Dude, that's too weird! nothing is gonna happen on Jan 1.
>
>I have been spending a lot of time IN yes IN the year 2000 and beyond.
the
>nice thing about computers, you can set the date ahead, and live in the
>future,...
>
>Sorry guys, nothing broke.. were good at least through march 2001, wher
I've
>stopped for now... (IBM Mainframe S/390) Taken many a PC over there
also...
>No suprises.
>
>But, while I awas there, and running all the tests, I had a little time
to
>think...
>
>Y2K, what idiot came up with that ? Anyone who knows computers knows
that
>2K = 2048, not 2000. so, anyone who talks about the Y2K computer bug
must
>mean one that is going to happen in the year 2048. But if the 2K, is
really
>supposed to be 2000, then the K must be Kilo(grams)... 2000 Kilograms ?
>well, since a Kilogram = 2.2 american pounds, that means if is really
4400 LBS
>... the Y must then stand for YOU, thus, YOU 4400lbs or YOU 2000
Kilo's..
>That's why elevators are going to fail, you weight to much to ride it !
>
>Rediculous ? Yes, and so is 99% of what I hear people say is going to
happen
>then... Some people (unfortunately most are pastors and teachers) have
no clue
>WHAT IN THE WORLD THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT ! They are only spreading
pandamonium.
>
>I have a prediction, you will here this on the news 01/01/2000 ...
>"Last night at midnight, a drunk driver ran off the hitting a telephone
>pole, and knocking out the electricity in the tri-county are at about
>midnight. People in the tri-county are began to panic, thinking the
Y2K bug
>had struck, and started to panic. Some begain rioting and looting,
others,
>fearing for their lives opened fire
>with all kinds of guns shooting everything that moved." Hundreds are
dead,
>hundreds more wounded. Thank God the Power company restored
electricity
>in 1/2 an hour, or everyone around here would have been dead !"
>
>The problem, is paranoia and panic.
>
>Here is a test you can give someone, who talks about the Year 2000
issue,
>
>JC penny's has this big thing about 01 01 00. it's on all kinds of
Tshirts
>there...
>
>Anyhow when I see 01 01 00 ... the following comes to mind of what a
>computer thinks about it ....
>
>01 01 00 = b'00010100' = o'24' = 20 = x'14'
>
>If they cannot tell you what that means, they have absolutely NO RIGHT
talking
>about the year 2000, and computer issues.
>
>Any takers on Rangernet on what that means ?
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>
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