I was one of the folks on the ground getting things fixed. I had 600 car dealerships stretching from Texas to Guam and 60 pieces of software to get updated.
Bonus - Because of the '00 model year cars coming out before the calendar year change, it all had to be done early.
I explained the problem like this:
Imagine if the US decided to come out with a new quarter, and it’s super cool, but it will not work in any coin slot currently in use.
If you have the know how, and the proper tools, changing the coin slots at your business or apartment building is not that big a deal.
Changing ALL the coin slots on your block, in your city, or in your country? Suddenly a much, much bigger deal.
Even with all the work we put in, there were still problems. A DMV in the NE started issuing vehicle registrations for '00 “Horseless Carriages”. There was a cab company in Thailand whose meters rolled over to Midnight and suddenly thought it was noon.
But most likely you never heard of any real problems because we all worked our asses off.
Dont discount the utility of the occasional “your just fucked now, lol.”
Ive never seen dollars unlock faster than when execs are reminded that their entire hedonistic lifestyle is standing on the malnourished, dislocated legs of the poorly funded IT dept.
I was one of the folks on the ground getting things fixed. I had 600 car dealerships stretching from Texas to Guam and 60 pieces of software to get updated.
Bonus - Because of the '00 model year cars coming out before the calendar year change, it all had to be done early.
I explained the problem like this:
Imagine if the US decided to come out with a new quarter, and it’s super cool, but it will not work in any coin slot currently in use.
If you have the know how, and the proper tools, changing the coin slots at your business or apartment building is not that big a deal.
Changing ALL the coin slots on your block, in your city, or in your country? Suddenly a much, much bigger deal.
Even with all the work we put in, there were still problems. A DMV in the NE started issuing vehicle registrations for '00 “Horseless Carriages”. There was a cab company in Thailand whose meters rolled over to Midnight and suddenly thought it was noon.
But most likely you never heard of any real problems because we all worked our asses off.
Exactly, it’s the forever IT quandrum in business.
“Nothing ever breaks. Why do we even pay for IT?”
“EVERYTHING IS BROKEN!!! Why do we even pay for IT?”
That’s why you gotta find a sweet spot of letting things break juuuuuuust enough.
Dont discount the utility of the occasional “your just fucked now, lol.”
Ive never seen dollars unlock faster than when execs are reminded that their entire hedonistic lifestyle is standing on the malnourished, dislocated legs of the poorly funded IT dept.
If the coin slots don’t work just use Tap to Pay smh
1999, tap to pay wasn’t a thing. :)
Fist bump! I did my part.
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It’s going to happen again when we hit the Unix epoch limit in 2038:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
Brace yourself, Winter is coming.
NOT AGAIN.
Hahaha you should see the German train network provider react to the change of seasons. It always catches them off-guard.
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