[107219] in Cypherpunks
Re: FC: How Y2K doomsayers got it wrong
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Tue Jan 5 21:21:42 1999
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.990105151444.29720E-100000@denver>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:44:49 -0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Reply-To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
At 2:33 PM -0800 1/5/99, Jim Burnes - Denver wrote:
>
>I think Declan was correctly pointing out the rather serious
>overstating of the problem so soon.
>
>He was pointing to a specific class of doomsayers, not to everyone
>that thinks Y2K may eventually create very serious problems.
>
>I'm playing wait and see. I think a more serious date will be
>in the April/June time frame. First IRS fiscal year 2000
>processing. From what I hear, their systems are in a near
>collapse state not even taking into account the Y2K problem.
>
>After that the perception of Y2K as a serious problem should
>generate near bank runs. Considering the "virtual" nature
>of our banking system, one peek at the man behind the curtain
>should be all the nation needs for financial chaos.
And people, including "Anonymous," who are following Y2K from the odd
postings in Cypherpunks should realize they are only getting the barest
glimpse of the issues.
Anonymous, in particular, is clueless about my overall position on Y2K.
In any case, as I said a day or so ago, Cypherpunks is not the right forum
for discussing Y2K. Not only because it is not the charter of the group,
but also because Cypherpunks now is mostly a quiet group with occasional
outbursts from newbies and AOLers and WebTVers. A few IQ points below that
of comp.software.year-2000, which is saying something.
--Tim May
We would go to their homes, and we'd kill their wives and
their children. We would kill their families
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