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Y3K--Why Is Nobody Worried About It?
An SI Board Since August 1999
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Emcee:  Elllk Type:  Unmoderated
Personally I have no interest in this topic but I would think Big Business, Big Government (while it is still around), High Tech Aficiandos, UFO Puffers and Bashers, Telecosm Techies, etc., would be, for instance:

It is estimated that by then Broadband capacity will be at the least

10 petabits x 10 to 10th gilderbit

but demand will also be great.

Every person will contain several million of the successors to what are now called chips and will have more senses then they could keep track of without them.

People born on the same day will subsequently differ significantly in age depending how much time they spend travelling at the speed of light.

Moore will be remembered as an early visionary who was, nevertheless, very short sighted. And many of you know much more than this, so get on with it.
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13 Attempts by such Industries to capitalize twice on the Millenium are not mutualElllk-8/22/1999
12 Not arthritis, a mild case a <i>cranial rectidis</i> with a feeblejbIII-8/22/1999
11 Re: <<Y3K's you ask? Because I'm worried that 2 Kay's arenElllk-8/22/1999
10 Re: <<the millennium doesn't start until January 1, 2001. Hell, we sElllk-8/22/1999
9 jblll Re: <<Y3K not worried? It's quite simple really, we'll allElllk-8/22/1999
8 Re: <<By the year Y3K I forecast that every PC will own 2 people.>>Elllk-8/22/1999
7 Help me out here..... Why is everyone so worried about Y2K? Don't they alPHarris-8/22/1999
6 >>>It's quite simple really, we'll all be Dead. Now, how do yMr. Mo-8/21/1999
5 I can hardly wait. Condor-8/21/1999
4 Jordy will finally be testing the buck twenty-five mark... . . . . . . . . . . knight-8/21/1999
3 Y3K not worried? It's quite simple really, we'll all be Dead. Sorry, bjbIII-8/21/1999
2 By the year Y3K I forecast that every PC will own 2 people. Condor-8/21/1999
1 Y3K's you ask? Because I'm worried that 2 Kay's aren't enough.PHarris-8/21/1999
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