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90: Y2K: The Millennium Bug

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Happy New Year! To celebrate we talk about how the world almost ended at the turn of the millennium. Was it all a hoax or did we narrowly avoid a digital apocalypse?



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References and Further Reading 
  1. https://youtu.be/BGrKKrsIpQw
  2. https://youtu.be/MVI87HzfskQ
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45083650
  4. https://www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug
  5. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/31/millennium-bug-face-fears-y2k-it-systems
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/03/07/big-glitch-at-nuclear-plant-shows-perils-of-y2k-tests/a148232f-5760-403c-bc14-b00382b6852d/
  8. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/
  9. https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/
  10. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/590932.stm
  11. https://www.wired.com/2000/02/leap-day-tuesday-last-y2k-worry/
  12. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/582007.stm
  13. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mz53r
  14. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/sep/14/martinwainwright
  15. https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/nyc-wireless-network-down-due-to-y2k-like-software-bug/
  16. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670
  17. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html
  18. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401298000437
  19. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670
  20. https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/y2k.html
  21. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/
  22. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/
  23. https://computer.howstuffworks.com/y2k.htm
  24. https://www.britannica.com/topic/EBCDIC
  25. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zjfgjxs/revision/3



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