Sony's PS3 has a Y2K Meltdown 10 years late

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Samuel.Posten () L-3Com com
> Date: March 2, 2010 10:24:10 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Sony's PS3 has a Y2K Meltdown 10 years late

> Professor Farber, for consideration for IP:
>
> http://gizmodo.com/5483467/error-8001050f-why-the-10+year-delayed-millennium-bug-brought-your-ps3-to-its-knees
>
> Shortly after the Y2K rollover I remember many non technical people  
> pooh-poohing all the work that went into remediation and claiming it  
> was all just a big hoax.  This PS3 issue shows just how much worse  
> things could have been if all that effort had not happened, and that  
> 'nothing happened' because of all that work, not that nothing would  
> have happened anyway...
>
> Sam



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