Anyone here still remember the Y2K computer software bug? They said most companies and others who used computers had it fixed by New Year's Eve. But if you didn't and, for example, you were talking long distance on the phone, the phone company would think you had talked for 99 years. But I like people who were born December 31, 1999. Due to the Y2K bug that some computers still have, they'll be turning 74 this year.
I was working as a computer programmer at the time, and it was a very busy couple of years leading up to the 2K date. However, as soon as it was over, the work dried up very quickly, and I found myself out of work for much of 2002 and 2003.
I used a calculator. Also interesting I discovered, when you want to find how far away a future year is simply subtract the larger number from the present year. Then, as a mathematician might say, the absolute value of that number is your answer. For example, 2050 is 25 years away. Because 2025 minus 2050 is -25. Or just 25, when you see that result on the calculator.
Lol. I used a calculator too. Were 75 years away from 2100. We're 55 from 1970, from when computer dates are measured. We're 45 yrs from 2070 We're 25 from Y2K. So how do you get 74?
The Y2K bug thought every year was in that same century. So it would think someone born in 1999 was born in 2099. 2099 - 2025 = 74. Actually it equals -74. Or it involves forward time travel in any even. But that's what they said if you were on the phone at midnight on December 31, 1999. On the year 2000 they would think you were on the phone for 99 years. At the time I thought that wasn't correct. They would think you were on the phone for negative 99 years. But I guess their computer program turned the number into an absolute value too.
