Ah, those heady days of 1999....
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| Bob_Robertson Oct 07, 2014 9:30 AM EDT |
Since my Google-fu has come up empty, I will have to paraphrase from memory. When asked whether or not Linux was susceptible to the Y2K bug, Torvalds answered no, that's now how time is kept in Linux. "There is the 2038 problem, but hopefully people will be using something better than Linux by then." and... "Changing the timer from 32 to 64 bytes is trivial, merely a kernel upgrade, and that will outlast the heat death of the universe. I think that will be enough." |
| seatex Oct 07, 2014 9:38 AM EDT |
We should be running Quantum PCs by 2038, right? ;-) |
| Bob_Robertson Oct 07, 2014 10:08 AM EDT |
Oh, the singularity will happen by then, and only the Minds will understand just how it is they function anyway. |
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