On Saturday 17 September 2005 19:42, Mike Grello wrote:
So, my microwave or VCR will somehow notice the change? The *embedded* (remember embedded) processors in my cities traffic control system, etc. will automatically notice the difference? That is why it is like Y2K; computers aren't the only things that use "computers". Some of those "computers", embedded and hardwired, use Linux. The cost to replace those chips were pretty significant in 2000, now just 7 years later we have to do it again, and *for no reason*.
Why? What on earth does your city have in its "traffic control system" that isn't remote controlled? I can't imagine anything useful in a traffic environment that would be totally self sufficient and at the same time reliant on having the correct time Note that by far the most that was said about Y2K was totally exaggerated. Most systems just continued working just fine and didn't have to be replaced