Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Kohlbach Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Fwd: Linux on a small memory PC Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 15:48:10 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: <87zghai2dh.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> References: <871quvs7m8.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> <87sfn8pr5t.fsf@usenet.ankman.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="b69213da65d03635de9001419aa57c43"; logging-data="3300818"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18aWa9phl4mGiMzSefq32i9" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ED2OyA2deYIWqNt/Yt/u/Gthaf4= sha1:NoGpqCk1/G75JncYIlv31qj61pg= X-No-Archive: Yes Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:35046 On Thu, 14 Jul 2022 20:16:57 -0400, 25B.Z959 wrote: > > On 7/10/22 5:57 PM, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:45:42 -0400, 25B.Z959 wrote: >>> >>> Oh well, almost 80 years before we have THAT problem >>> again ..... >> 2000 - 80 = 1920 ? >> 2038 - 80 = 1958 ? >> The Y2K38 problem sends clocks back about 137 years. >> I have no idea what you mean. > > I lost you there .... What were you referring to with "almost 80 years before"? > LIKELY by Y3K the systems will program themselves > dynamically, and be self-aware enough to envision > upcoming issues like with the old 2-digit dates. > IMHO it'll be well before Y3K. "Programmer" will > no longer be a job description. > > "What would you > like me to make for you, Dave ?" > > OR we'll be back to banging the rocks together again .... > Yeah, machine rule should be in place by 3YK. The humankind can consider itself lucky do be able to. Might be better than the Skynet scenario. -- Andreas