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From: den Otter <otter@globalxs.nl>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: Year 2k - for better or for worse
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>> From: =- deluxe -= <jeff@ultraviolet.com>
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>> Personally, I'm shocked at the lack of press coverage over the Y2k
>> problem. As many of you CS know, its only a matter of time now before
>> our country and many of the worlds economic structures take their worst
>> beatings in history. Does anyone know of a website which organizes the
>> information in a professional/scientific assessment?
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>> I've only heard a little in the press. This is probably because they
>> don't want to exacerbate the problem by having people with lots of money
>> withdrawing their portions from the world banks.. but that's only a
>> small part of the hysteria this computer malfunction could bring on..
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>But how bad will it really be? How will the y2k problem affect simple
>things like your PC, web access and email? For example, can we
>expect this list to crash? (now *there's* something really serious)...
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>Something else: everybody's talking about the negative sides of this
>alleged crash, but as with most disasters there must be ways to
>(greatly) profit from it. Although most people got hit in for example
>the crash of '29, some became millionaires overnight. There must be
>ways to profit from the (potential) chaos that will follow the y2k
>problem, and not just as a programmer. It would be stupid to let
>a golden opportunity like this one pass...Any suggestions? ;-)
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