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Technology Stocks : 2000 Date-Change Problem: Scam, Hype, Hoax, Fraud
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To: Steve Woas who wrote (903)11/13/1998 9:42:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid  Read Replies (1) of 1361
 
Taken from the below link, you should read the article in the link, it has hypertext words, it will make more sense than just reading this.


VARIOUS PSEUDO-EXPERTS recommend setting your computer's clock to a different date if you simply can't afford to leave the computer alone today. I just want to know if these same people plan to stockpile canned soup & Clorox bleach for the coming Y2K armageddon.

Fearmongers claim you can't temporarily reset clocks to avoid Y2K: too many programs need to know the correct date. But why can you temporarily reset clocks to avoid virus payloads? Computers in the banking, accounting, and finance industries can't skip over a day when it comes to accuracy.

Or can they? Mainframes need to know the correct date -- but PCs tend to serve generic administrative functions, e.g. word processing & email. In case you didn't know it, PCs seldom came with an onboard clock ten years ago. The next time someone claims you can't temporarily reset computer clocks to avoid Y2K armageddon, say "yet we can temporarily reset them whenever a virus armageddon approaches. Did I miss something obvious here?"

(Please note: I wrote COBOL from 1982-89 but I don't consider myself an expert on Y2K. This GUY holds a Ph.D. in the field of history and says "I'm betting my life on" the end of western civilization. He may know the answer to the above question.)


Link is here: (Who is the GUY he is talking about? Click the link)

26 July 98 VARIOUS PSEUDO-EXPERTS Article
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