Episode 476: The Final Countdown Part 1 of Winters Series 2025 "Et Tu Y2K?"

Show Notes Episode 476: The Final Countdown Part of 1 of Et Tu Y2K? This week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to explain his behavior to some very unreceptive NYPD officers by claiming he experienced a “software glitch”. (It didn’t work and he spent New Year's Day in the Tombs. Again.) On the show this week we kick off the Winter Series 2025 “Et Tu Y2K?” by explaining what the Y2K Bug was and what would happen if it wasn’t fixed.(Everyone would fall apart, kind of like what is going to happen this year!) Along the way we discover that Dave being sad because he has no friends isn’t something that just happened recently. (He is a sad, lonely old man!) Then we dive into a brief history of computers and computer languages, a topic Dave knows nothing about and is not willing to learn. We discover how the world went from using thin slips of cardboard with holes punched in it to magnetic disks in a very short time. (Alien technology.) Then we see how very early on people were worried about the Y2K Problem and how they ignored it until the last possible minute.  (Sounds familiar?) Finally we give long overdue credit to the nerds who saved us all. Our Returning Sponsor is Arnold’s Apocalypse Palace, when the end is near, Arnold’s has you covered! We open the show with Dick Clark counting down the Millennium and close with banjos on the way to Venus.  Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common Sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ The Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/ Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrq Our Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon  https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/ctLaJ74njrg?si=_jrz-0QRwkVBpfLy Buy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shop Citations Needed: Wikipedia Computer Programming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming Here We Go. The Chaos Is Starting’: An Oral History of Y2K https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a30338692/y2k-panic/ How a batch of tinned meat fostered fears of the millennium bug https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/31/how-a-batch-of-tinned-meat-fostered-fears-of-the-millennium-bug The Economics of Y2K and the Impact on the United States https://www.commerce.gov/sites/default/files/migrated/reports/y2k_1.pdf 12.31.99 The Y2K Nightmare https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1999/1/123199-the-y2k-nightmare 20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously https://time.com/5752129/y2k-bug-history/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices