Re: Y2K Furor - or what ?
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- Subject: Re: Y2K Furor - or what ?
- From: T* H*
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 15:07:56 -0800
> The recent furor remind me of something I read a long time
>ago. If I have it right, the earth was predicted to go through the
>tail of Halley's comet in 1910. Oh what a furor, a frenzy of
>doomsayers.
> It is said that every scientist in the world turned on every
>instrument they had and no one, NO ONE, noticed a flicker of a
>needle. Nothing!!
> I hope the doomsayers this time are not disappointed by the
>lack of problems this time. Personally I'm pleased and not a bit
>surprised. But then again, I have a Mac!!!
> ---Chas---
But it reminds me of Mark Twain's saying "it is better to be safe
one hundred times than to get killed once". Crying wolf certainly
has its drawbacks, but it does keep the warning systems in tune -
that those who run may also read .....
Toni Hawryluk
Seattle
tonihawr@email.msn.com
