[Sussex] Do we confuse you?

[John Crowhurst]

On Sat, April 9, 2005 1:29, Geoffrey J Teale said:
> "Karl E. Jorgensen" <karl at jorgensen.com> writes:
>
>> For me, the worst possible acronym is the "Y2K" problem.  Which was
>> basically caused by *shortening* the notation for years (yes: I know
>> there was more to it than that, but hear me through).  Ironically
>> enough we decided to *shorten* the name we gave to the problem (!).  I
>> find that rather ironic...
>
> Worse still, to many a computer geek "K" = 1024 (which is a problem,
> because in the "real world" "K" always means 1000).
>
> So what is it - do we have 1000 bytes in a Kilobyte or do are we
> expecting all the computers to fail in the year 2048?  Does this mean
> I get another bonus?  ;-)

Only if you can tell us when 1st January 2048 is on a 32bit date system :P

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John