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Re: Fw: VERY Off topic [was Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???)
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Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:53:09 GMT
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John A. Donaldson <jdonaldson@ghg.+spamcake+net>
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I amnot worred about Jan 1, 2000, as I am about May 5, 2000. The day that 7 of
the 9 planets all are aligned together.
John A. Donaldson
Tom Rowton wrote:
> I think you chose your word poorly. Ignorance is not the problem..._fear_ is
> the problem. Why do you think so many _computer_programmers_ are heading for
> the proverbial hills? They are scared, and, as a technogeek since I was 10,
> I too am scared. What happens if the electricity grid goes out in a
> metroplex? You can't get coffee from Starbucks on your way to work. You
> might not be able to take a warm shower. You may not have heat in your
> house. All your perishable food will go bad quickly...from frozen dinners to
> milk. When someone can't get milk for their baby, they will start to panic,
> and once one person panics, the virus spreads.
>
> Personally, I am buying a few acres in central Texas, a generator, and lots
> of canned food. I'll take my two weeks vacation for '99 at the end of the
> year, and two weeks for '00 at the beginning. I am betting that by the end
> of January, contingency plans for whatever failures occur will be in place
> and I will return to work without having to worry about some fool mugging me
> so he can buy food for his baby because he can't get money from the ATM
> since it has no electricity.
>
> So I am not worried so much about the actual bug as I am about its affect on
> people. If you know anyone that was there, ask about how people were
> behaving in San Francisco when the power went out last month...humans are
> animals.
>
> trowt
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Tarrabain <markt@lynx.bc.ca>
> To: lego-robotics@crynwr.com <lego-robotics@crynwr.com>
> Date: Monday, January 18, 1999 6:37 PM
> Subject: Off topic [was Re: is Mindstorm/RCX Y2K Compliant???)
>
> Jasper Janssen wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 19:53:26 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (Russell
> > Nelson) wrote:
> >
> > > Did you *tell* it which year it was??
> > >
> > > Then why do you think it cares??
> >
> > It's a microcontroller. Therefore it has an internal clock. Therefore
> > it can suffer from Y2K, if it hasn't been removed.
> >
> > > Sheesh, this Y2K panic is getting completely out of hand.
> >
> > No it's not. We're not even close to getting everything away. How do
> > you think we will fare if the world's stockmarkets can't function
> > anymore because of a comp crash? or, which is a more likely scenario,
> > the stockmarket will just crash completely because of companies going
> > belly up when they're not prepared...
>
> The most likely scenario is that so many people are in such a tizzy about
> Y2K that there will be runs on banks throughout the civilized world
> before the end of the year, causing total economic collapse. Ignorance,
> not computer bugs, are the worst problem.
>
> > > Mark
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
>
> --
> Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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