Y2K38 - protecting my groin.

Remember my study about "If I can hit a good drive it's worth yada yada strokes per round?"  Well forget that!
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Everybody get a good night of sleep last night? We woke up, looked out the window and I saw a small lake next to the 16th Tee on Kestrel Ridge. So I go out to look at the rain gauge and WOW - we had 3.56 inches of rain last night! No wonder all the creeks are FREAKING full. We almost had another Grinders Island.
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What's wrong with this photo.

I'm thinking it's the Y2K38 bug starting already!  YEA - we're in deep doo doo and for some computer systems it could start as soon as 2018.   Remember Y2K?  How the world was going to end with planes falling out of the sky, satellites crashing and elevators actually eating people?  And when it didn't people were all upset and said it was all a big bowl of nonsense?

Well - NO - it was real and all those nerdy computer geeks you kicked around and made fun of in High School saved your ass's.  I think it was one of those huge high five moments in technology that went unnoticed!

Well - now we have Y2K38 and there ain't nothing we can do about it.  Every computer has a clock in it known as the system time and it's a signed, 32-bit integer. In order for the computer to figure out the time it counts the seconds from 00:00:00 UTC,  January 1st 1970. 

It looks like this in the computer.  01111111 11111011 10010010 10100110   The problem is that on Tuesday January 19th 2038, we run out of room.  All of a sudden the system time will read 1901 and not 2038.   Well, you say, we have 28 years to figure this out. BUT - if you have a computer system that looks at future dates 20 years in advance  . . . . oops!!!   The first crash came in 2006 when AOL had their servers crash.

Y2K38 threat is more likely to result in aircraft falling from the sky, glitches in life-support systems, and nuclear power plant meltdown than the Y2K threat, which was more likely to disrupt inventory control, credit card payments, pension plans etc. The reason for this is that the Y2K38 problem involves the basic system timekeeping from which most other time and date information is derived, while the Y2K problem mostly involves application programs.

OH - for Mac users?  You are OK up to 29,940 so you have a few extra years to fix the problem.  This is a Unix problem.
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As for golf - balderdash asked me before the round what my big swing thought was for tonight and I said my thought was not to have my club break in my hands when teeing off which would cause me to stab my groin and kill myself and to prevent this I would move my hips towards the target in case this DID happen and I would only stab my hip instead of my groin.

This was a rather long swing thought when I thought about it.  But it worked.  I was driving the ball beautifully.  The problem was I was on such a high on my drives that I stopped thinking about protecting my groin on the other shots which . . as it seems they were pretty random.

Thinking back my groin was in peril 27 times last night!  (18 putts and two par threes). I had a 50.   

damn it.
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From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,

Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
 

From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.


 

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,

Thank you for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.

Regards, David.

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear David,

You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
 

From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Yes please.

Regards, David.
 

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

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From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Whose spider is that?

Dear Jane,

Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it.

Regards, David.
 

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,

Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of $233.95.
Please make this payment as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
 

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Automated Out of Office Response

Thank you for contacting me.
I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.

Regards, David.
 

From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David,

As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles
 

From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

I understand and will definitely make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it.

Regards, David.
 

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

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I just love these emails  LOL  
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