As the countdown for 2000-01-01 gets closer...


>
> 12 reasons to ignore the Year 2000 problem
>
> 1.    Jan. 1, 2000, falls on a Saturday and Monday is a holiday -  you'll
>      have plenty of time over the weekend to fix any problems.
> 2.    You crave the excitement of computer-system crashes.
> 3.    You always enjoyed your granddad's tales of the Great Depression and
>      want a similar experience.
> 4.    Nostradamus never mentioned this problem.
> 5.    You believe a comet is due to hit Earth in 2000 - why bother?
> 6.    Your horoscope said you should stay home for all of the year 2000.
> 7.    You'd rather drink coffee than champagne on New Year's Eve.
> 8.    You don't have time right now - check back with you again next year
>      when things slow down.
> 9.    You'll be retired and relaxing somewhere on a beach when year 2000
>      rolls around.
> 10.   You're 95, on life-support and haven't paid your electric bill for
>      the past three months.
> 11.   You're not using computers yet; you're waiting for the prices to come
>      down.
> 12.   There's no way just two missing digits can possibly cause that much
>      trouble.
>
> Excerpted from a list compiled by Peter de Jager, a Canadian consultant,
> and originally published in the Year 2000 Journal, a publication based
> in Dallas.


/jf
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