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Sure, there were issues that hint at the global catastrophe that the Y2K bug might have been, but most, including The Register rolling over to "year Zero," were worth little more than a chuckle.

Volkswagen’s Beetle advertisement plays off the computer problem, “Y2K Bug. Drivers wanted.” “I think a lot of ado has been made about this and maybe a lot of ado about not too much,” said Gail ...

The dispatch system relied on human operators who took calls from customers and then recorded their pickup location in an ...

The main question about the Y2K bug: Is the problem a global economy-busting bug that could cripple air travel, electrical grids and phone service? Or an overhyped pseudo-crisis fed by consultants ...

Common fears of the “millennium bug” or “Y2K glitch” included airplanes falling from the sky, prison cells springing open, widespread power outages and bank balances disappearing overnight.

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Fifty years ago, we entered the new millennium, the Y2K era. The internet was a new thing and the iPhone wasn’t even born yet ...