Word: y2k
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...global odometer first flipped in New Zealand--a place experts believed was so dependent on technology it would surely implode if its computers believed the year was 1900--it was only a little shocking that absolutely nothing happened anywhere on or above the globe. Airplanes stayed in the air. Y2K bunker dwellers began to pack up canned food for the soup kitchens. People, in general, went to bed early...
...Denver didn't officially celebrate on Dec. 31, 1999, because of Y2K fears, but will throw caution to the wind this year and stage a massive mall party. Mayor Wellington Webb has belatedly discovered the city was a stickler all along: it celebrated the start of the 20th century...
...That our electoral apparatus, it turns out, was definitely Y2K-proof...
...Radio Free America. Anything they don't agree with is part of a vast left-wing conspiracy. Malzberg (who believes the Republic is so threatened that he stops his show each night for 30 seconds of "silent prayer") hints darkly that Bill Clinton wanted to ride the anxiety over Y2K to a state of martial law. Hannity, when not paying tongue-tied tribute to Mrs. Clinton's defeated rival, Rick Lazio, and his wife ("They should hang their head high"), opines that Hillary was elected by "a very biased media who anointed her queen." When they are not engaging...
...online at a glance and start chatting right away. And they can do so across time zones, oceans and continents. At the stroke of midnight last New Year's Eve, 80 IBM experts from around the world huddled online to monitor the company's defenses against the Y2K bug. "If there had been a crisis," Patrick says, "all the knowledgeable people would have instantly shared their expertise...