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Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.

 
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Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Google the hysteria.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
no we assumed everything would be Prid Pro Quo". Oh wait I am Kinda Old,s226
On the other hand, I have different fingers.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Only a handful of wingnuts thought anything huge was gonna happen.


Same with 2012.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I was just hoping my student load debt would be gone.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
no we assumed everything would be Prid Pro Quo". Oh wait I am Kinda Old,s226
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Y2K hysteria and fear of a total computer crash.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Only a handful of wingnuts thought anything huge was gonna happen.


Same with 2012.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
actually its 2020 that is y2k. because its binary . and two twenties overload the matrix
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
no we assumed everything would be Prid Pro Quo". Oh wait I am Kinda Old,s226
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Y2K hysteria and fear of a total computer crash.
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Everything was patched in time idiot.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
actually its 2020 that is y2k. because its binary . and two twenties overload the matrix
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laugh
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I'll admit, I paid $5 for that floppy disk to scan my PC for potential Y2K risks. I never did get my dried beans and rice. Still waiting for them to go on sale.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I wouldn't call anyone that believed that "wise".

As one who will be sixty this coming year I never gave it a second thought.

Ignore the hysteria, ignore your peers, ignore the news and THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!!

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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
chuckle

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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I'll admit, I paid $5 for that floppy disk to scan my PC for potential Y2K risks. I never did get my dried beans and rice. Still waiting for them to go on sale.
 Quoting: jt210


As its says $100 Billion cost in the US alone. [link to people.com (secure)]
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I'll admit, I paid $5 for that floppy disk to scan my PC for potential Y2K risks. I never did get my dried beans and rice. Still waiting for them to go on sale.
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As its says $100 Billion cost in the US alone. [link to people.com (secure)]
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I have a friend who broke into the programming industry by sitting at a computer for 2 years for a big telcom company changing dates from 2 digit to 4 digit numbers.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I'll admit, I paid $5 for that floppy disk to scan my PC for potential Y2K risks. I never did get my dried beans and rice. Still waiting for them to go on sale.
 Quoting: jt210


As its says $100 Billion cost in the US alone. [link to people.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78219237


I have a friend who broke into the programming industry by sitting at a computer for 2 years for a big telcom company changing dates from 2 digit to 4 digit numbers.
 Quoting: jt210


As I said, hysteria.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I'll admit, I paid $5 for that floppy disk to scan my PC for potential Y2K risks. I never did get my dried beans and rice. Still waiting for them to go on sale.
 Quoting: jt210


As its says $100 Billion cost in the US alone. [link to people.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78219237


I have a friend who broke into the programming industry by sitting at a computer for 2 years for a big telcom company changing dates from 2 digit to 4 digit numbers.
 Quoting: jt210


As I said, hysteria.
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Yep. That generations global warming.

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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Pretty sure everybody just got drunk like any other New Years Eve. I was there but I don't remember.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Only a handful of wingnuts thought anything huge was gonna happen.


Same with 2012.
 Quoting: Builder of the Adytum


I never thought anything would happen. Furthermore, wasn't that only about computers malfunctioning?

Last spring I read that certain GPS's would not work after April 6th. Sure enough, my portable GPS I used in my car didn't work after that date. My iPhone GPS works better anyhow.

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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Pretty sure everybody just got drunk like any other New Years Eve. I was there but I don't remember.
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There were some stories on before I headed out to the Outback Bowl that morning. There was something to do with a few slot machines and some counters in some Taxi Cabs? It's been a little while, but I think that was all there was.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Any and all DOOMS that the main stream media promote is ALWAYS bullshit.

Any that they ridicule...try to hide...or downplay...

THEY are the dooms you DO need to pay closer attention to.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Only a handful of wingnuts thought anything huge was gonna happen.


Same with 2012.
 Quoting: Builder of the Adytum


I actually hoped something would happen to crash global computing systems just to prove how stupid mankind was to invest it's existence so deeply in the hope that it never could.

While no rational person really believed Y2K would suddenly plunge us all into a second Dark Ages, it did compell many of us to reevaluate our personal dependancy upon an always-fragile supply chain and as such we built up pantries as a hedge against any form of disruptions and, and I was one of those people.

The experience didn't hurt me one bit, and I came way wiser and better able to handle an unexpected food shortage with my still well-stocked home. In addition, I have new knowledge/skills I never would've explored had it not been for that "hysteria" - and, I've saved hundreds of dollars by buying essential goods in small bulk quantities while onsale - this hedge against higher prices will always be a win-win.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
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...laugh... it was the COMPUTER TURN OVER ...
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... and the techs DIDN'T KNOW what would happen ...
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Our family celebrates The Lord's Feasts:
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Fools and the dead don't change their minds. Fools won't and the dead can't.

