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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ so youve just bought your first personal computer, youve brought it home from the store, youre unpacking it, and then comes the moment of truth. if youve just bought your first personal computer, this show is for you. >> computers were in 1990 a disconnected device. it was a brick, right? that sat in your house and let you do amazing things that youd never been able to do before, but it was essentially a productivity tool. >> now that we have all these very po...

Has ever encountered. >> the brains of most computers, the chips that do the thinking, have tiny built-in clocks. many register the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures, blackouts, and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financi...

Only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financial system. >> if we left things as they are right now, the military would effectively shut down. >> the pentagon will spend at least $4 billion ...

Assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financial system. >> if we left things as they are right now, the military would effectively shut down. >> the pentagon will spend at least $4 billion to defuse the millennium ...

Devastating events the nation has ever encountered. >> the brains of most computers, the chips that do the thinking have tiny built-in clocks. many registered the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home app...

>> the brains of most computers, the chips that do the thinking have tiny built-in clocks. many registered the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financial system. >> if we lef...

Computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financial system. >> if we left things as they are right now, the military would effectively shut down. >> the pentagon will spend at least $4 billion to defuse the millennium bomb and pentagon officials are confident theyll do it. but criti...

Many registered the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financial system. >> if we left things as they are right now, the military would effectively shut down. >> the pentagon w...

>> the brains of most computers, the chips that do the thinking have tiny built-in clocks. many registered the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go err, cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and breakdowns of everything from home appliances to the global financial system. >> if we lef...