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To: Douglas Rushkoff who wrote (25)	4/14/1998 10:04:00 AM
From: jwk	Respond to of 888

>> a gun, or, preferably, a sense of community. << community, yes .....but very problematic for getting and holding it together in difficult circumstances. A glance at the news on any given day shows that there are plenty of folks who are already wound too tight. The lake house, well water, and friends in the 'hood are a great idea. But, what about the friend's friend ...... and his cousin ....... and the other guy with them. No problems as long as no one ever has to say,"sorry, no -- not you." Picture that scene tragic from TITANIC and imagine that the water is around 55 degrees instead of freezing. It's still going to kill you, just not as quick. Picture, too the folks in the lifeboats with oars which won't let them row totally clear other folks in the water. Cameras. Action. You play the scene as a mental exercise and tell me what it looks like to you. Bottom line -- it's all inclusive community or anarchy. Sure some of the unfortunate, unlucky, and unprepared will quietly go away and not bother your safety and your preparations ....... others, will have a different agenda. You say there's a problem with establishing and maintaining an all inclusive community tht looks after and supports ALL its members and welcomes ALL drop-ins? I'd agree. There are no islands. There is no such place as away -- though some locations and circumstances may be less problematic than others ......... at least for awhile. Hopefully, that's all the longer the disruptions will last. Jack

To: Douglas Rushkoff who wrote (25)	4/14/1998 11:18:00 PM
From: Caroline	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 888

Just had a conversation with a co-worker tonight about, and I emphasize, former Fidelity programmers. Apparently Fidelity used to hire the cheapest. Now I have accounts with Fidelity, I'm pretty happy with them. And I am a programmer. I was writing date routines for the past 3 days, using Microsoft Visual Basic. I encountered 6 or 7 bugs in MSFT's date routines. Had I depended on them (MSFT's date functions), nothing'd be right. Including the ability to reference 2/29/00. Or not letting the month "20" through. I can imagine how many low-paid Fidelity programmers ignored even worse versions of these bugs. That's just a tiny, tiny piece of the whole. I don't have any problem believing our brokerage accounts will go all to hell. CB