# I had a Y2K glitch! Anyone else?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 1, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593 "2000-01-01T05:31:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/1 "2000-01-01T05:31:00Z")
At the stroke of midnight the desktop computer started this high pitched screech from inside the case, and didn’t stop til we rebooted.
Plus, there was rioting in the streets, looting, and mass destruction.
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### Author:  [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/2 "2000-01-01T06:07:00Z")
Not yet…
Of course I am well armed. So I am not too worried.
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### Author:  [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/3 "2000-01-01T06:09:00Z")
Nothing, not a sausage. I just finished my building checklist, and all systems are A-OK. Kind of a letdown, actually. I’ve been working on my company’s Y2K task force for almost a year, so I had a lot of time invested in this.
Oh, well, back to the grind Monday morning.
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### Author:  [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/4 "2000-01-01T06:09:00Z")
Everything’s fine computer-wise . . . my neighbors STILL haven’t stopped firing.
your humble TubaDiva
Okay, it’s a new year, knock it off already!
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### Author:  [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/5 "2000-01-01T06:16:00Z")
So far, so good here - and the SDMB is still working! Yay!!
And so is my computer! Yay again!!
Hmm, my power is still on, the house is still standing, and I haven’t heard any sirens or anything.
Heck, everybody here is in the bed asleep ☹
Unless - omigod - they’ve been ‘raptured’! Maybe its just me and the cats left!
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Carpe diem - Seize the day
Carpe noctem - Seize the night
Carpe cerevisi - Seize the beer
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### Author:  [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/6 "2000-01-01T06:27:00Z")
I was surprised to see that my 8 year old video camera, a Sony, had the date 2000.
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### Author:  [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/7 "2000-01-01T06:49:00Z")
All quiet here in Texas, no problems with power or phone service or water at chez Chef.
Now what am I going to do with all this Spam?
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Live a Lush Life
Da Chef
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### Author:  [@SoulFrost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoulFrost)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/8 "2000-01-01T06:56:00Z")
My machine decided to reboot with the date “January 1, 1980”, but a few seconds of fiddling with it fixed that.
No other problems; all seems well in this lil corner of Texas.
What a letdown…I was REALLY hoping to get a chance to show off my ForTran77 skills!
-David
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### Author:  [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/9 "2000-01-01T07:01:00Z")
Strange…
My 2 MB, 6 KHZ, squirrel-powered, amish-made computer seems to be working better…
For now…
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### Author:  [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/10 "2000-01-01T07:22:00Z")
Well, the fireworks from downtown freaked out the animals but other than that, all is well. My heat is blasting, the computer is running, the TV is blaring out the frivolity from downtown and I’m here. Um. So. The only glitch I had was I didn’t get to kiss my SO at midnight ☹ but we both know the REAL deal is next year!
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Best!
Byz
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### Author:  [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/11 "2000-01-01T07:45:00Z")
When we left the party at my uncle’s house, the radio in the van was a bit staticky. Oh well.
My husband enjoys laughing at Art Bell from time to time, and he was wondering what Art would be saying tonight. I’m guessing something along the lines of “Hey folks, there really was a Y2K meltdown! Really! But the government covered it up!”
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### Author:  [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/12 "2000-01-01T07:49:00Z")
My PC gave me the same date as SoulFrost-Jan 1st, 1980. But I changed the date no problem, so I’m sitting here buzzed and wishing I still had someone within tonguing distance.
Kissing is yummy.
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He weathered a firestorm of agony and did not break.
And while Yori raged against his unbending
courage, we took Kyuden Hiruma back.
His loss is great, but so is the gift his suffering brought.
-_Yakamo’s Funeral_
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### Author:  [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/13 "2000-01-01T08:11:00Z")
Well, I just returned from my stint at the Y2K Disaster Command Center. Let’s just say as disasters go, it was about as exciting as watching paint dry.
Computers fine; water fine; electricity fine; idiots with fireworks didn’t blow off any vital appendages (no ambulance sirens)and the biggest excitement was driving home. The only reason that was exciting was the cops are out in force and everyone is driving _soooooo_ carefully and defensively it looked like an outtake from a driver’s ed movie.
To all those who stocked up on bottled water, dried survivalist food, porta potties and plenty of weapons and ammo to stave off the desperate hordes: _neener, neener, neener_…
Veb
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### Author:  [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/14 "2000-01-01T08:17:00Z")
Well, Y2K has made it to L.A., and everything seems to be just dandy. In my neighborhood, the bozos with the fireworks seem to have run down after just a few minutes, though they did go on long enough to completely freak the kitty (she freaks easy).
Again, happy new year to all of y’all, especially anyone west of here who’s still waiting.
Catrandom, who should turn off the TV and go to bed
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### Author:  [@Krispy\_Original](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krispy_Original)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/15 "2000-01-01T08:35:00Z")
I ordered a pizza with pepperoni and and instead they delivered a sausage pizza…obvious Y2K glitch…
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### Author:  [@Suzeanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzeanne)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/16 "2000-01-01T09:04:00Z")
I haven’t heard the actual cause yet, but in the middle of the Fort Worth celebration, the air raid sirens started going off. Scared the hell out of a few hundred drunken partyers.
Anyone have news on this? They didn’t know at the time of the broadcast I saw if it was a glitch, or if some moron had set them off deliberately.
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### Author:  [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/17 "2000-01-01T09:39:00Z")
A lot of places set of their emergency sirens as part of the festivities. I wouldn’t worry about it.
I’m on Y2K monitor tonight and we’ve had a few minor glitches. We had a monitoring system that decided since it was past 12/31/99 that it didn’t need to run anymore and we had a program that generates the list of dates our analysis system uses suddenly decide that today was 01/01/2002 (don’t know where that one came from). Checking the status board I see that we have a few reporting problems and one or two cases of not being able to access data, but overall we are in full operation.
I just want this system to finish running so I can go home and get some sleep.
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“Drink your coffee! Remember, there are people sleeping in China.”
Dennis Matheson — [dennis@mountaindiver.com](mailto:dennis@mountaindiver.com)
Hike, Dive, Ski, Climb — [www.mountaindiver.com](http://www.mountaindiver.com)
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/18 "2000-01-01T10:47:00Z")
News Flash!! This just in from the wire services.
The biggest non-story of the millennium has just been selected. Evidence has been uncovered showing the Y2K hype has been just that, hype.
Boy, do I feel cheated. I want my money back. Yawn.
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Easy one-step assembly instructions.
Pour **Beer A** in **Uncle B**.
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### Author:  [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/19 "2000-01-01T12:00:00Z")
Nope.
Windows 95 is still running. (damn, no good reason to buy a new computer)
The cows didn’t go on strike (damn, still gotta milk 'em)
The light on my microwave isn’t even blinking.
Now I get to laugh at my right-wing uncle who has close to a hundred gallons of gas in plastic containers in his backyard.
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### Author:  [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2000, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-had-a-y2k-glitch-anyone-else/12593/20 "2000-01-01T13:52:00Z")
The only glitch here is a sore back because I didn’t invest in an air mattress. I had to camp out in my cubicle as part of the corporate Y2K team and it was like TVeblen said, boring as spit.
The company provided massive quantities of food but if I hadn’t brought in my DVD player and a few flicks it would have been torture. At least I got to watch _The Matrix_. Once I ignored the bad science I really enjoyed it.
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They don’t call me the colonel because I’m some dumb ass army guy.
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