On Jan 1, 2000, millions of computers
will interpret the date "00" as
1900 instead of 2000, and conclude that
we've headed back to the good old days
instead of forward into the 21st century.
That means you might not be able to
print invoices or finish a CAD drawing,
and you might discover that your current
remodeling job is scheduled to complete
in 1901.
Even if you can get some applications
to run, your data may not be
usable. For instance, you might not be
able to save a file because the computer
will compare 00 to 99 and decide that
it's an "older" version that will overwrite
the current version. Or you may
find that