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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: marcos who wrote (9652)1/1/2000 5:36:00 PM
From: foobert  Read Replies (2) of 9818
 
Are the cities burning yet?

Marcos,

You said:

<<<< There's a book in this, the whole story of the fear as a social phenomenon. Cheeky's got a point about copying to disk the juicier bits of the doomer sites, it would be a shame to lose them, some of this stuff is going to make great funny stories for the grandkids >>>>

Don't know if you visited this forum last summer, but one of the most preposterous theories being advanced then is one that said cities will be burning right about now because of Y2K.

See:

Message 10781905

Message 10782501

Then this guy went off the deep end about how much water everyone should stockpile. Fortunately, he has not been heard from for several months now.

Have a happy, healthy and prosperous new year.
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