Y2K?

<snip Y2K FAQ> Thanks for posting the Y2K FAQ, Matthew. It is a noble service since most people remain clueless on the issue. Some will have you believe that Y2K is a bunch of hype conjured up by programmers to increase their monthly salaries, and therefore an outright lie. Yet others believe Y2K hysteria is the result of a runaway vicious cycle of fear feeding on fear among internet dummies. Then there is the harsh reality: the globe is estimating the costs of Y2K repair at 1 TRILLION dollars, up 700 MILLION since May of this year. Best of luck and thanks again. I hope you are able to put away enough supplies to sustain self-sufficiently for at least 2 years. If not, then e-mail me privately and I will point you in the right direction. Rick

Funny thing is my computer wont be affected. I once screwed it up and it thought the date was 2098 as opposed to 1998. Everything worked ok except for IBM anit-virus. But thats realitively small compared to what the SAY will happen. I dont know what to belive but if as long as GPL works....what else do i need!!!! Chris

> as long as GPL works....what else do i need!!!! My sentiments exactly! Rick

>> as long as GPL works....what else do i need!!!! >My sentiments exactly! >Rick Those are not your sentiments, if I may remind you of your own countless rantings of the past two months on this NG.

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> >> as long as GPL works....what else do i need!!!! > >My sentiments exactly! > >Rick > Those are not your sentiments, if I may remind you of your own countless > rantings of the past two months on this NG.

Notice I quoted part of the last sentence of his post? _That_ is the _part_ I agree with. The rest of his post indicated that he is a neophyte to the coming post-information age. I don't flame him or blame him for not having done the hundreds of hours of research needed to conceptualize the full, global picture that we are merely a part of. And to my adversaries who have attacked my position with vigor: I will have out-lived my usefulness in 5 days. On January 1, 1999, you won't need the "crazy moron" in r.a.s. telling you that you'll be cooking acorn stew in your front yard just to survive. Only the intentionally ignorant won't see the parallel between the moronic timing and laughable readiness of international banking institutions to 'switch' to the Euro dollar, and Y2K. Both have immovable, legislated deadlines that will be missed. The precarious release of the Euro will serve as _the_ bozo story of the 19th century, Y2K of the 20th. Thousands of hours of IT metrics: gotta love 'em, gotta respect 'em. Rick Oh, did I mention the "look ahead" Y2K failures of un-remediated systems that we will see beginning if just five days? Well, that's another story, LOL.