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'Daylight Savings Bugs' Loom
An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet has front page coverage of the looming daylight savings changeover, and the bugs that may crop up this year. With the extension of daylight savings time by four weeks, some engineers and programmers are warning that unprepared companies will experience serious problems in March. While companies like Microsoft have already patched their software, Gartner is warning that bugs in the travel and banking sectors could have unforeseen consequences in the coming months. ' In addition, trading applications might execute purchases and sales at the wrong time, and cell phone-billing software could charge peak rates at off-peak hours. On top of that, the effect is expected to be felt around the world: Canada and Bermuda are conforming to the U.S.-mandated change, and time zone shifts have happened in other locales as well.'" Is this just more Y2K doomsaying, or do you think there's a serious problem here?
The biggest issue for my company is that many of our machines are 2000, so we had to create our own patch, since Microsoft is only patching 2000 for people who pay their extortion fees.
... err, I mean repairs for it.
I know exactly what you mean man! Why, just the other day, I took my 2000 Dodge Ram into the dealers because they changed the rules where I live regarding ground clearance, and the fuckers expected me to PAY for them to fix it!?! What's up with that crap? I mean, the truck is only 7 years old, they should TOTALLY still be doing updates
If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in 6th grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have taken a moments pause.