On Jan 17, 2010, at 2:44 PM, Bob W wrote: >> >> naah the millennium bug was as real as the majority votes for >> dubya's presidencies. >> > > The millennium bug was real. I was one of the generations of programmers who > wrote it. The reason it turned into a damp squib is that I was also one of > the people who fixed it, before it blew up. > > The lesson to be learned from that is that if you do something about an > imminent disaster, nobody will believe it was ever going to happen. > And that doesn't really matter. Of course the countries that did nothing about the millennium bug, like India, survived quite handily along with those who did extensive reprogramming and preparation. But all efforts to minimize potential problems re always a plus. As usual, the human race persevered and continued on. I expect we'll manage to do that again. Paul > Bob > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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