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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?"

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.

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.

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> 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?"

>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/

I'll have to start watching yard sales. Should be some good buys for generators & such. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Professional Shop Rat - 35 years in an auto plant. Check my web page - www.tir.com/~destarr - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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

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> 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?"

> 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." . ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .....

Hahaha! Lot's of fun! Great info, btw! ---Asgeir---

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> > 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." . > ..... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .....

>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 -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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.

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> >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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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/ > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

>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/

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

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.

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> 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/ > > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News > ==---------- > > http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! > > ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers > ==-----

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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 Leaky_Valve schrieb:

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>>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

All you have to do to prove that a problem DID exist is talk to someone whose credit cart expires in '00' The first group of people who got them couldn't use them. The computers thought they were already expired. I'm not sure if it was thinking 1900 or 1980, the other 'start' date... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Own Grand Prix Legends? Goto http://gpl.gamestats.com/vroc Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Exactly. Minor glitches. Most things would have still gone on just fine with some minor glitches if we hadn't seen so much money spent on Y2K "fixes." Witness Russia, which spent a fraction of what we did--lots of "experts" warned that we would be burned by Russia's problems--but seems to have flown through just fine. Still, many of the repairs were necessary, especially for industries and businesses that consider accurate records crucial. There was a certain level of repair that was necessary. However, all of the hype urging the hording of water, food, money, etc was a complete crock of drek. -Tim

these are the fools i spoke of in the origional post. and this guy is an engineer and a computer consultant? geez. Wisconsin family spent dlrs 20,000 preparing for Y2K Updated 1:45 AM ET January 2, 2000 HUDSON, Wisconsin (AP) - Dennis Olson is a little disappointed: After all, he spent dlrs 20,000 on food, drinking water, medical supplies and a generator to prepare for Y2K-related chaos that never happened on New Year's Day. "It's a little bittersweet to see it end this way," said Olson, a 41-year-old electrical engineer and computer consultant. Olson, who has a wife and two ***-age sons, feared the Y2K computer bug might bring power shortages or water-system failures or even government-imposed martial law. He said he logged more than 1,000 hours on the Internet chatting with like-minded survivalists. "I studied everything there was to know about the power grid, the just-in-time supply system, fuel shipments, food storage, communications and martial law," he said. "I even have a medical kit equipped for minor surgery." As for the 175 pounds (79 kilograms) of pasta, 50 bars of soap, nine tubes of toothpaste and other supplies - they may be needed yet, Olson said Saturday. "This is hardly over," he said. "Thank God, we got through to night. I did the happy dance. But I don't think we're out of the woods until May or June. Plenty of computer problems can turn up between now and then." If they don't, Olson said he would likely donate some provisions to organizations serving the needy. Rik Anthrax - - "trust the government?? what are you, some kind of moron?"

Werner, there _were_ an awful lot of people who "told you that".....as far back (in my experience anyway) as 1993. However, ignorance coupled with opportunism multiplied one-hundred fold by media hype blew away all reason and turned it into a three-ring circus.

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> 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 > Leaky_Valve schrieb: > > 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.

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