# Y2K - so? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 3, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774 "2000-01-03T14:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@Soup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/1 "2000-01-03T14:28:00Z")
Now that Y2K has turned out to be a non-event, what can we attribute that to? Was it due to preparation, or was Y2K always destined to be a dud? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/2 "2000-01-03T14:48:00Z")
Thanks to public awareness of Y2K, a lot of companies upgraded their computer systems, thus avoiding potential problems. I know I personally upgraded two systems in my office that would have had Y2K related problems. Yes, some of the problems were overstated (for example, utility failures). But it always pays to be prepared, so I think all the work was worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Yarster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7c8e57/32.png) [@Yarster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yarster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/3 "2000-01-03T16:18:00Z")
I don’t know…I think the perpetual hype of Y2K is for sure going to have some lawyer somewhere claiming fear tactics were used to sell services and someone somewhere is going to have a juicy lawsuit thrown at them for the ‘non-work’ that needed to be done for Y2K. Personally, I thought the preparation was a good idea at the time, and I certainly wasn’t surprised that there were no problems in the US. What surprises me (and makes me wonder if the whole thing was a hoax) is that all the poor countries of the world (i.e. pick a spot in South America) isn’t having Y2K problems either. I know people in Mexico using systems from the early 80s and these things have worked without a hitch. I think I’ll start a business selling a service to homeowners who are at risk from the 2001 phemomena of ‘drywall failure’ or other such phony problem. ---
**Author:** ![Keeves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f05b48/32.png) [@Keeves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeves)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/4 "2000-01-03T16:39:00Z")
There **have** been scattered problems. It was **not** a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/5 "2000-01-03T16:57:00Z")
Today is the big day. When people go back to work, stores open, the mail comes, people get paid. Today’s the test, not saturday. According to the guy who wrote about y2k at the beginning, [www.year2000.com](http://www.year2000.com) the real test comes today and the next few weeks. Hear he sold his website for $10M but its not confirmed. There was a guy who brought back a video & it was 100 years late. $90,000 for it! lol ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/6 "2000-01-03T17:06:00Z")
Another Y2K glitch is here on the [Star Trek Continuum, next Voyager episode synopsis.](http://www.startrekcontinuum.com/brf/quadrant.asp?ssector=VOYupcoming.asp) * * * Everybody got to elevate from the norm - Rush ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/7 "2000-01-03T19:36:00Z")
Handy, is that the site (site address) that is being auctioned off online for the price of $10 million ? Apparently that guy figures that it is now not a big deal and that the address can now be used for something more important. I guess making $10 million is kind of important. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/8 "2000-01-04T00:21:00Z")
fun, I don’t see why anyone would pay $10M for it either. Must be a catch to it. Today the shipping comp locally couldn’t ship because they didnt update their computer and it wouldn’t take Year 2000 dates … ---
**Author:** ![bizerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2000, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/9 "2000-01-04T02:27:00Z")
Y2K was just what I expected: a handful of annoyances. One program had the wrong day of the week (01-01-1900 was a Monday), another listed the date as “01/01/:0”, another listed blanks for the year, and finally one backup program backed up nothing when asked to back up all files that had changed since 12/28/99. All were easily fixed or upgraded. This certainly was not worth all the hype and I’m glad I did not make any substantive effort to pre-test every program here. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/y2k-so/5774/10 "2000-01-05T01:48:00Z")
500 smog test computers in California reported the year on the tests as 100.