🚀 go-pugleaf

Wow. The DL on this list just keeps growing.

The folks of rec.org.mensa, sci.skeptic, sci.astrology, and
misc.survivalism already know where I stand on this issue. They should
probably stop reading now......

David. I can certainly appreciate your point of view. I can even
understand it. But I must inform you that it is not shared by those
responsible for insuring the public's safety. If you don't believe this
claim, I can supply you with dozens of news stories confirming it.

David B. Greene wrote:
> 
> This is of course bullshit.  It is just a scare tactic for programmers
> to LOOT the public purse.

Actually, Dave, the government can't really afford to pay programmer's
out of the public purse. They are becoming too expensive as private
companies hire them to fix this "bullshit".

> Already Y2K checks and fixes are being implemented.

But why? If this is ""bullshit", fixes shouldn't be needed.

> If there was a big problem our economy would already be
> tweaking by now as computer systems are now scheduling activities into
> the next millenium.  So far the problems have been minor.

But problems have already occurred. I have already supplied URLs for a
few of them to some these newsgroups. They have been minor because very
few things look that far into the future. But you can expect
(statistically) that the frequency will increase as 12/31/99 approaches
and more things look past it. As these minor problems affect more and
more people, they may suddenly seem less minor.

> 
> I might add that anything making it more difficult for the Feds to
> retrieve archived information on the citizens of this country would be
> a welcome step towards electronic privacy.
> 
> Dave Greene

I suppose you have a point there. Though I am a little concerned that
the government may react to this loss of control by declaring martial
law. So let's hope they do keep things under control, because I for one
don't want to live under martial law.


Cheers
Robert Egan
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