All Hell May Break Loose On Twitter In 2 Hours

Re:All Hell May Break Loose On Twitter In 2 Hours by eru on Saturday June 13, 2009 @01:30PM (#656301)

Few embedded systems depend on the date, do they?

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Re:All Hell May Break Loose On Twitter In 2 Hours by larrywright on Tuesday June 16, 2009 @05:53PM (#660971)

I don't have first hand experience, but from what I understood, yes. Particularly in monitoring devices: "Shut this off if you haven't received a signal in x minutes". That sort of thing.

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Re:All Hell May Break Loose On Twitter In 2 Hours by eru on Wednesday June 17, 2009 @07:49AM (#661674)

Thanks.

Though I imagine that those watchdogs might have more problems with the year 2038.

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