--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
In 1999 I was working for a technology PR company that
monitored Y2K stories for a 'well known software giant'
and it seemed to me that the stories of impending doom
came primarily from newspapers desperate to sell copy
TurquoiseB wrote:
Willy doesn't know his Y2K ass from a hole in the
ground. It wasn't about DOS; it was about mainframes...
The vast number of lines of code to be changed for DOS
Y2K programs dwarfs the code lines for mainframes. There
are millions of lines of code in Windows 2000 alone.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB no_re...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote:
In 1999 I was working for a technology PR company that
monitored Y2K stories for a 'well known software giant'
and it seemed to me that the stories of
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote:
Hugo wrote:
do you get this nonsense from dude?
BTW the BBC have finished the second series of my fave
TV show Survivors. Broadcast starts on 12 Jan.
Catch up here:
http://survivorsbbctv.wordpress.com/
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes103@ wrote:
BTW the BBC have finished the second series of my fave
TV show Survivors. Broadcast starts on 12 Jan.
Catch up here:
Hugo wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozg...@... wrote:
Hugo wrote:
do you get this nonsense from dude?
BTW the BBC have finished the second series of my fave
TV show Survivors. Broadcast starts on 12 Jan.
Catch up here:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
Apocalyptic scenarios are a diversion from real
problems poverty, terrorism, broken financial
systems needing intelligent attention. Even
something as down-to-earth as the swine-flu scare has
seemed at moments to be
...@yahoogroups.com wrote:
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: The Doom Gloom Fixation
Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 2:50 AM
Amen.
I've always noticed that the same people who
become hung up on apocalypse fantasies are
also the ones most invested in Beam Me Up
Scotty Syndrome. They're always looking
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
A philosophy professor from New Zealand recalls the
Y2K apocalypticism at the dawn of the last decade:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/01/opinion/01dutton.html
'The Y2K Nightmare' caught the sensationalist tone,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
snip
[quoting a philosophy professor from New Zealand:]
Apocalyptic scenarios are a diversion from real
problems poverty, terrorism, broken financial
systems needing intelligent attention.
As if poverty, terrorism, and
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Hugo richardhughes...@... wrote:
So the seas won't rise when the ice melts?
If maybe.
The world's weather patterns aren't already changing?
Always have. Always will.
Biblical day
of judgement? Where do you get this nonsense from dude?
BTW the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
snip
[quoting a philosophy professor from New Zealand:]
Apocalyptic scenarios are a diversion from real
problems poverty, terrorism, broken financial
PaliGap wrote:
Apocalyptic scenarios are a diversion from real
problems poverty, terrorism, broken financial
systems needing intelligent attention...
Is the movie 'Avatar' an 'apocalyptic' scenario?
LOL!!!
A philosophy professor from New Zealand recalls the
Y2K apocalypticism at
Apocalyptic scenarios are a diversion from real
problems poverty, terrorism, broken financial
systems needing intelligent attention.
Judy wrote:
As if poverty, terrorism, and broken financial
systems didn't have their own apocalyptic scenarios.
PaliGap wrote:
Well no.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
snip
[quoting a philosophy professor from New Zealand:]
Apocalyptic scenarios are a
Hugo wrote:
do you get this nonsense from dude?
BTW the BBC have finished the second series of my fave
TV show Survivors. Broadcast starts on 12 Jan.
Catch up here:
http://survivorsbbctv.wordpress.com/
The best post apocalypse show ever made. As bleak as the
day is long. I like my
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
And apparently completely missed the fact that the
alarmism resulted in actions taken to successfully
defang Y2K. It was a real threat, averted because
attention was paid to it.
A friend noticed that every morning Mulla
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
And apparently completely missed the fact that the
alarmism resulted in actions taken to successfully
defang Y2K. It was a real threat, averted because
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
And apparently completely missed the fact that the
alarmism resulted in actions taken
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
And apparently
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jst...@... wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend jstein@ wrote:
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, PaliGap compost1uk@ wrote:
--- In
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