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To: Runner who wrote (9005)	10/27/1999 6:52:00 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 9818

I watched it, too, or at least I thought I did. I searched my on-line TV scheduler and found that it was not showing until the weekend on the major PBS stations, but it showed up on the schedule at 10 p.m. on one of the little PBS stations. So I set the tape to record, closed my eyes with the TV tuned to it, and fell asleep before it was over. Well, I'm amazed I didn't have nightmares, the show was so scary. Unqualified doomer. It had this background music that sounded like the the score of a 50s movie about flying saucers. I thought I was in the twilight zone for sure. How could the Reuters item perceive the show so differently? Well, turns out it wasn't the same show, although the TV schedule clearly said it was. I rolled the tape this morning and found that what I saw was called Millennium Factor: The Truth about Y2K. There was a web site in the credits: millenniumfactor.com. Guess I'll have to wait until Sunday to see Cringely. Karen

To: Runner who wrote (9005)	10/27/1999 10:55:00 AM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Runner-- If there was one moment which epitomized the stupidity of the whole program it was when the Chevron VP? was explaining the depth of testing and contingency planning completed and Cringley asked him if they had a plan for a comet strike. The Chevron guy then asked, "Comet strike?" as though he couldn't even believe how stupid the question was.

To: Runner who wrote (9005)	10/27/1999 6:46:00 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Respond to of 9818

Hi, Runner. I saw most of the Y2K PBS (re-run two nights ago,) for the first time. I, too, cringled with embarrassment and sickening revulsion! FWIW, it ran in the 3AM time slot and was VCR'd for me to watch the next day upon my arising. The whole "Don't worry, be happy" COUPLED WITH the obvious, specific EXHORTATION for all of us to leave our money in the bank and we'll all get through this together and have a great new millenium," nearly made me gag on my decaf. Left no doubt in this O/49r's mind which "global bank" paid for that sickening infomercial!!! Reminded me, quite frankly, of a Freshman English Comp 101 class assignment back in Fall of '65. We were instructed to write a whole 750 word essay and not use the key sentence or idea until the last sentence of the last paragraph. V-E-R-Y hard to do. A Subtle but effective writing technique. And so was that Federal Reserve sales pitch for no cash withdrawals for Y2K. Anyone think there is a chance PBS or C-Span will *now* broadcast the British Y2K Leader's Herstatt Turd epithet who submitted the banking system risk GLOBALLY abstract that was too delicate to read outloud in that forum??? Oh, and BTW, last time I looked we ARE a part of the global village! Wish it could be supplemented with film footage of Dodd's face. Thanks, Flatsville for posting that earlier. I find it amazing, even at this late date that I'm still surprised and hopeful that someone will actually come out and tell the truth before the grocery store shelves are stripped and the banking system is kaput. Does anyone know if PBS has a "balanced programming guideline?" Of course, that is if some deep pockets can get the funding to have, oh, let's say, Webster Huebell reading the "dry" statistical banking parts. O/49r

To: Runner who wrote (9005)	10/31/1999 6:57:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Cringely made me cringe!!! Well, finally saw the PBS show. I can understand why everyone was gagging over it. A few random thoughts... That trip down memory lane at the beginning was way overdone. Can't imagine it holding any audience that might have tuned in. Bit disconcerting to see Grace Hopper featured. Used to work down the hall from her in the basement of the Pentagon near the infamous purple water fountain. When talking about shortages of data storage, Cringely said that 1K equals 1024 bits, not once but twice,... Maybe no one even saw the show today. I nearly missed it. Today, all the on-line TV schedules I checked were an hour off due to the change to standard time. I remember they were screwed up in the spring, too. Enough to turn me into a doomer--if technology cannot handle daylight savings time, how will it ever handle Y2K, <g> Karen