-Caveat Lector-
From: "Mack White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Apparently, back in the early days of computers, this minor Y2K bug was
> discovered. Someone took note of the fact and realized it might come in
> useful later. So, in 1968, the National Bureau of Standards mandated the
> six-digit system for the computer industry.
This is bullshit. A 6-digit date was never mandated by anyone...it was just
a convenient way to save space back in the days when computer memory was at
a premium...and the practice just continued when storage no longer was an
issue, primarily out of laziness...
> In the waning days of the 90s, Y2K was let out of the bag. Phony evidence
> was leaked which indicated there would be worldwide failures.
No. Stupid people who do not understand computers (especially mainframes)
and were too lazy to do adequate research, believed the hype a few con
artists
foisted on them regarding the 'doom and gloom' of Y2K problems, and
immediately
joined the army of Chicken Littles predicting the sky was going to fall...
And now that the sky HASN'T fallen, these same idiots will now fall back on
'it was a deliberate hoax' rationale...
> Of course, the conspirators knew that any genuine problems could be easily
> headed off in time by spending billions of dollars on a solution, which
was
> already in hand--"Y2K compliance" as it came to be known. At least $100
> billion was spent this way.
And while the time and money was being spent on remediating existing systems
to make them Y2K-compliant, nothing was being done on new development.
> The phony evidence and scare stories about Y2K were leaked mostly to the
> Patriot community. The movement's own paranoia was used against it to
> manipulate and ultimately discredit it.
Doh!
They only have themselves to blame, for jumping on it without researching
the facts adequately.
> The attack on George Harrison may have had multiple purposes. It may be
> that Harrison had become troublesome to them in some way, as Lennon had.
> Or maybe they wanted to send a message to the creative and celebrity
> communities to put a lid on anti-Establishment criticism--the message
being
> "You are not safe, no matter how security-conscious you are."
The message it sent me was that it's good to have a spouse who's an expert
in martial arts and will help fight off and subdue one's potential assassin
(as Mrs. Harrison is, and did)...
> After a horrible ten-minute struggle, the murder failed when Mrs. Harrison
> managed to knock out the "Manchurian Candidate" with a lamp.
Actually, the version I heard is that the attacker hit Mrs. Harrison over
the
head with the lamp...she relied on her expertise in martial arts to defend
her husband and herself, and finally knocked him out via martial arts...
> It is possible, however, that there was an even darker motive behind Y2K.
Nothing more dark than simple stupidity and laziness (and corporate honchos
looking out for the bottom line).
June ;-)
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