Re: TI-H: Re: y2k
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Re: TI-H: Re: y2k
lol
Gary Marsh wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Giles Pollock wrote:
>
> > im going to be on the net when my clocks tick over and when everyone elses
> > clocks tick over so i can laugh at them when nothing happens, my 486 is
> > compliant til 2108... a strange date but still...
> >
> > I know real paranoids who are stockpiling water... even if the computers
> > controlling the water supply did go down, they could be reset and updated
> > within days, and all it controls is the water level in the towers, so it
> > wouldnt matter for a few days anyway...
>
> Heh.
>
> A friend of mine was shopping in a Wal-Mart, and this woman in front of
> him was buying nearly 100 canadian dollars worth of batteries and
> flashlights, saying "these are for when the lights go out".
>
> My friend then said, "but new batteries have microchips in them."
>
> She absolutely freaked out, and went off to buy some candles :-)
>
> - Gary Marsh, gmarsh@thezone.net
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