Japan weather bureau has early Leap Day glitchgreenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
Japan's Meteorological Agency told
Reuters that a number of its
computers failed to properly print the
date on a set of weather forecasts
issued early Monday morning.Reuters Science and Technology
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), February 28, 2000
uh-oh.
-- Imso (lame@prepped.com), February 28, 2000.
And here also.
AP Technology
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), February 28, 2000.
So, did the glitch cause them to predict the weather correctly?
-- liu (lookitup@dictionary.com), February 28, 2000.
No, they still are at 50% :-'
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), February 28, 2000.
Big deal. Put it in the same category as the State of New Hampshire printing vehical registrations with the words "horseless carriage." No threat to infrastructure here.
-- JoseMiami (caris@prodigy.net), February 28, 2000.
Thanks for the post spider. Appreciate all glitches being reported. =)
-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 28, 2000.
Agreed, but it's the first L4C glitch reported
that I know of.
-- spider (spider0@usa.net), February 28, 2000.
Thanks, Spider. Appreciate your posts.ImSo, noticed your absence. Couldn't stay away from here, huh?
-- Lurkess (Lurkess@Lurking.XNet), February 28, 2000.