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Rikanthr

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by Rikanthr » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Well nothing happened. Just like I thought.
Hope all those people that spent their life savings on MRE packs have some sort
of back up plan.
Rik Anthrax
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"trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"
Thom j

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by Thom j » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*..lol
I hope too many simmers didnt buy into all that Y2K crap.!!!?
Cheers Thom_j.


Gary Pershal

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by Gary Pershal » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

The reason NOTHING happened is because a lot of programmers and developers,
including me, spent countless hours fixing the programs the are now working
flawless after Y2K arrived. :-) Happy New Year to all.

> Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
> cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*..lol
> I hope too many simmers didnt buy into all that Y2K crap.!!!?
> Cheers Thom_j.



> > Well nothing happened. Just like I thought.
> > Hope all those people that spent their life savings on MRE packs have
some
> sort
> > of back up plan.
> > Rik Anthrax
> >            -
> >      -
> > "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"

Joe6

Apocalypse NOT

by Joe6 » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00


>Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
>cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*...

It wasn't a scam (other than the Y2K doomsayers, which had nothing to
do with computers, that happens every 1000 years). In fact, the media
did us all quite a service ... withOUT the hype, it probably would
have been a disaster yesterday. As a result of all the publicity no
one could afford not to fix the very real Y2K bug.

Joe McGinn
_________________________
GA-Sports Writer
http://www.ga-sports.com/

David Star

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by David Star » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00



I'll have to start watching yard sales.  Should be some good buys for
generators & such.

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Rick Sweene

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by Rick Sweene » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Try booting that old 386 with win 3.1 you have had in the closet for the last 5
years.

> Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
> cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*..lol
> I hope too many simmers didnt buy into all that Y2K crap.!!!?
> Cheers Thom_j.



> > Well nothing happened. Just like I thought.
> > Hope all those people that spent their life savings on MRE packs have some
> sort
> > of back up plan.
> > Rik Anthrax
> >            -
> >      -
> > "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"

Toni Lassil

Apocalypse NOT

by Toni Lassil » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00


> Try booting that old 386 with win 3.1 you have had in the closet for the last 5
> years.

C:\> date
Current date is:
1/4/1980
Enter new date:

Who cares?

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Asgeir Nesoe

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by Asgeir Nesoe » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Hahaha! Lot's of fun!

Great info, btw!

---Asgeir---



> > Try booting that old 386 with win 3.1 you have had in the closet for the last 5
> > years.

> C:\> date
> Current date is:
> 1/4/1980
> Enter new date:

> Who cares?

> --
>        ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .....

>        .                                                 .
>        . "Don't argue with idiots. They drag you down to .
>        .   their level, then beat you with experience."  .
>        ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .....

Eldre

Apocalypse NOT

by Eldre » Sun, 02 Jan 2000 04:00:00



>Well nothing happened. Just like I thought.
>Hope all those people that spent their life savings on MRE packs have some
>sort
>of back up plan.
>Rik Anthrax

Well, they don't have to buy any food for a while...<g>

Eldred
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with experience...
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Leaky_Valv

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by Leaky_Valv » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Crap!  It was OVER-hyped. WAY over-hyped.  There are an awful lot of new
millionaires sitting in the Bahamas in 2000, believe me!

When one company, for example, spends 134 million dollars at the behest
of so-called "consultants" then this Y2K scenario was the greatest scam
foisted since Chicken Little announced that The Sky Is Falling.

And PLEASE.....don't start singing the praises of the wonderful
programmers and developers who rescued us.........I am involved in the IT
industry, have been for over eight years and know from first-hand
experince that the majority of major commercial systems and PCs sitting
on desktops in late 1999 would not have had a disastrous failure.



> >Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
> >cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*...

> It wasn't a scam (other than the Y2K doomsayers, which had nothing to
> do with computers, that happens every 1000 years). In fact, the media
> did us all quite a service ... withOUT the hype, it probably would
> have been a disaster yesterday. As a result of all the publicity no
> one could afford not to fix the very real Y2K bug.

> Joe McGinn
> _________________________
> GA-Sports Writer
> http://www.ga-sports.com/

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Philip D'Amat

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by Philip D'Amat » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Of course I expected everyone that wasn't directly involved with Y2K
planning and implementation to say that it was a scam - that is, once we got
through it OK.  If things went south last night, of course those same people
would have had negative comments blaming (and in some cases, suing) IT/IS
staff and technology related companies for negligence.  Another win/win
situation for IT professionals.  Glad I was able to contribute in my small
way to the massive effort involved with ensuring that systems I am
responsible for didn't fail.  I won't even bother asking what your
credentials are (outside of being "...involved in the IT industry...") for
making such authoritative statements.  I just know that however I respond,
you will maintain your opinion.  Have a nice day.

