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Cuddles McKitten
October 12th, 2010, 06:54 PM
100.04, etc.? That seems a little clunky and silly. We've only got a little more than 89 years to resolve this issue and find a solution!

arpanaut
October 12th, 2010, 07:42 PM
We've only got a little more than 89 years to resolve this issue and find a solution!Unfortunately that is far beyond my scope of concern... I'll be long gone.

What I wonder is where do we go after we exhaust...
Zhuttleworth's Zoo :biggrin:

Spice Weasel
October 12th, 2010, 08:01 PM
Easy. Just call it 21 for the April release and 21.5 for the October release.

Half-Left
October 12th, 2010, 08:09 PM
Well, we need to get past 2012/2013 first, assuming you believe the stories behind it all. :p

fatality_uk
October 12th, 2010, 08:17 PM
I will be long dead and buried by then, so I don't care :)

Cuddles McKitten
October 12th, 2010, 08:17 PM
Well, we need to get past 2012/2013 first, assuming you believe the stories behind it all. :p

I'm more worried about 2038 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_date_bug).

lykwydchykyn
October 12th, 2010, 08:17 PM
By that time we will all have forgotten Ubuntu; computers will be running a hybrid of HURD and HaikuOS.

Joeb454
October 12th, 2010, 08:19 PM
I'm more worried about 2038 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_date_bug).

I thought that issue was resolved with 64 bit systems.

Oxwivi
October 12th, 2010, 08:42 PM
Why bother thinking that far ahead?

Dustin2128
October 12th, 2010, 10:23 PM
I thought that issue was resolved with 64 bit systems.
it was...
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/2038.png

Old_Grey_Wolf
October 12th, 2010, 11:58 PM
double post

Old_Grey_Wolf
October 13th, 2010, 12:05 AM
100.04, etc.? That seems a little clunky and silly. We've only got a little more than 89 years to resolve this issue and find a solution!

<Sarcasm>
Quiet!!!
Don't get people thinking about that now.
I made a lot of money from the Y2K scare.

Oh, I will probably be retired and in an old age home by the time of the Y2K38 scare (2038 ). I'll be 89 years old.
</Sarcasm>

TheLions
October 13th, 2010, 12:17 AM
100.04, etc.? That seems a little clunky and silly. We've only got a little more than 89 years to resolve this issue and find a solution!

in that time you wont need a pc only a spear...

(I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein)

MasterNetra
October 13th, 2010, 12:37 AM
There are still plenty of animals. The Naming could just reset to A again.

cguy
October 13th, 2010, 12:51 AM
Again?
There was no release beginning with A.

Half-Left
October 13th, 2010, 01:15 AM
I'm more worried about 2038 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_date_bug).

The Apophis asteroid will trump that in 2036. :p

_outlawed_
October 13th, 2010, 01:15 AM
Highly doubt that Linux will be around in the year 2100, the same thing with Windows and Mac.

Because if you look at it logically, the human race won't be around for very much longer either with the way the Earth is going down the drain rapidly.

Dustin2128
October 13th, 2010, 01:23 AM
in that time you wont need a pc only a spear...

(I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein)
unless world war III is fought with words...

jrusso2
October 13th, 2010, 01:29 AM
If Linux is still needed in ninety years we have lost the war. The computer should be nothing like it is now that far in the future.

Lucradia
October 13th, 2010, 02:22 AM
The Apophis asteroid will trump that in 2036. :p

Source for those who don't know about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

And Dec. 21st 2012 was debunked by the Swedes, it's now set to end in 2220.

_outlawed_
October 13th, 2010, 02:32 AM
Source for those who don't know about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942_Apophis

And Dec. 21st 2012 was debunked by the Swedes, it's now set to end in 2220.

You should know better than to link Wikipedia, which can be edited by anyone.

MisterGaribaldi
October 13th, 2010, 02:47 AM
I'm far more concerned, frankly, with the Sunday, 4 December 292,277,026,596 A.D. issue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_date_bug#Solutions), which is when even 64 bit signed numbers will be inadequate.



And Dec. 21st 2012 was debunked by the Swedes, it's now set to end in 2220.

You mean when this happens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9u-MaNNDnU)? Well then... you know what I'm a-gonna say to the IRS in 2219? Heh heh heh...

Dustin2128
October 13th, 2010, 03:50 AM
I'm far more concerned, frankly, with the Sunday, 4 December 292,277,026,596 A.D. issue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_date_bug#Solutions), which is when even 64 bit signed numbers will be inadequate.




You mean when this happens (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9u-MaNNDnU)? Well then... you know what I'm a-gonna say to the IRS in 2219? Heh heh heh...
128-bit computing should last well into the degenerate era. By then though, I think we'd have a whole new set of problems on our hands...

wkhasintha
October 13th, 2010, 05:07 AM
haha You are the prudent one

julio_cortez
October 13th, 2010, 08:36 AM
Well, they could use a hybrid between the Roman numbering and the Arab numbering :P

I'd love to say Ubuntu C1.04, Ubuntu C1.10 and so on..