Act Now To Avoid Doom When The Year 2000 Comes
Computer consultants warn that the cost of adjusting programs will skyrocket if researchers wait until after their systems crash Jan. 1, 2000, is coming. While self-proclaimed prophets are out pounding pulpits to warn against impending cosmic doom, computer programmers, engineers, and information specialists are wringing their hands over a far more mundane issue-how computers will handle the switch from the year 1999 to the year 2000. Many fear that some instruments and applications won't hand
Jan 4, 1998
Computer consultants warn that the cost of adjusting programs will skyrocket if researchers wait until after their systems crash |
Sounds pretty harmless, doesn't it? But picture yourself on Monday morning, Jan. 3, 2000, the first work day of the new year. You sit yourself down in front of your DNA sequencer-coffee in hand-to...
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