Comments on: Time for Unix nerds to celebrate 1234567890 Day

Any respectable Unix clock will tell you that Friday will mark 1,234,567,890 seconds past January 1, 1970. Why not celebrate?

by Mr. Dee February 14, 2009 2:35 PM PST

By 2038, UNIX will be nothing but something people use to use. Everybody will be running Windows 17.


by Sausagebiscuit February 14, 2009 9:07 PM PST: By 2028 no one will "own" a computer. Everything will be ran by the RIAA/MPAA, etcAA who will provide every user with a custom PC that ensures %100 legal use. Of course, legal use will be determined solely by the *AA's. You won't own the hardware, it will be licensed to you.

One of Obama's daughters will be president.; Like this


by atish505 February 15, 2009 4:51 AM PST: Windows 17 will be ******** than Vista by 17X and its market share reduced to 1.7.; Like this


by askj113 February 15, 2009 11:33 AM PST: Haha I better have a freaking jetpack by then. I'm disappointed with the future so far...

@sausagebiscuit: One of obama's daughters will be president? What is that supposed to mean?; Like this


by microg February 16, 2009 6:08 AM PST: Either that or will be celebrating that Windows has now experienced 1234567890 viruses!; Like this


by extirpator February 17, 2009 9:45 AM PST: considering Windows has been loosing ground over the past few years, and unix variants including linux and osx have been gaining ground I highly doubt that everyone will be using windows XX. Until Windows can offer a sever option that's actually secure, it doesn't cost as much as a car to use in small businesses, can operate at an efficient speed when dealing with millions of files, and doesn't require bloated hardware just to function I think unix and it's variants have a pretty secure spot in the world.; Like this


by extirpator February 17, 2009 9:57 AM PST: oh and windows also needs to learn how to function successfully with unix file structures like simlinks/ hardlinks allowing other servers to mount as directory's instead of drives. They did add some simlink functionality to vista; however, vista is like a bloated tick waiting to pop. I'm hoping windows 7 is half as good as the people singing it's praises claim; however, I'm hesitant to use it after the disasters that XP64 pro and Vista 64 turned out to be. And yes I said XP64. XP32 Pro is still my choice of windows os's stability wise; however, it's memory cap is starting to become a problem.; Like this


by rolfbilet February 16, 2009 3:16 AM PST: Did celebrate this event in Norway. Still got a banging head, but I do not complain at work now.
Did a real Viking celeb. with mjød (beer) and akke (strong spiritus).
Sheers folks

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