--
Philip D'Amato

1999 Ninja 500R


> Crap!  It was OVER-hyped. WAY over-hyped.  There are an awful lot of new
> millionaires sitting in the Bahamas in 2000, believe me!

> When one company, for example, spends 134 million dollars at the behest
> of so-called "consultants" then this Y2K scenario was the greatest scam
> foisted since Chicken Little announced that The Sky Is Falling.

> And PLEASE.....don't start singing the praises of the wonderful
> programmers and developers who rescued us.........I am involved in the IT
> industry, have been for over eight years and know from first-hand
> experince that the majority of major commercial systems and PCs sitting
> on desktops in late 1999 would not have had a disastrous failure.



> > >Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
> > >cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*...

> > It wasn't a scam (other than the Y2K doomsayers, which had nothing to
> > do with computers, that happens every 1000 years). In fact, the media
> > did us all quite a service ... withOUT the hype, it probably would
> > have been a disaster yesterday. As a result of all the publicity no
> > one could afford not to fix the very real Y2K bug.

> > Joe McGinn
> > _________________________
> > GA-Sports Writer
> > http://www.ga-sports.com/

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Joe6

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by Joe6 » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00


>Of course I expected everyone that wasn't directly involved with Y2K
>planning and implementation to say that it was a scam - that is, once we got
>through it OK.  If things went south last night, of course those same people
>would have had negative comments blaming (and in some cases, suing) IT/IS
>staff and technology related companies for negligence.  Another win/win
>situation for IT professionals.  

Exactly, well said.

Joe McGinn
_________________________
GA-Sports Writer
http://www.ga-sports.com/

Tony Kelle

Apocalypse NOT

by Tony Kelle » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00

been there....IBM thinkpad 701c 486 Win 3.1  date reads as 01/01/00 booted
and runs fine....no Y2K preps
Leaky_Valv

Apocalypse NOT

by Leaky_Valv » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00

I have exactly the same right to make an authoritative statement as you, sir.
And I also know that, however _I_ respond, you will maintain _your_ opinion.

Have a nice day yourself.


> Of course I expected everyone that wasn't directly involved with Y2K
> planning and implementation to say that it was a scam - that is, once we got
> through it OK.  If things went south last night, of course those same people
> would have had negative comments blaming (and in some cases, suing) IT/IS
> staff and technology related companies for negligence.  Another win/win
> situation for IT professionals.  Glad I was able to contribute in my small
> way to the massive effort involved with ensuring that systems I am
> responsible for didn't fail.  I won't even bother asking what your
> credentials are (outside of being "...involved in the IT industry...") for
> making such authoritative statements.  I just know that however I respond,
> you will maintain your opinion.  Have a nice day.

> --
> Philip D'Amato

> 1999 Ninja 500R



> > Crap!  It was OVER-hyped. WAY over-hyped.  There are an awful lot of new
> > millionaires sitting in the Bahamas in 2000, believe me!

> > When one company, for example, spends 134 million dollars at the behest
> > of so-called "consultants" then this Y2K scenario was the greatest scam
> > foisted since Chicken Little announced that The Sky Is Falling.

> > And PLEASE.....don't start singing the praises of the wonderful
> > programmers and developers who rescued us.........I am involved in the IT
> > industry, have been for over eight years and know from first-hand
> > experince that the majority of major commercial systems and PCs sitting
> > on desktops in late 1999 would not have had a disastrous failure.



> > > >Ditto!! What a Scam the media & the entire computer industry
> > > >cooked up for those who believe in the *boogie_man*...

> > > It wasn't a scam (other than the Y2K doomsayers, which had nothing to
> > > do with computers, that happens every 1000 years). In fact, the media
> > > did us all quite a service ... withOUT the hype, it probably would
> > > have been a disaster yesterday. As a result of all the publicity no
> > > one could afford not to fix the very real Y2K bug.

> > > Joe McGinn
> > > _________________________
> > > GA-Sports Writer
> > > http://www.ga-sports.com/

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Werner Hube

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by Werner Hube » Mon, 03 Jan 2000 04:00:00

Hey man, if you knew that so exactly, why didn't you tell us before 1/1/2000? The world
could have saved billions of dollars and you were the hero of thousands of programmers
(like me) that worked day and night in the past months and years (in vain, as we notice
now)...

I know that you don't need that, nevertheless I wish you a bug-free new year.

Werner

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