#27: The Y2K Problem | Best Buy an Upgrade

What's up WikiManiacs? It me, yuh boy John for my first episode of 2022. I couldn't think of a better way to kick off the new year by discussing what many had to deal with 22 years back. Forget New Year's Resolutions, people we're genuinely scared of what the Y2K Problem was going to do to everyone's lives.

Join in and hop on the fun as we introduce what the Y2K Problem was, some of the problems it presented, as well as some stories found on Reddit. Better reboot your systems, this is an update you want to hear.

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RESOURCES

1. Chepkemoi, J. (2017, August 1). What Was the Y2K Scare? WorldAtlas. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-was-the-y2k-scare.html
2. Langford, S. (2019, February 5). Break The Internet: Remembering That Time Y2K Threatened To Kill Us All. Junkee. https://junkee.com/y2k-bug-1999-hoax/192228
3. National Geographic Society. (2012, October 9). Y2K bug. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/
4. Rosenburg, J. (2019, December 9). A Computer Glitch That Scared the World. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/the-y2k-bug-1779442
5. Serafino, J. (2019, December 27). 7 Problems Y2K Actually Caused. Mental Floss. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/610706/problems-caused-by-y2k
6. Stokel-Walker, C. (2020, January 7). A lazy fix 20 years ago means the Y2K bug is taking down computers now. New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/
7. Wikipedia contributors. (2022, January 23). Year 2000 problem. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2000_problem
8. Y2K Scare | Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.). Encyclopedia.Com. https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/culture-magazines/y2k-scare

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