On 9/28/21 2:04 PM, Ken Blake wrote:

[snip]
> If I'm alive at that age, I might be in a nursing home and not using a
> computer.

The nursing home is using a computer to control access to medications.
To save money, they're using one of the few 32-bit machines still in
existence. Its working fine until January 19 2038, when it unexpectedly
thinks the year is 1901, and no medication is scheduled for today.

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On 9/29/21 12:38 PM, hah wrote:
> On 9/28/21 2:04 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
>
> [snip]
>> If I'm alive at that age, I might be in a nursing home and not using a
>> computer.
>
> The nursing home is using a computer to control access to medications.
> To save money, they're using one of the few 32-bit machines still in
> existence. Its working fine until January 19 2038, when it unexpectedly
> thinks the year is 1901, and no medication is scheduled for today.

That old date is December 13 1901, which is a Friday.

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