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Yesterday, many PS3 owners could not use their systems because of a cryptic error message: "An error occurred during the start operation. (8001050F)." Some people were complaining about lost data and trophies and games that would not start. Sony told PS3 owners to not even turn on their systems until the problem was fixed. This embarrassing bug influenced people to call it the ApocalyPS3. It turns out that it was a bug in the clock that thought 2010 was a leap year. (I wonder why the systems thought that 2010 was a leap year.) This problem is reminiscent of some of the problems that people were worrying about when Y2K was approaching. I am quite surprised about this because of the reputation and high standards of quality that give Sony a good name (unlike the XBox 360 red ring of death issues). Don't worry, though. If this ever happens again there is no need to fear: Wired wrote a list of 10 things to do while your PS3 is broken.
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