The latest internet prank circulating at the moment is the iPhone 1970 bug. Basically, some user of the infamous site 4Chan have designed a pretty convincing graphic that promises groovy retro graphics for your phone if you set your phone's date to 1 January 1970. Unfortunately, this does not give you cool new graphics, but rather it completely bricks your phone.
Luckily, there is a fix, which you can check out by clicking HERE
So why does this happen to your phone? Well, it's all got to do with binary and how your phone processes it's dates. Check out this video from Tom Scott on Youtube. He explains why this happens very well!
Why get a Canadian to explain when a Brit can explain it that much better....!
ReplyDeleteNot wrong there!
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