90: Y2K: The Millennium Bug

Happy New Year! To celebrate we talk about how the world almost ended at the turn of the millennium. Was it all a hoax or did we narrowly avoid a digital apocalypse?You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuys If you would like to support the podcast, please donate to our Patreon:http://patreon.com/SciGuys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Facebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodReferences and Further Reading  https://youtu.be/BGrKKrsIpQw https://youtu.be/MVI87HzfskQ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45083650 https://www.britannica.com/technology/Y2K-bug https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/Y2K-bug/ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/31/millennium-bug-face-fears-y2k-it-systems https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1999/03/07/big-glitch-at-nuclear-plant-shows-perils-of-y2k-tests/a148232f-5760-403c-bc14-b00382b6852d/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2229238-a-lazy-fix-20-years-ago-means-the-y2k-bug-is-taking-down-computers-now/ https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/590932.stm https://www.wired.com/2000/02/leap-day-tuesday-last-y2k-worry/ news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/582007.stm https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mz53r https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/sep/14/martinwainwright https://nypost.com/2019/04/10/nyc-wireless-network-down-due-to-y2k-like-software-bug/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0268401298000437 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30576670 https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/y2k.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/12/30/lessons-yk-years-later/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-the-main-problem/ https://computer.howstuffworks.com/y2k.htm https://www.britannica.com/topic/EBCDIC https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zjfgjxs/revision/3 Follow the Sci Guys@notcorry / @jampkin / @lukecutforth