[quote="NEStalgiaFox"]SOPA has nothing to do with Y2K.
SOPA is a real threat. It could get passed, and destroy the internet the way it is currently written.
Y2K was a misconception on how computers worked. A computer's clock is not going to make it screw up. I could tell my computer it was made in 1932, and it'd still work.
Looking back at it now, people should feel a bit silly about even believing the Y2K was even possible. I'm surprised more people didn't speak out about how false the rumors were. Computer technicians and nerds should have known this. It's not like 2000 was even that long ago. Computers had been around for decades by then.[/quote]
When did I ever say that SOPA was related to Y2K?
I think you need to read that post a little better. I wasn't talking about the actual bill. I was talking about the
hype. And don't think you understand how bad that was either. Take a look at that article I posted. That was eight months before the scheduled timing and people were already that worried. SOPA is a cake walk, again not talking about the actual bill.
Also about Y2K, the problem wasn't as simple as the computer's clock. Read this quote from the United States Deputy Secretary of Defense. "
The Y2K problem is the electronic equivalent of the El Niño and there will be nasty surprises around the globe." Keyword is "surprises". People didn't know what would happen.