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- martalli, on 12/23/2007, -1/+192I'm hoping the year 2038 bug will save us at the final moment in the war with the robots.
- Wiini, on 12/23/2007, -11/+177Sorry I'm late... did anyone blame Bush yet?
- crichton101, on 12/23/2007, -3/+153Doesn't matter at all, the world will end on Dec 21, 2012, I know because I watched the History Channel special and the Mayan calender said so.
- Garfunkel, on 12/23/2007, -4/+132LOL, by 2038 I don't think we will even be using OS's like we do today, let alone the movement away from 32bit systems.
The patch is simple enough anyway. - Salviati, on 12/23/2007, -4/+127Don't worry, we'll all be using the Chinese calendar by then.
- baalzebub, on 12/23/2007, -8/+117by the time 2038 rolls around i wont care anymore...
- Shootfast, on 12/23/2007, -0/+106http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
- aldenhg, on 12/23/2007, -3/+90Nah... by 2038 we'll have 128 bit processors and at least 128 cores. Apple will have collapsed after the iPod Thought self-awareness fiasco, Intel will have bought and spun off AMD a few times and your average consumer still won't know the difference between their RAM and their hard drive.
- armo, on 12/23/2007, -2/+86Don't worry John Titor will save us all.
- Syphon0928, on 12/23/2007, -5/+86I will...Because if this isn't fixed by then, I might have to switch to Windows Vista XP Ultimate 360 Millenium 38 Edition
- justanto, on 12/23/2007, -8/+89yes, we know.
- whataboutdave, on 12/23/2007, -2/+77We have 3 decades to solve this problem. Someone tell me what you were worried about 30 years ago - I wasn't even alive yet.
- Kragnerac, on 12/23/2007, -4/+76Save the *nix, save the world.
- sfacets, on 12/23/2007, -1/+66We are all going to die.
- baalzebub, on 12/23/2007, -2/+66by 2038 i will be 87 years old, i will be lucky if i make it to the bathroom by then if i am still alive ;p
- thomas, on 12/23/2007, -2/+54Omg, we only have 30 years to fix the problem what are we going to do?
- emehrkay, on 12/23/2007, -0/+49I am suprised that there are 50 year olds on digg. How do you handle it?
- kooft, on 12/23/2007, -0/+38Signed integers were used so that dates _prior_ to the UNIX epoch could be represented. In other words, with 32-bits you can count up to 4,294,967,296 seconds (~136 years). By using signed integers, you could calculate dates from the previous 68 years as well as the following 68 years.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -0/+37I laughed, and then realized you're probably right.
- D3koy, on 12/23/2007, -1/+34What are the odds Torvalds knew this!?!?
- partsguy74, on 12/23/2007, -4/+37You are my new best friend
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+33Don't worry. By then we should be able to medically separate your head from your body and attach it to a robot.
- Atomic1fire, on 12/23/2007, -0/+29Or say it was a government conspiracy funded by big businesses
- jmoh, on 12/23/2007, -0/+28I'm more worried about the year 10,000 problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_10%2C000_problem - HCviolence, on 12/23/2007, -1/+27Nobody tell Wolf Blitzer. He has the tendency of blowing things way out of proportion .
- inactive, on 12/23/2007, -3/+28I see this story every 5 years or so. My guess is it will be on Digg every 6 months...
- tchynerd, on 12/23/2007, -2/+25Hmmm havn't I heard this somewhere before? Was it around 1999? I think it was.... can't remember what it was though
- directive0, on 12/23/2007, -0/+23I once sold an old IBM 5100 to some whack job who said he was from the future, he mentioned this in passing.
- cyberoidx, on 12/23/2007, -0/+23I'm going to live forever, or die trying.
- muniak, on 12/23/2007, -1/+22The robot will run linux and he will die.
- whataboutdave, on 12/23/2007, -0/+20Truer words were never spoken.
- DigitAl56K, on 12/23/2007, -1/+19Change time_t to an __int64 type and recompile Linux? :)
(Yes, you can do that on a 32-bit OS if the compiler generates code that handles __int64 for you) - lemur, on 12/23/2007, -1/+19Considering the number of times my kernel is updated in a week, I'm pretty sure that by 2038 the fix will be coded in. In fact, it will probably corrected decades before I'll need it.
- MtheoryX, on 12/23/2007, -0/+18I'd imagine that after tolerating your own kids and possibly grandkids for several years, dig is pretty much just the same old stuff. You just get used to it.
- sybesis, on 12/23/2007, -20/+38i'm not sure...
didn't tested it but well....
"The maximum value of a four byte integer is 2,146,483,547"
Did they made the date on a integer? while they should use unsigned integer that double the number...
4294967296
then well the guy says in the article that by 2038 we will mostly use 64bit processor...well...you can make a long long that is 2 time the size of a int or a long... 8 byte to be more precise...no real link with the processor because these type do exist on 32bit processor same if they are 64 bit long...:D - EdgarVerona, on 12/23/2007, -0/+16Except that all the software out there will have to be modified to use it.
I'd agree with you, if it weren't for the fact that we have 40 year old computing systems still operating today.
For instance, the California DMV operates on a system that has many components which were created in the late 60's/early 70's. They're planning to upgrade (UPGRADE) those systems to a Cobol/DB2 based system within the next 10 to 15 years. Which means it could be beyond 2020 and the old 1960's/70's DMV system will STILL be in use.
It's shameful, I know. But 2038 isn't too far away when you think about behemoth systems like that. (which also happen to be extremely important systems for the functioning of major parts of government). - D3koy, on 12/23/2007, -2/+18Then all of the servers and computers will crash! The world will come to a grinding hault, planes will fall out of the sky!...err...some of us may have a few problems torrenting at least...
- bradlis7, on 12/23/2007, -1/+17I think that the original Y2K problem was caused by software built 3 decades before, and linux will have 4 decades. I'm not too worried about it though.
- miztaken, on 12/23/2007, -1/+17Is that a no to you graduating school?
- zeroduck, on 12/23/2007, -1/+17but... but....
EVERYBODY PANIC! - InkyHLV, on 12/23/2007, -4/+20We only have 20 years to add a single bit to an integer!
What the hell where you thinking Torvalds!? - DigitAl56K, on 12/23/2007, -3/+19Two thousand and thirty-eight years ought to be enough for anyone.
- sbluetruck, on 12/23/2007, -3/+18pics or it wont happen
- robwolf100, on 12/23/2007, -0/+15I know this from watching the final episode of the X-Files.
- idiotwithastick, on 12/23/2007, -1/+16If you haven't noticed, it's nearly 2008 already. Year 2038 comes in... 30 years. That's not 4 decades.
- sarixe, on 12/23/2007, -1/+15Don't forget, robots will be the ones to work out the y2k38 bug, and not share the answer with you inferior "human beings". And man, that captcha is insulting. I'm not human, but i can still type that text. Better rephrase.
- eleven, on 12/23/2007, -0/+14"For all intensive purposes" should be "For all intents and purposes" I made that same mistake for years.
One of many sites that mention it: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=For ... - EdgarVerona, on 12/23/2007, -0/+13April 24th, 2048. You heard it here first.
When you walk outside that day, and look at the ruin humanity became while you were sleeping, you can say "Damn, EdgarVerona told me so." in the few microseconds before you're incinerated.
/creepy conspiracy theory - fcukthisgame, on 12/23/2007, -7/+2030 years, 7 days, 22 hours, and 32 minutes until Ubuntu sees its demise (YES!)
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