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