--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, off_world_beings > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Nonsense. Y2k bug never was. You can try to justify your previous > > > faith in it, but there never was a threat. > > > > > > Bird flu will all blow over in less than a year, and when it does > > > you will be stuck with the name in your brain...."Off_world_beings". > > Like Y2K, the bird flu issue is most certainly real, though the hype > about it may not be - the question is how lethal the mutated strain > that can pass from human to human will be. I wasn't worried about Y2K > because I saw the world markets weren't in Dec, 1999 - not that the > problem never existed but that corporations had adequately dealt with > it to avoid major problems. Still a little early for financial > markets to react to bird flu. > > From Wikipedia, on Y2K. > > In the end, significant disasters such as nuclear reactor meltdowns or > plane crashes did not occur, but the number of non-critical Y2K errors > encountered on January 1, 2000 was extensive. Due to the lack of > disasters and the faulty "end of the world" expectations, the public > largely, but perhaps wrongly, regarded the Y2K passage as a non- event.>>>
It was not an issue. A few computers may have blinked, with or without the intervention. Off_world_beings ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
