Amaya Toman Unyaka wezi-2000 - noma kunalokho inguquko esuka ku-1999 kuya ku-2000 - yayibalulekile kubantu abaningi ngenxa yezizathu eziningi. Nakuba abanye bathembisa ushintsho olukhulu olungcono kulokhu kuguqulwa kwekhalenda, abanye babekholelwa ukuthi ukushintshela ekhalendeni elisha kwakuyoba imbangela yezinkinga ezinkulu. Kwakukhona ngisho nalabo ababebikezela ukuwa kancane kancane kwayo yonke impucuko. Isizathu salokhu kukhathazeka kwaba ushintsho lwefomethi yedatha kumakhompuyutha nakwamanye amathuluzi, futhi lonke udaba lwagcina lungena ekuqapheleni komphakathi njengento ye-Y2K.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukukhathazeka mayelana nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi inkinga ye-2000 kwakusekelwe, phakathi kwezinye izinto, eqinisweni lokuthi kwamanye amadivaysi amadala unyaka wawubhalwe ngamadijithi amabili kuphela ukugcina inkumbulo, futhi izinkinga zingase zibe khona uma ushintsha kusuka ku-1999 (ngokulandelana 99) kuya ku-2000 ( 00) ehlukanisa unyaka ka-2000 noka-1900. Nokho, izakhamuzi ezivamile zazivame ukwesaba ukuwohloka kwezinhlelo ezibalulekile - iningi likahulumeni nezinye izinhlangano zazitshale izimali ezinyathelweni ezidingekayo ngaphambi kokushintshela ekhalendeni elisha ukusiza ukuvimbela izinkinga ezingase zibe khona. Izinkinga ezingase zibe sengozini emabhange ngenxa yokubala okungalungile kwenzalo neminye imingcele, izinkinga ezithile zingase ziphakame ezinhlelweni zokuthutha, izimboni, izimboni zikagesi nakwezinye izindawo ezibalulekile. Ezindaweni eziningi, bekungenzeka ukwethula izindlela eziningi nangaphambi kokuba inkinga iqale ukuxoxwa esidlangalaleni - nfuthi imali elinganiselwa ku-$2 billion yachithwa ekuthuthukisweni kwehadiwe nesofthiwe nezinye izinyathelo ezihlobene ne-Y300K. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngamakhompiyutha amasha, unyaka usuvele ubhalwe ngenombolo enamadijithi amane, ngakho-ke kwakungekho ingozi yezinkinga.
Igalari yezithombe
Kanye nokuphela konyaka omdala okusondelayo, into ye-Y2K yathokozela ukunakwa kwemidiya okwengeziwe. Ngenkathi abezindaba abangochwepheshe bezama ukuqinisa umphakathi futhi basakaza ukuqwashisa, amaphephandaba kanye neziteshi zethelevishini beziqhudelana ukuze kuqhamuke inhlekelele enkulu. “Inkinga ye-Y2K ayizange yenzeke ikakhulukazi ngoba abantu baqala ukuyilungiselela kusasele iminyaka eyishumi. Futhi umphakathi umatasa kakhulu uthenga izinto nezinto ukuze ungazi ukuthi abahleli bezinhlelo sebevele benza umsebenzi wabo, ”kusho uPaul Saffo, uprofesa eStanford University.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ekugcineni, izinkinga zokushintshela ekhalendeni elisha zazingase zibonakale emininingwaneni ephrintiwe ngephutha kumadokhumenti, ama-invoyisi, amakhadi ewaranti kanye nokupakishwa kwempahla ehlukahlukene, lapho kwakungenzeka ngempela ukuhlangabezana nonyaka ka-1900 kwezinye. Embonini yamandla kagesi yaseJapan i-Ishikawa, izinkinga ezingaphelele ziphawulwe, kodwa-ke, kwakungekho ngozi emphakathini ngemishini yokusekela. Ngokusho kweseva ye-National Geographic, amazwe alungiselele ukufika konyaka omusha ngokungaguquguquki kancane kunokuba, isibonelo, i-Great Britain noma i-United States, awazange abe nezinkinga ezinkulu, njengeRussia, i-Italy noma iNingizimu Korea.
Izinsiza: Britannica, Isikhathi, National Geographic
