Word: y2k
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...longtime software developer, I was amazed by the Y2K hype. Government, the media and the public at large were all completely convinced we programmers were too stupid to properly allow for a change of century. How insulting. But to the programmers who took advantage of people's gullibility and profited from the panic, I say congratulations. P.T. Barnum would be proud. And to all the people who stockpiled enough nonperishable and unappetizing food to last for years, I'd ask, Who's stupid now? Enjoy your Spam. DIANA GRUBER Las Vegas...
Those of us who prepared for Y2K's worst disasters erred on the side of caution. We could afford to be wrong, and we were. But instead of universal rejoicing among those who were fully prepared and those who weren't, the joking has already started--"We told you so." Perhaps. But had we "doom and gloomers" been right, the panic and tears of others wouldn't have been the object of my glee. MILTON JOHN KLEIM JR. Citrus Heights, Calif...
...prices always go down? Gravity has been reversed, at least temporarily, in PC pricing. Supply constraints, increased demand and a chip shortage tied to last year's earthquakes in Taiwan have kept prices up. But don't run out to buy that PC to beat the next hike. With Y2K problems no longer a threat and production back on track, prices should head down in a few months...
...Bill Clinton has the type of year he wants, all of the candidate debates over how to spend America's projected budget surpluses will be moot. It seems that the post-Y2K Clinton has narrowed his focus to fulfilling seven-year-old campaign promises, and has been churning multibillion-dollar proposals through the White House almost daily. The latest proposal could help avenge the biggest embarrassment of his presidency (well, the biggest policy embarrassment): the failed Bill/Hillary health care reform of 1992-93. On Wednesday the President proposed a $28 billion plan to subsidize long-term care for those with...
...Fearing an infestation of Y2K bugs at midnight, a young boy in England cut the wires leading to his uncle's computer...