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To: David Eddy who wrote (629)	4/26/1998 1:07:00 AM
From: Bill Wexler	Respond to of 1361

<<Minor detail here... Zip+4 didn't have a fixed deadline.>> You are implying the popular myth that the Y2K problem has a "fixed deadline". Wrong. There is no "deadline". The Y2K cultists use this myth to generate a false sense of urgency because nasty, bad things will supposedly happen as soon as the ball drops in Times Square at the dawn of the new millenium.

To: David Eddy who wrote (629)	4/26/1998 1:08:00 AM
From: Bill Wexler	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1361

<<As a SWAG, I'd guess Zip+4, spread over 10-15 years probably has had an implementation cost well into the billions. As an individual I spent slightly more than $1,000.00 in postage in 1996. You extrapolate... 16,000+ public companies, 20,000,000+ small businesses, 250,000,000+ individuals. These are huge numbers. >> I strongly, STRONGLY urge you to take an introductory course in economics.

To: David Eddy who wrote (629)	4/26/1998 6:51:00 AM
From: Jeffrey S. Mitchell	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1361

FBN Labs Introduces Wexler Master-Debator 2000 -- A fully-automated response generator than renders any cogent point meaningless by using senseless logic. Simply set the noise level from 1-5 and you're off and running! Some Examples: Dear Bill, My husband was a four pack a day smoker for 30 years and has now been diagnosed with lung cancer. The doctor says it was the cigarettes and we many other people will have the same problem. Won't this cause a surge in health care? - Health Conscious Dear HC, I know of many people who have smoked for their entire lives and have not gotten cancer. The whole cigarette-lung cancer concern is a hoax. ===== Dear Bill, At my school 20% of the students used to carry guns. People were afraid to go to school and were not getting an education. Rather than fight the trend, the school board made it legal to carry a gun to school and, sure enough, everyone came "packed" and attendance picked up dramatically. Problem is, now we have at least one shooting a week and people are getting injured pretty bad. What should we do? - Concerned Student Dear CS, Guns don't kill people, people do. The whole gun control issue is a hoax. - Bill ===== - Jeff