....Or Nascar 2000, or whatever they're calling it now. It seems to have
died off for the most part. Did Papy forget how successful the new physics
engine is already, and lose interest in applying it to other racing league
games?
> ....Or Nascar 2000, or whatever they're calling it now. It seems to have
> died off for the most part. Did Papy forget how successful the new physics
> engine is already, and lose interest in applying it to other racing league
> games?
The sheer scope of the Year 2000 problem is so systemic in nature that
it has now come down to what systems are most important to our survival
infrastructure, and we still don't stand a chance with them.
Coding simulations, OTOH, will take a seat on the back burner until it
is clear that civilization as we know it will not collapse. Again, it
is highly unlikely that enough will get fixed in time to avert a
worldwide catastrophe as "hurried code" tends to be a bit unreliable.
Regards,
Rick
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"all bombs have a clock. This bomb IS a clock"
-jstout
Yes, I forgot...
According to Rick, Nascar Racing 2000 will never happen, because of the
Whytwokay problem and government requesting computer programmers to help
them. Martial Law Rick ? hehe.
I won't comment more on this ;-)
p.s.: Be advised, if you want to start those threads about y2k Gents, do it
in appropriate newsgroups.
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As for the US (Papy land), see executive order #11000. It clearly
states how the US government may draft _any_ labor pool it sees fit to
help diffuse a crisis situation under the Emergency Powers Act. Many of
our grandmothers were shipyard welders during WWII and are credited with
protecting our freedom, for example.
At this 'early' [sic] stage, programmers are our freedom fighters
inasmuch as the early shipyard welders, only there are who few realize
this as of today. Many programmers are currently displaced in our free
capitalistic society in cushy, lucrative positions coding non-essential
products of which, Nascar3 (or Nascar 2000) as being one of them.
Our US government is already experiencing a severe IT personnel shortage
and even cases of "profiteering" by such. The only inevitable thing
left for them to do is draft the resources they need to prevent their
daunting year 2000 'schedules' [sic] from slipping into mass panic mode.
Look moron, if you want to present a different viewpoint contrary to
mine, feel free to do so. But don't waltz in here to tell me it is
off-topic. Year 2000 issues in relation to _every_ programming house in
the world is woefully on-topic. It's just you are so helplessly out of
touch with reality to realize it yet.
BTW, judging by your prior posts, it shows you could use a heavy dose of
your own medicine.
Rick - who *was* looking very forward to seeing Nascar 2000.
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"Such interruptions could prevent the company from being able to
manufacture and deliver refined products and chemicals products to
customers. The company could also face interruptions in its ability to
produce crude oil and natural gas."
http://sec.yahoo.com/e/l/c/chv.html
Brian
>> According to Rick, Nascar Racing 2000 will never happen, because of the
>> Whytwokay problem and government requesting computer programmers to help
>> them. Martial Law Rick ? hehe.
>Ironically you ask about martial law when your own Canadian military is
>openly preparing to mobilize itself as a _direct response_ to civil
>unrest scheduled to occur (on time) as a result of your entire country
>collapsing into anarchy and mayhem from downed automated systems on
>010100. I hope those military-issue wool blankets keep you warm and
>cozy in that refrigerator-of-a-country you live in.
>As for the US (Papy land), see executive order #11000. It clearly
>states how the US government may draft _any_ labor pool it sees fit to
>help diffuse a crisis situation under the Emergency Powers Act. Many of
>our grandmothers were shipyard welders during WWII and are credited with
>protecting our freedom, for example.
>At this 'early' [sic] stage, programmers are our freedom fighters
>inasmuch as the early shipyard welders, only there are who few realize
>this as of today. Many programmers are currently displaced in our free
>capitalistic society in cushy, lucrative positions coding non-essential
>products of which, Nascar3 (or Nascar 2000) as being one of them.
>Our US government is already experiencing a severe IT personnel shortage
>and even cases of "profiteering" by such. The only inevitable thing
>left for them to do is draft the resources they need to prevent their
>daunting year 2000 'schedules' [sic] from slipping into mass panic mode.
