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Technology Stocks : 2000: Y2K Civilized Discussion
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To: Radiosport who wrote (447)8/29/1999 7:58:00 AM
From: Jim  Read Replies (1) of 662
 
Of course you're right about the difference between the GPS roll-over date of Aug 21-22 and the Y2K design flaw.

I had posted my belief that embedded chips could not have a Y2K problem if they are at the bottom of the ocean or encased in concrete because they must have some way to reset the date/year in case of a power failure.

B.K. made the interesting point that some of these embedded chips were reset with the year continuously from the GPS system. We were waiting to see if ANY embedded chip problems surfaced with the GPS roll-over. He was right with regard to the Japanese car navigation problems.

I still have a hard time understanding which chips / systems would care what year it is. I can understand decisions based on time, or days of the week - but why year?

Jim
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