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Youuuuuuu Whooooooooo....... All youse engineering-nit-picking-love-them-numbers-type-guys are worrying about the WRONG THING with your "what year is the REAL millenium year" posts. Lemme set ya straight so's we can all get back to bashing snake-oil salesmen, turning Michael J. Fox into a PD commodity (the poor fella prolly never new what hit 'em after he came out as a PWP), and figure out how to get Ivan the caregivers he needs, not to mention how to eat a steak <YUMMY!> without it causing one to get very "Parkinson-y" before it's even digested. The MOST important thing about the Year 2000 is NOT what it's called or what's gonna happen to yer 'puter, but what you're gonna WEAR TO THE PARTY! Shhhhhhhhsh! GET REAL, fellas! <wee smirk> (and a giggle) Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Kleynscheldt, Gerrit <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 6:31 AM Subject: Re: Re More millenium stuff >I would think their first REAL problem arose after the first decade, when >one digit (9) was replaced with two (10). All the Abacuses in use had to >get an upgraded fRAMe. Desktops were now made of marble for more stability >under stress. This obviously called for more horsepower to deliver the >extra load. Palmtops became sweaty. > >Gerrit Kleynscheldt > >Tel: +27 21 947 8918 (Local 021 947 8918) >Fax: +27 21 947 1521 (Local 021 947 1521) > >Please note the following: >Because e-mail can be altered electronically, the integrity of this >communication cannot be guaranteed. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Anibal [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 3:43 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN > Subject: Re More millenium stuff > > Her's for my 2 cents. In light of the problems - confusion and >general > fol-de-rol concerning the Y2K her is my latest thought: > Imagine the problem the accountants etc had as the year 0000 >approached. Did > the Chinese have to throw out their old abacuses and get new ones >with an > up-to-date CPU? > How did the Romans handle the problem? What would the year 0000 be >in Roman > numerals > Sorry folks - I couldn't resist. > Bob Anibal >