Satellites said safe from Y2K bug; GPS receivers another story

Most U.S. satellites on orbit are ready to handle the programming bug that threatens computer systems worldwide when the calendar clicks over to the year 2000, but older Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers in private hands on the ground could start causing their users problems as early as...

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