Ah, the downdoots of people who most likely were not there to live through it, or the intense several months leading up to it. It could've been really bad, but ended up going smoothly... Whew!
Amen! Anyone working in IT during the years leading up to Y2K was well aware of the seriousness of the situation - especially in financial and insurance sectors which are heavily date based.
At the same time, fear mongers got involved. Stories of planes potentially falling out of the sky and the need to build and stock bunkers filled the airwaves. It was predicted to be TEOTWAWKI.
We pulled out cash and stayed home for that New Year Eve - just to be sure lol. My dad was in computers so we knew it should be ok but with two young kids, just wanted to be safe than sorry lol.
Y2K was real. Many programmers fixed many programs to make sure it ended up being a non-event. It wasn't a hoax.
Ah, the downdoots of people who most likely were not there to live through it, or the intense several months leading up to it. It could've been really bad, but ended up going smoothly... Whew!
Hurricane evacuation traffic sucks ass. Went to Houston for one after Katrina - 15 hours to get there from NOLA suburbs. It's about 5 hours normally.
Amen! Anyone working in IT during the years leading up to Y2K was well aware of the seriousness of the situation - especially in financial and insurance sectors which are heavily date based.
At the same time, fear mongers got involved. Stories of planes potentially falling out of the sky and the need to build and stock bunkers filled the airwaves. It was predicted to be TEOTWAWKI.
We pulled out cash and stayed home for that New Year Eve - just to be sure lol. My dad was in computers so we knew it should be ok but with two young kids, just wanted to be safe than sorry lol.