In 1999, a COBOL programmer, tasked with updating bank software for the year Y2K switch, became overwhelmed.
"Look at all of this code!" he exclaimed. "I'll never be able to fix it all in time!"
Horrified by the media depictions of apocalypse brought by financial meltdown and software-launched nuclear warheads, all because of the Y2K bug, he became very anxious.
So, he went to the cryogenic freezing facility and told them, "Wake me up when Y2K is over."
He laid in the cryotube and gently fell asleep as the cold began to overtake him.
The next thing he knew, he was laying on a bed in a warm room, bright lights and white walls giving the room a certain sterility. A doctor in a lab coat was standing over him holding a clipboard.
"Oh, thank heavens!" said the programmer. "We've made it out alive!"
"Yes," said the doctor. "The year is 2999, and it says in your chart you know COBOL?"
"Look at all of this code!" he exclaimed. "I'll never be able to fix it all in time!"
Horrified by the media depictions of apocalypse brought by financial meltdown and software-launched nuclear warheads, all because of the Y2K bug, he became very anxious.
So, he went to the cryogenic freezing facility and told them, "Wake me up when Y2K is over."
He laid in the cryotube and gently fell asleep as the cold began to overtake him.
The next thing he knew, he was laying on a bed in a warm room, bright lights and white walls giving the room a certain sterility. A doctor in a lab coat was standing over him holding a clipboard.
"Oh, thank heavens!" said the programmer. "We've made it out alive!"
"Yes," said the doctor. "The year is 2999, and it says in your chart you know COBOL?"