http://www.switched.com/2008/03/14/2038-the-year-the-internet-will-end/
The Unix 2038 bug probably isn't news to some. But it reminds me of the
prevalent
attitude ten years ago, that COBOL programmers were negligent or "lazy"
for taking
shortcuts with dates. I'm guessing that in 1970 no one thought we'd be
using UNIX in
the next century.