the media was making it out to be; that it wouldn’t turn off a single lightbulb; most computers and control systems would either roll with the new date or if they weren’t patched or replaced, they would simply roll over to 1900/1. He sounded unconvinced but calmed down.
New years day, he called to say that I was right and he was glad for it.
I remember watching the news, and they cut to LAX airport, normally a ridiculously busy and crowded place, and on new years’ eve, it was nearly empty. Nobody dared to fly, I guess.
mywifeslover almost 4 years ago
I remember all the work which was completed for his.
phobos over 2 years ago
I was like 19 on this date. I was studying electrical engineering and design at MIT. My dad called that very day and asked if he should prepare for Y2K and what I thought would happen. He explained that one of his Navy buddies had told him cars would not start, the electrical grid would shut down and take years to restart, hospitals would go dark and stay that way for years to come, etc etc. I told him to calm down, that Y2K wasn’t quite what the media was making it out to be; that it wouldn’t turn off a single lightbulb; most computers and control systems would either roll with the new date or if they weren’t patched or replaced, they would simply roll over to 1900/1. He sounded unconvinced but calmed down.
New years day, he called to say that I was right and he was glad for it.
mcapone over 2 years ago
I remember watching the news, and they cut to LAX airport, normally a ridiculously busy and crowded place, and on new years’ eve, it was nearly empty. Nobody dared to fly, I guess.
Prescott_Philosopher about 1 year ago
Y2K was a standard maintenance activity for most IT shops. It was no big deal.
MattMan_1_00 6 months ago
I was working in a grocery store at that time. Never sold so much beer & toilet paper as I did then!
oneofthesedays 2 days ago
I was a computer programmer at that time, and spent most of my days updating program code with date sub routines, it was such a boring work year!