David wrote:
...snip....
> The problem they foresaw was such that ALL pc's will crash in
> a maximum of 73 days (I think that's what he said - I was
> laughing too much to remember exactly). Of course, he went on,
> everyone boots ones a month to prevent these problems ...
> well? dont they?
>
> (... runs of and checks... uptime 3 months since last power
> failure... golly gosh, I'm on borrowed time!)
>
> I have great respect for the science show and Robin Williams.
> Maybe someone should suggest he do a segment on open source,
> or linux.
>
> (PS, forgive me if I got the "facts" slightly wrong.. I was
> cooking dinner at the time I was listening)
This is from http://www.abc.net.au/science/event/default.htm, so they
did do something. Will look further to see if I can find transcripts.
SCIENCE SHOW (On Radio National)
Sat.11th at 12.10pm & Mon.13th March at 7.10pm
Who stole Copernicus? The original edition (one of them) of
Copernicus's great work on the solar system has been
stolen from Russian safekeeping. Is the mafia responsible?
Professor Owen Gingerich of Harvard tells the tale.
Also, whatever happened to the Y2K bugs - could one still be
lurking? Richard Aedy reports. And, why do pregnant
women risk malaria more than non-pregnant ones?
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