No need to worry about this. John Titor will fix this problem.
1) Someone gone insane from too much exposure to IBM mainframes (seems quite likely)
2) A great performance artist - making us all think
3) A real time traveller
According to him the farther back or forward in time he goes the more things change.
So, with that said, we might still be screwed. But maybe we can find an IBM 5100 and solve this problem.
http://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/
Unless he is John Titor!
It sure (would have saved / will save) him a ton of trouble.