I read a book by Vernor Vinge where the main character did some software archeology as part of his hobby and technological interests. He discovered that the program used to keep time was viciously ancient, and after looking into "epoch" figured that the old-calendar year "1970" must have been decided upon because "that was when humanity first landed on the moon".
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I read a book by Vernor Vinge where the main character did some software archeology as part of his hobby and technological interests. He discovered that the program used to keep time was viciously ancient, and after looking into "epoch" figured that the old-calendar year "1970" must have been decided upon because "that was when humanity first landed on the moon".