[26311] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Silly season
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wayne Bouchard)
Thu Dec 23 01:49:10 1999
From: Wayne Bouchard <web@typo.org>
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.4.10.9912222147330.24177-100000@virgin.relcom.eu.net> from "Alex P. Rudnev" at "Dec 22, 1999 09:58:15 pm"
To: alex@virgin.relcom.eu.net (Alex P. Rudnev)
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:47:23 -0700 (MST)
Cc: sean@donelan.com (Sean Donelan), nanog@merit.edu
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> PS. Btw, do you remember the date of 2035 year when UNIX systems can face the
> REAL time problem? -:)
Well, of course, THAT one will be relatively easy to fix provided
someone perks up now.. Just declare the thing to be a 64 bit integer
and put off the problem for another couplea hundred years.
I doubt most computers will have a 35 year MTBF today. The only issue
is databases that have a half life of something like 60 years.
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Wayne Bouchard [Immagine Your ]
web@typo.org [Company Name Here]
Network Engineer
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