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Zachary Loeb, Purdue University assistant professor, tells NPR's Juana Summers that the real story of Y2k wasn't about computers run amok. It was about experts sounding an alarm, and fixing problems.
Don’t tell everyone what you’re thinking of doing for Y2K survival and expect to get verbal encouragement from them before ...
Nearly 25 years after the year 2000 began without the much-hyped possible computer catastrophe, Y2K is enjoying a resurgence as Americans become nostalgic for the late '90s and early '00s.
These warnings applied not to last week’s CrowdStrike IT outages, but to the year 2000 computer problem (Y2K), when experts warned that a disaster would unfold when 1999 became 2000 unless ...
In December 1999, the world prepared for the impending global meltdown known as Y2K. It all stemmed from a seemingly small software glitch: Many older computer programs had coded dates using only ...
The new nostalgic horror comedy “Y2K,” from director, co-writer and “Saturday Night Live” alum Kyle Mooney, will be hitting a theater near you on Dec. 6. But thanks to UC Berkeley’s ...
He also produced her most recent single, "Gimme A Light," which will be featured on “Y2K.” It samples Sean Paul’s 2002 dancehall single of a similar name, “Gimme the Light." Around "Y2K ...
Kyle Mooney’s new Y2K movie, which opens in theaters this weekend, asks the question: What would have happened if Y2K was, in fact, a technological disaster? Anyone over the age of 30 no doubt ...
If you want to sound like a true Internet subculture connoisseur, it’s worth brushing up on the difference between the Y2K and McBling aesthetics. What are the origins of the Y2K aesthetic?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Call now and get the ultimate Y2K survival kit from becalm.com. SUMMERS: We're talking about the Y2K bug, the computer problem that, depending on who you asked 25 years ago ...
Nearly 25 years after the year 2000 began without the much-hyped possible computer catastrophe, Y2K is enjoying a resurgence as Americans become nostalgic for the late '90s and early '00s.