Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261476AbVENUFo (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 May 2005 16:05:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261483AbVENUFo (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 May 2005 16:05:44 -0400 Received: from rly-ip04.mx.aol.com ([64.12.138.8]:64398 "EHLO rly-ip04.mx.aol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261476AbVENUFi (ORCPT ); Sat, 14 May 2005 16:05:38 -0400 Message-ID: <42865F1F.8000204@yahoo.co.uk> Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 21:27:11 +0100 From: christos gentsis User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20040913) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Geier CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Y2K-like bug to hit Linux computers! - Info of the day References: <4285F337.7010301@arts.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4285F337.7010301@arts.usyd.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AOL-IP: 195.93.24.100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1206 Lines: 32 Matthew Geier wrote: > > Embeded computing is much bigger than that. I've got a 20 year old > embedded processor controlled microwave oven. (It still knows how to > cook better than I do :-). > why anyone that refer to an embedded device mean a microwave???? this is really annoying then you make a master in embedded systems :P:P mououahahahahaha > It isn't just a linux problem either, it's a generic Unix/C library > problem. Any software system that uses a signed 32bit number from 1970 > to represent time. I have a vague recolection that there was another > popular system around that also used signed 32bit time, only it's > epoch is 1980. Those systems will go belly up 10 years after all the > ancient Unix systems. :-) > which is that system??? if it is the well known system ;) there no problem with and the available time... to counters are capable to count more seconds that the life time of this OS :P mouahahahaha thanks christos - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/