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What a letdown. People were hunkering in bomb shelters, stocking up on canned food and cleaning out gun shops, but for what? When Jan. 1, 2000 rolled around, there wasn't much destruction as a result of the dreaded Y2K computer bug. A few minor glitches popped up here and there, like people in New York and Nebraska being charged over $90,000 for turning in rented videos late or the New York Times' automated phone system telling people that it was the Jan. 3, 1900 issue of the paper. Ironically, the homepage of the self-proclaimed "inventor...
...United States alone spent $100 billion to remedy the Y2K problem, some of which was used to promote readiness in other parts of the world. The Pentagon's efforts to ensure safety in the Russian nuclear arsenal were especially welcome. The efforts of the government and the private sector resulted in massive overhauls and scrutiny of existing computer systems to guarantee that the year 2000 would not wreak havoc upon the world...
Like the much-over-hyped Y2K crisis, Boris N. Yeltsin stepped down from the Russian presidency on the last day of 1999 not with a bang, but with a whimper. In a tearful address, Yeltsin apologized to the Russian people for the continued hardships of everyday life across the country, despite his repeated promises to cure Russia's woes. Yeltsin's parting words were a far cry from his defiant stance against a communist coup in August 1991, when he memorably leapt on a tank. While this time Yeltsin stole the New Year's thunder, he did the mature thing...
Tomeu said the lack of problems was partly due to Cambridge's two-year effort to make all systems Y2K compliant...
...Cambridge, Y2K glitches were just as scarce, according to Ini Tomeu, a public information officer for the city...