When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar. You are only telling the world that you fear what he might say. Quoting: CountryWise

Amos 5:13 - Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Only a handful of wingnuts thought anything huge was gonna happen.


Same with 2012.
 Quoting: Builder of the Adytum


I never thought anything would happen. Furthermore, wasn't that only about computers malfunctioning?

Last spring I read that certain GPS's would not work after April 6th. Sure enough, my portable GPS I used in my car didn't work after that date. My iPhone GPS works better anyhow.
 Quoting: nutmeg


The core hysteria centered around electronic banking and the possibility that accounts would be lost or inacessible for several days. I simply wrote myelf a short-term interest-free loan by pulling a couple of Grand out of the bank to have some extra cash onhand just in case. Three days later, I simply re-deposited same back into the bank and life went on just fine. I still do the exact same thing if there is a major blizzard predicted - it's just COMMON-SENSE! Like filling your car up with gas when a Saudi oilfield goes up in flames, 'cause it's a given that prices will spike for at least a few days as a reault.

No harm, no foul!
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
I'll admit, I paid $5 for that floppy disk to scan my PC for potential Y2K risks. I never did get my dried beans and rice. Still waiting for them to go on sale.
 Quoting: jt210


As its says $100 Billion cost in the US alone. [link to people.com (secure)]
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78219237


They make people sound stupid in that article. Linking that will make children think poorly of their parents judgement abilities.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
i was on y2k team at water treatment plant on fla barrier islandgenerator runnin at xactly 12 midnite generatorquit an lôst all poweryoda
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Not at all true! I have a son that was born on 12/15/1999 and the biggest thing I worried about was my friends daughter that had pink eye! I didn't want her to touch my baby!!!

LOL!

True Story!

We were millennial year compliant at work too!

This memo is to announce the development of a new software system
which will be Year 2000 compliant.

This program is known as "Millennia Year Application Software System"
(MYASS).

Next Monday there will be a meeting in which I will show MYASS to
everyone.

We will hold demonstrations throughout the month so that all employees
will have an opportunity to get a good look at MYASS.

We have not addressed networking aspects yet, so currently only one
person at a time can use MYASS. This restriction will be removed after
MYASS expands.

Some employees have begun using the program already. This morning I
walked into a subordinate's office and was not surprised to find that
he had his nose buried in MYASS.

Some of the less technical people may be somewhat afraid of MYASS.
Last week my secretary said to me, "I'm a little nervous, I never put
anything in MYASS before." I helped her through the first time and
afterward she admitted that it was relatively painless and she was
actually looking forward to doing it again, and was even ready to kiss
MYASS.

There have been concerns over the virus that was found in MYASS upon
initial installation, but the virus has been eliminated and we were
able to save MYASS. In the future, however, protection will be
required prior to entering MYASS.

This database will encompass all information associated with the business.

As you begin using the program, feel free to put anything you want in MYASS.

As MYASS grows larger, we envision a time when it will be commonplace
for a supervisor to hand work to an employee and say, "here, stick
this in MYASS."

It will be a great day when we need data quickly and our employees can
respond, "Here it is, I just pulled it out of MYASS."

Needless to say, once you have all recognized the value of this
program and the great savings in time and effort to be realized, you
will want to kiss MYASS in gratitude!!
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Pretty sure everybody just got drunk like any other New Years Eve. I was there but I don't remember.
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There were some stories on before I headed out to the Outback Bowl that morning. There was something to do with a few slot machines and some counters in some Taxi Cabs? It's been a little while, but I think that was all there was.
 Quoting: jt210


Outback Bowl?

That's for bloomin' idiots.
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Only a handful of wingnuts thought anything huge was gonna happen.


Same with 2012.
 Quoting: Builder of the Adytum


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That's still not everyone or even the majority.


I was 34 at the time.

I remember.


How old were you?
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
ah, that's messed up. lol !
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Pretty sure everybody just got drunk like any other New Years Eve. I was there but I don't remember.
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There were some stories on before I headed out to the Outback Bowl that morning. There was something to do with a few slot machines and some counters in some Taxi Cabs? It's been a little while, but I think that was all there was.
 Quoting: jt210


Outback Bowl?

That's for bloomin' idiots.
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Yeah, got a buddy on the selection committee. What can you do?

We do a few donations every year and get free tickets to some pretty good games with damn good seats.

cheers
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Re: Dear 20 year olds, your wise parents thought that the world would end on Jan 1, 2000.
Google the hysteria.
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Nobody that age believed that shit.

Boomers though...





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