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2000 - The Year of Y2K

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222310) • United States 14 Jul

Remember the fear that everyone had that their computers would not seamlessly change from 1999 to 2000? As it turned out, there was little cause for concern. On a personal note, my computer and camera changed to 2000 without a...

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Y2k was a real threat!

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 19 Nov 15

I just heard some pundit on TV talking about the upcoming interest rate hike by the Fed being the most overhyped event "since Y2k." When I hear that kind of thing, and this is not the first time I've heard it, I get slightly...

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Doomsday preppers

joannamarie089 @joannamarie089 (76) • United States 25 Mar 12

Remember Y2K? Everyone thought the world was going to end as we know it. Computers would crash and we'd have to go back to pre-electricity times. People were frantically preparing for the worst, stocking up on food and...

end of the world

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2012 Craze

LaLa Leo @mrscallands22 (2851) • United States 5 Jul 10

Remember how the world was in such a frenzy in preparation for the coming of the year 2000?? People sold their property, went out and bought out shelves worth of bottled water. The night before the new year, many people boarded...

end of the world

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Apocalyptic movies

brothertuck @brothertuck (1257) • United States 26 Sep 09

I am watching a made for tv 2 part miniseries called Impact. The premise is that a piece of a burned out star, a brown dwarf, collided with another brown dwarf and fragments were sent out. Unlike other movies of this type, the...

traditional festive before/after y2k

TREASURE9899 @TREASURE9899 (31) • Brunei Darussalam 31 Jul 09

Hi... As a Muslim, I celebrate Aidil Fitri or Hari Raya. I remember sometimes back 80-90's the celebration was really really happening. We the young people always wait this moment as if we want it to be every day in a year. We...

What Would You Have Done in Y2K?

cyoshio @cyoshio (21) • United States 24 Feb 08

Say Y2K was real and it really did bring an end to all computerization as we know it. All that was left was a post apocalyptic world. What would you do?

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Sunday (3/11/07) will be a new Y2K????

reinydawn @reinydawn (11642) • United States 7 Mar 07

For those of you who abide by daylight savings time, I'm sure you've heard all the hype about Sunday (3/11/07). I don't know all the specifics, but someone has decided to move daylight savings time up 3 weeks. Apparently, people...

daylight savings time

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day light savings

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 16 Feb 07

has anyone heard of this yet. they are talking about doing the day light savings 3 weeks early which will mess up every computer, cell phone, and other things with technology. they are saying y2k which didn't happen in the year...

day light savings

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about old Y2K problem

openforme @openforme (30) • China 13 Feb 07

hi all. Now I would like to talk about old Y2K(year 2000) problem. Do you remember that? everybody were really affraid about that. Am I right? Now what you guys feel, by thinking about that?

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Favorite episode?

ugachaka @ugachaka (297) • United States 12 Jan 07

I've missed quite a few episodes, but I remember one in particular that almost made me cry: The one episode where they flashed back to new years eve Y2K. The woke up one new years day and were too drunk to realize that everyone...

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Y2K Problem????????????

sudhajan @sudhajan (1219) • France 18 Dec 06

do u know what is Y2K problem.

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After Y2K bug what next?

naman95 @naman95 (1552) • India 11 Dec 06

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What is Y2k problem?

ssujithkumar @ssujithkumar (364) • India 30 Nov 06

Can any body say what it is and how they cleared it..

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What was Y2K and why were people concerned?

Vadim007jr @Vadim007jr (167) • United States 8 Nov 06

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Were you scared when Y2K came about?

dizzybizzy1 @dizzybizzy1 (978) • United States 1 Nov 06

Do you remember all the hype about how everything was going to shut down and the world was going to end? Where you hiding in a bomb shelter, watching tv, out partying, or what? I was at home celebrating my birthday and then...

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Sardar's Y2K Solution

Bryony @Bryony (36) • India 17 Oct 06

Report submitted by Banta Singh to his manager after completing his Y2K verification task. Dear Sir, Our staff has completed the 18 months of work on time and on budget. We have gone through every line of code in every...

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Did the Y2k Bug Affect You?

thoughtprocess @thoughtprocess (2209) • United States 6 Sep 06

Did you have problems in 2000 or 2001 because of the Y2k bug?

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