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Re:Bumper-Sticker Computer Science (1985) [pdf] by shill on Sunday November 30, 2014 @02:34PM (#8677783)
"Allocate four digits for the year part of a date: a new millennium is coming."

Nobody starts projects using two digit years anymore, right? And most of the existing software that did was patched and or replaced for Y2K.

Also the part about a new millennium coming is temporarily not applicable.

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Re:Bumper-Sticker Computer Science (1985) [pdf] by fizbin on Sunday November 30, 2014 @03:53PM (#8678033)
Heh. That's my dad's quote - I remember seeing that page tacked to his office cubicle wall back in the 90s when Unisys still employed programmers who had office cubicles.
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Re:Bumper-Sticker Computer Science (1985) [pdf] by nitrogen on Sunday November 30, 2014 @11:47PM (#8679545)
I'm amazed that shortly after Y2K most everyone switched their paper forms and handwritten dates back to two-digit years. Humanity never learns.
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