last posts in asap is from 1969?!?

Discussion in 'The Bucket' started by Swisswiss, Mar 7, 2013.

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  1. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    how is that even possible? wasnt the internet, let alone forums invented late 80s early 90s?
     
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  3. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    Swiss you have just been placed on the conspiracy watch list. lol
     
  4. FatBastad

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  5. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    i knew something "fishy"was going on here ....where is that paper bag to put over my head now.....
     
  6. Matt Rogers

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    I think I have one braincell left regarding this issue. If memory serves, it had to do with a migration to new forum software many years ago. The posts migrated successfully but some of the dates got skewed.
     
  7. jscottb

    jscottb Astrea Snail

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    Geek Explanation Alert!

    This is a problem with the clock or the application. In Unix/Linux, which this system is no doubt hosted on, time is calculated as "how many seconds have elapsed since the epoch". The epoch is defined as the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of someone or something. In Unix/Linux the epoch is Jan 1, 1970.

    If a call to the system timer returns an error code (usually -1), this number is added to the epoch as a time calculation. In this case it would return 1 second before midnight, Dec 31, 1969.

    Sorry... Too nerdy. Go with "Its a bug"
     
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  9. skyvern2130

    skyvern2130 Stylophora

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    i say its the tang police testing their new time machine out soon we will be calling the the tang time police hehehe.... cheesy ik lol

    and swiss they know where you are you will need more than a paper bag lol
     
  10. jbraslins

    jbraslins Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Y2k, it finally hit!
     
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