Norway - Y2K kindergarten glitch

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Babelfish translation from Russian

to the 105- summer inhabitant of Norway was reserved place in kindergarten as a result of the famous "error of 2000 years" (Y2k the bug). Error sneaked into the base of data of the organization, which ensures the free guardianship of children at the age of up to 5 years in the central region of the Norwegian capital. Advertisement As stated Olga Merk, the representative of kindergarten in Oslo, no one and into the head it arrived, that the Norwegian was born even in KHIKH century. In the list of the inhabitants of city unsealed on the computer actually were contained only two last figures of the year of generation, as a result of which age to Norwegian dolgozhitel'nitse of skostili on entire 100 years, and therefore for the address of old lady was sent the proposal be written down for kindergarten. After the workers of establishment obtained no response/answer to their proposal, old lady visited social worker, and only then it became known about the error in printout."the majorities of parents willingly agree to our proposal.But they washed thought that the girl, in whom we were interested, is the daughter of someone of those, who work at home ".Olga Merk. stated

Delfi

-- Anonymous, October 28, 2002


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