Year_2038_problem, according to y2k38.info, On January 19, 2038, UNIX-based programs and UNIX-like operating systems will run out of time. To be more precise, at 3:14:07 GMT, UNIX will be exactly 1 billion seconds old. Many see this as a milestone, but from a technical point of view, this can mean disaster for computer programs and systems around the world. You may say, I don't care, by that time I'll be using 64bit machine. Or, I'm already using 64bit right now, it should be fix by that time and blah blah blah. What's your thought on this guys?
that's if the world doesn't end on dec-21-2012 according to the conspriacy junkies nice post, does anyone else have any other articles or insight on this to verify this problem? thank you in advance
I don't see this as a huge deal since it's so far away and by the time we reach it we'll be running 64bit systems.
Are you insane? It won't crash. The person who made UNIX didn't set it to crash and burn when it reaches a set amount.
Yes it won't crash, but some apps for sure will stop working. see this, date was set to 2038, i extract a tar ball.. got some errors
No it wont happen, well it might for a handful of people still running 32 bit OSes in 2038. I don't even think anyone will still be using 64 bit.
It's hard to imagine everybody switching to 64-bit before it happens, IMO. I will be running 64-Bit by then, for sure.
What is up with this crap. What the heck does your clock have to with anything. Its a CLOCK. haha..seroiusly its a clock...... Why do they make the computers break becuase of a clock? Seroiuly retarded.
it will happen, I did not say to everyone. Some people will simply not have the knowledge, say we had to all get it done by 2nd JANUARY, NOT EVEN 1% WOULD BOTHER, OTHERS WOULDN'T KNOW AND OTHERS WOULD JUST DO IT! (Oops caps, not typing that again) It happened once already.
because the unix variable will be full and wont be able to add anymore things to it, meaning it'll be like "what the fuck should I do?!?!??!! let me keep trying over and over again, and then let me go crazy when it never works"
It hasn't happened once already, this is almost exactly the same as the millenium bug. Everyone thought it would happen but it didn't. No-one went on planes because they thought they would crash etc. but hardly anything happened, just a few small software developers with bugs they could fix in an hour.
Yeah, like this probably will, but nothing big will happen really. Mabye some OAPs who run Win 98 in 2038 with thousands of exploits an viruses or mabye old systems builders. But nothing much will happen.