>> I won't comment more on this ;-)
>> p.s.: Be advised, if you want to start those threads about y2k Gents, do
it
>> in appropriate newsgroups.
>Look moron, if you want to present a different viewpoint contrary to
>mine, feel free to do so. But don't waltz in here to tell me it is
>off-topic. Year 2000 issues in relation to _every_ programming house in
>the world is woefully on-topic. It's just you are so helplessly out of
>touch with reality to realize it yet.
>BTW, judging by your prior posts, it shows you could use a heavy dose of
>your own medicine.
>Rick - who *was* looking very forward to seeing Nascar 2000.
>==============================================================
>"Such interruptions could prevent the company from being able to
>manufacture and deliver refined products and chemicals products to
>customers. The company could also face interruptions in its ability to
>produce crude oil and natural gas."
>http://sec.yahoo.com/e/l/c/chv.html
<snip>
Todd
Given that this is an auto-sim group, unless people will be unable to
play GPL on Jan 1st 2000 you're unlikely to see a mass swelling of
empathetic opinion. Anyway, programmers as "freedom fighters"?
Purleeeze! If they'd coded it right in the first place we wouldn't
HAVE a Y2K problem.
Cheers!
John
> Given that this is an auto-sim group, unless people will be unable to
> play GPL on Jan 1st 2000 you're unlikely to see a mass swelling of
> empathetic opinion.
Don't blame the programmers. In the early 70's Bemer (a COBOL man) tried
hard to convice the Dept. of Defense to adopt the four digit year field
as standard. It was shot down on the basis of "memory being too
expensive".
Computer programmers are the only one's who could have saved our
automated infrastructure in which our liberties depend on. Repairing
date fields requires *years* to fix and test in complicated systems. It
flew over everyone's heads. It's too late.
Don't take Nascar 99 for granted!
Rick
(it's pronounced "Rick")
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"Simply put, no major industry can really fix their problems until the
power is on consistently, but they only have a limited time before water
and sanitation problems make that impossible."
http://year2000.dci.com/articles/1998/10/21russia.htm
>>Look moron...
>Off topic AND impolite, dearie me.
>Given that this is an auto-sim group, unless people will be unable to
>play GPL on Jan 1st 2000 you're unlikely to see a mass swelling of
>empathetic opinion. Anyway, programmers as "freedom fighters"?
>Purleeeze! If they'd coded it right in the first place we wouldn't
>HAVE a Y2K problem.
>Cheers!
>John
> Ya know, I really didn't intend to start the war early.
Ha ah ah ha ha ha ha ha ha! Please don't take offense but this is
exactly why so many clueless people will die!
But yeah, I remember the "balanced budget party" - they let a few
non-essential people off for a while. During this time, medicare
patients, welfare mothers, and vets still got their checks. The IRS
continued their audits. The military never left their posts. Now,
imagine a *permanent* shut down of the above services along with power,
telecommunications, food distribution, water/sewerage, hospitals,
airports, transportation, etc...
Now you know.
Rick
Nobody can force you to act prudently. But if TSHTF, please don't
complain that you had no warning.
The issue was not Y2K but your impolite way of telling everyone about
it. No wonder nobody listened to Bemer if he tossed insults around as
freely as you seem to.
How else would it be pronounced (or is there a silent "p" somewhere
that we should be aware of)? ;-)
Cheers!
John
Hope springs eternal...
Cheers!
John
[everyone hold hands.......together now...........]
Kum-ba-ya-....my lord....kum-ba-yaaaaaaaaa.......
Oh, lord.......kum-ba-yaaaaaaaaaa.........
Hey, look!! That fixed it!
Rick
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"The Bank of England is said to inspire "low confidence". "This is
doubly disappointing in that the booklets the Bank has taken upon itself
to produce on financial sector readiness are excellent."
http://reports.guardian.co.uk/articles/1998/11/12/32665.html