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[notahandbag]

I was supposed to turn 38 right after the new millennium, but I should look at the bright side that I'm not almost 50 this year, I guess. Where do the years go?

Anyway, considering I completely missed out on Y2K and all that, what did everyone else do to celebrate the year 2000? Or the closest "big" new year for everyone who either doesn't

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[theuserabides]

I breathed a sigh of relief the year 2000 problem didn't manifest.

[notahandbag]

So there were no missiles firing in all directions and every computer in the world didn't fail? I'm kinda disappointed.

[theuserabides]

I can categorically state that not every computer in the world failed.

[notahandbag]

Oh but a couple did, huh?

[theuserabides]

Oh, probably. C stores the date array in a single bit to save memory, which seemed like a good idea at the time, but it's a bit rough on century rollovers.

[notahandbag]

Ahhh. Yeah, so it would have assume it was the year 1900, right? Magical space beings brought computers back to help fight the Germans and polio!

[theuserabides]

[You amuse Flynn, Birkin.]

Think how efficiently they could have crashed the stock market if they'd had computers in '29.

[notahandbag]

[He aims to please~]

The New Deal better come with Windows 7 if they wanted to fix that mess.

[theuserabides]

Windows 7?

[Not only has Flynn been inside a computer with no contact with the outside world since 1989, but there is also no Microsoft in his world.]

[notahandbag]

Microsoft's last chance to say "Look! We can still make a good OS! Really! Ignore Windows 98 and Vista!" Though I will admit, it's very pretty.

[Because every world has Microsoft, right? Right. :B]

[theuserabides]

Microsoft? When did they get started?

[The giant software firm in Seattle with a large market share for its OS is Encom. Flynn was the CEO, at least until he zapped himself into the computer and forgot to leave a forwarding address.]

[notahandbag]

Mid-1980s. Eh, if you haven't heard of them, they probably just don't exist where you're from. But they basically revolutionized the personal computer. It was a big damn deal.

[theuserabides]

[Hmm.]

Are they based out of Seattle, by any chance?

[notahandbag]

Yeah, actually. Good guess.

[theuserabides]

Not really. I ran what I think is the equivalent corporation in my world for a few years.

[notahandbag]

Huh, well. Nice to meet you Bill Gates, or whatever your name is. I don't think this is the first time something like that has happened. Worlds seem to be slightly connected even without this place. It's really fascinating.