well, yates had this to say about the world ending.. This is the way the world ends… Not with a bang, but with a Wimper.
-eric from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Poetry and literacy Dept. On Dec 25, 2017, at 11:43 AM, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: > I was 19 and already quite tech literate. I knew nothing catastrophic was > going to happen ... well, at least nothing "end of days" level ... > > My friends mom was another story. She bought canned food and jugs of water, > enough to seriously sustain for months! > > It all passed with a whimper in Olympia Washington, and all had a good night. > > Thanks, > Alex. > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ > > On Dec 25, 2017 06:38, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Y2K was 18 years ago. Do you remember where you were? I do. > > I had just gotten off a large Y2K project and my wife and I did some > prepping... Looking back we did not do enough given the potential for > catastrophic failure. > > We stayed up all night glued to the TV watching as each time zone passed into > Y2K. As I recall there was two minor issues. A small power station had some > issues... and I do not recall the other one. > > I remember there was a lot of speculation because there was so much > technology out there that was untested and it was uncertain if it would fail > or continue once Y2K was reached. And in 1999 there was so much less > technology than there is today.... > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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