https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject Y2K caused mass hysteria during the late 90s. en-us 2016-10-19 16:14:02 UTC 2025-11-11 17:41:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131842919 Y2K was worldwide, and it was on January 1, 2000. John Koskinen was involved in fixing of a lot of the problems it caused.  It was first was reported that it was not hype. After more than a year of international alarm, feverish preparations, and programming corrections, few major failures occurred in the transition from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000.

]]> 2016-10-19 16:26:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131842919 18romeroangelo https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131843570 It came to an end on January 1, 2000. Computer programmers fixed computers so that most of them would not malfunction. Companies and the government paid programmers to fix their computers. Although some computers did malfunction, it did not have a large impact on the world.]]> 2016-10-19 16:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131843570 18romeroangelo https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131845824 Computer programmers found a bug. They thought all computers would malfunction when it turned 2000. They changed the program and fixed it by developing a new kind of software. Although some computers that were not fixed with the new programming did malfunction.]]> 2016-10-19 16:34:22 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131845824 https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131849399 The Federal Reserve pumped an extra 50 billion dollars in fixing the computers. It took a long time to get the money back.]]> 2016-10-19 16:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/131849399 https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/132139048 There was moral panic because no one knew what was going on, in the world. But if we had someone that could tell us or educated us on what was going on there would be no more panic.]]> 2016-10-20 16:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/132139048 18romeroangelo https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/132147506 The hysteria over Y2K started off small then got bigger as 2000 got closer. When the media found out, they started reporting on it. They made the public panic much more. People all over the world were worried about Y2K and companies spent a lot of money on the problems it created.]]> 2016-10-20 16:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/132147506 https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/133390992  Winter, Catherine.
"The Surprising Legacy of Y2K." American RadioWorks.  2005. Web. 15 October  2015.]]> 2016-10-26 16:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/18romeroangelo/myproject/wish/133390992