1. When the Big Bang occured according to a Unix computer system. This date is when the first Unix computer was made operable. If you find a file that was from Wed Dec
31, 1969 on your
Linux PC, you can be sure that the date on that file got knackered.
2. A date to utter when something hasn'
t been done in a long
time, referring to the idea that January 1, 1970 is the "beginning of time". Used when something seems like it hasn'
t been done since the beginning of time.
1. On January 1, 1970 Unix was running on a mainframe computer.
2. Romeo:Man, you stink! When was the last
time you showered?
Joliet:I took a shower on January 1, 1970.
2. The last
time the gas station changed the
coffee in the coffeepot on January 1, 1970.