Comments on: Zunes Bite Dust Everywhere: No Explanation Yet https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528975 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:32:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528975 There was also a leap second this year. I heard that crashed a couple of nuclear powered satellites.

They must have been running windows

]]> By: Monimonika https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528974 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:19:27 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528974 I chose to get a 120GB Ipod for my birthday rather than a Zune solely because I had a free program (which I had downloaded earlier for another reason) on my computer that is able to convert almost any kind of video into an Ipod compatible video. Now I’m glad for my decision. 🙂

]]> By: yogi-one https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528973 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:45:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528973 Zune was marketed originally in 2007, and was nicknamed “the iPod Killer”.

Yeah, I know – we all got a good laugh out of that…

]]> By: Andrew https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528972 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:16:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528972 There was also a leap second this year. I heard that crashed a couple of nuclear powered satellites.

]]> By: 6EQUJ5 https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528971 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:54:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528971 2008 was a leap year, so December 31 was ordinal day of year 366, making that the likely trigger for the freeze.

The freeze came before the leap-second insertion, so that would not be the problem. (BTW, December 31st ended in the sequence 23:59:58, 23:59:59, 23:59:60, and 00:00:00 launched 2009.)

Ask any programmer what the average length of a year is. The only correct answer is 365.2425 days. Any other answer and they don’t know how to correctly handle leap years.

]]> By: _Arthur https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528970 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 12:33:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528970 Pretty tricky code, leap year handling code.

]]> By: Kevin https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528969 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:55:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528969 Lets not forget Windows for Nuclear subs

“December 25, 2008: The British Royal Navy has developed a modified version of the Microsoft Windows XP operating system for its warships. The first version, “Windows for Submarines,” is being installed on the fleets nuclear submarines. Versions of this operating system is being adapted for surface ships as well.”
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20081225.aspx

]]> By: Tristram Brelstaff https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528968 Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:35:46 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/01/01/zunes-bite-dust-everywhere-no/#comment-528968 It’s a leap year problem as explained here.

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