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To: Intrepid1 who wrote (2)12/21/1998 9:08:00 AM
From: Sawtooth  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 31
 
LOL! Some excellent Y2K urban legends, ETC.! I was flipping through the book Year 2000 Timebomb lastnight, which I consider to be a pretty balanced look at the problem, and was amazed to see Yourdon discussing automobile embedded chips and the possibility that, at the stroke of 1/1/2000, the fuel mixture might go whacko, sending you careening down the freeway like an out of control carnival ride. I was quite surprised to see that with no back up evidence in Yourdon's book, especially. I have attempted to verify the common automobile embedded chip risk and have not found any evidence, personally.

Regards.



To: Intrepid1 who wrote (2)12/21/1998 8:13:00 PM
From: Sawtooth  Respond to of 31
 
$600 reward (and growing) for evidence of Year 2000 problem with stock passenger automobiles:

ooi.com



To: Intrepid1 who wrote (2)12/21/1998 8:32:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 31
 
I went to the store yesterday, I bought a bottle of Acetaminophen, on the bottle the expiry date shows: EXP 01 AL

I did a quick calculation on my calculator, I found out these tablets were 97 years old. That was strange, that's 40 some years before acetaminophen was invented.

Common sense prevailed, and I realized that 01 meant 2001. Boy, this Year 2000 is causing problems already.


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