11.04 32 bit or 64 bit for 64 bit AMD sempron

Nils Kassube kassube at gmx.net
Fri May 13 10:16:02 UTC 2011


Alan Pope wrote:
> On 13 May 2011 10:28, Nils Kassube <kassube at gmx.net> wrote:
> > Why 2038?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem
> 
> 32-bit Unix Epoch. 

Thanks, somehow I remembered a year 21xx for that integer overflow. But 
I don't think it will make 64 bit machines mandatory to fix a date 
problem. After all the Y2k problem didn't require new machines for a 
fix.

> End of the world etc.

Isn't the end of the world scheduled for December 2012?


Nils




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