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by bradgessler 978 days ago
Y2K supports the point that something should be done. The reason nothing terrible happened is because lots investment was made in remediating the issue.
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I doubt anything in the electrical grid or that mattered actually cared about the two digit year being 00. Best case scenario some bills were going to be messed up / reissued.

SCADA controlled water pumps never cared what the date was, maybe it ran on the cycle for the wrong day and the backup kicked in, big whoop.

Right, because you were there evaluating the risks? I don’t know either way, but you seem to be speculating.