What will really happen in the Year 2000.
"99 Bottles of Beer" song gets stuck in an infinite loop
At the stroke of midnight on 12/31/1999, Windows 99* turns back into DOS
1.0; the Pentium* V turns back into an 8088, and the Handsome User is left
holding a beautiful glass mouse.
Internet Movie Database now lists "1901: A Space Odyssey".
Bob Dole's age erroneously listed with only two digits.
Sales of Coca-Cola jump drastically after original cocaine-laden formula
becomes legal again.
Software engineers point out that since computers think it's almost 1900, we
technically have to "party like it's 1899" (which, frankly, doesn't seem
like that much fun).
Microsoft declares the year 1900 to be the new standard of the "Gatesian"
Calendar.
Jesus shows up late for His Second Coming; blames it on COBOL programmers.
Using a computerized adoption service, Michael Jackson mistakenly takes home
some octogenarians.
Unexpected demand for COBOL programmers results in severe personnel shortage
at McDonald's restaurants.
"99 Bottles of Beer" song gets stuck in an infinite loop
At the stroke of midnight on 12/31/1999, Windows 99* turns back into DOS
1.0; the Pentium* V turns back into an 8088, and the Handsome User is left
holding a beautiful glass mouse.
Internet Movie Database now lists "1901: A Space Odyssey".
Bob Dole's age erroneously listed with only two digits.
Sales of Coca-Cola jump drastically after original cocaine-laden formula
becomes legal again.
Software engineers point out that since computers think it's almost 1900, we
technically have to "party like it's 1899" (which, frankly, doesn't seem
like that much fun).
Microsoft declares the year 1900 to be the new standard of the "Gatesian"
Calendar.
Jesus shows up late for His Second Coming; blames it on COBOL programmers.
Using a computerized adoption service, Michael Jackson mistakenly takes home
some octogenarians.
Unexpected demand for COBOL programmers results in severe personnel shortage
at McDonald's restaurants.
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