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Countless other professionals did corresponding good work and as a
direct consequence "Y2K" was not a disaster at all. One suspects that
sections of the media were hoping it was going to be very bad (planes
falling from the sky, toasters electrocuting their owners, elevators
plummeting and countless other pieces of mundane equipment going
Disney-dancing cranky.
At the time I was working for an ISV, and beginning 12/31/1999 all
technical employees were "on call", and three at a time had to man the
help line until 1/3. We got a few calls, but mostly minor stuff.
However, at the same time the Fairfax County, Virginia government
wasn't doing so well - they sent notice of a fine to the parents of
someone for failing to register their four-year old for kindergarten;
unfortunately for them the press had a field day because the four-year
old was really a 104 year-old man.
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Leave us not forget the one poor guy in Europe (I think it was somewhere
in Italy) who got his 30-day jail sentence extended to 100 years + 30 days.
Or the panic about all the computers in our cars suddenly failing.
(IIRC, there were 27 separate "computers" in a new Cadillac at the time.)
All prime examples of media know-nothings trying to be "know it alls".
Has anyone yet developed a vaccine for "stupid" ?? :-)
Rick
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