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To: Jim Robinson; FReepers; All
WOW! This Guy (gal?) Has The Weirdest Posting History That I've seen in a long time. Check It Out. (click the link)

HOW in the world did anyone make this post: 2 posted on 12/31/1969 4:00:00 PM PST by XANGEL

30 posted on 08/12/2015 8:47:13 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

Went back in time and posted using a mainframe and punch cards?


31 posted on 08/12/2015 8:53:13 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Democrats and GOP-e: a difference of degree, not philosophy)
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To: Fiddlstix
HOW in the world did anyone make this post: 2 posted on 12/31/1969 4:00:00 PM PST by XANGEL

There was a brief period of time when the FR server clock went kablooie and set the year to 1969. All but the last post in that thread say 1969.

32 posted on 08/12/2015 8:54:37 PM PDT by 50mm (Trust nobody and you'll never be disappointed.)
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To: Fiddlstix

Long, long ago, in a software galaxy far, far away, a date field left null or undefined sometimes produced erroneous and or unpredictable results in that particular field in the database. I think most of that got worked out during the last era or two. Not saying the posts in this case are not weird.


38 posted on 08/12/2015 9:04:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Fiddlstix
The thread is dated 9/5/2001 12:19:58 AM EDT. But all the posts, except today's, have the Unix zero date, 4pm 12/31/1969 PST.

Must have been a database glitch.

53 posted on 08/13/2015 12:12:05 AM PDT by cynwoody
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