When you get your head out of your ass you will realize that (a) some things worth doing cost money and take effort, and (b) you don't have all the answers.
there are other ways to increase the amount of usable numbers
I honestly am not trolling here, but waiting for your suggestions... I mean the Society of Automotive Engineers is brainstorming to figure this problem out, and here you are with all the answers. Please contact them, or RTFA and shut up.
What on earth is the big deal about changing some validation routines? In Y2K we did that on millions of systems and software, you didn't object to that did you?
When you get your head out of your ass you will realize that (a) some things worth doing cost money and take effort, and (b) you don't have all the answers.
there are other ways to increase the amount of usable numbers
I honestly am not trolling here, but waiting for your suggestions... I mean the Society of Automotive Engineers is brainstorming to figure this problem out, and here you are with all the answers. Please contact them, or RTFA and shut up.
the need to reprogram every system
What on earth is the big deal about changing some validation routines? In Y2K we did that on millions of systems and software, you didn't object to that did you?
This is a piece of cake compared to Y2K.
discount schemes for frequent users of a site
Interesting point, but slashdot is kinda already somewhat of that model isn't it?
Damn, the moderators (or