The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Nostalgia@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agoMany of us survived that dark daylemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1537arrow-down18
arrow-up1529arrow-down1imageMany of us survived that dark daylemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Nostalgia@lemmy.caEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoProbably scared it would crash on y2k
minus-squaremeseek #2982@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoSave all your data. You can just never turn it on again 🤪
minus-squaresep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoA lot of software was updated prior to y2k to be able to cope with dates. But the transition was still difficult for some software.
minus-squareVilian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agobut you couldn’t use the computer anymore???
minus-squaresep@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoCould not deal with the transition. No issues afterwards. So all machines off the evening before was sop for a lot of companies
wtf turn off would do to help??
Probably scared it would crash on y2k
Save all your data. You can just never turn it on again 🤪
A lot of software was updated prior to y2k to be able to cope with dates. But the transition was still difficult for some software.
but you couldn’t use the computer anymore???
Could not deal with the transition. No issues afterwards. So all machines off the evening before was sop for a lot of companies