5 Oct
1998
5 Oct
'98
2:51 a.m.
At 04:34 PM 10/3/98 -0700, you wrote:
I'm telling you, its the Y2K scare. You'll start to see more and more of
this hardware become available as people start to panic.
I'm frightened to realize that you're serious. Great, let's start
scaring them even more, to increase our collections. :-)
- John
5 Oct
5 Oct
6:44 a.m.
Someone wrote:
I'm telling you, its the Y2K scare. You'll
start to see more and more of
this hardware become available as people start to panic.
John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com> replied:
I'm frightened to realize that you're serious.
Great, let's start
scaring them even more, to increase our collections. :-)
I'm not sure this is such a great idea. IMNSHO, the biggest Y2K problems
will not be caused by actual computer problems, but by people's fear of
computer problems. I'm expecting a run on the banks, and it appears that
I'm not just being paranoid; the Fed is expecting it as well and has printed
an extra $5e9 in cash to try to cope with it.
On the other hand, if you have some plan that involves benefitting from a
run on the banks, I'd be interested in hearing about it. :-)
Eric
12:29 p.m.
On 5 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
I'm not sure this is such a great idea. IMNSHO,
the biggest Y2K problems
will not be caused by actual computer problems, but by people's fear of
computer problems. I'm expecting a run on the banks, and it appears that
I'm not just being paranoid; the Fed is expecting it as well and has printed
an extra $5e9 in cash to try to cope with it.
Whatever ends up compelling the companies to retire the old iron, it will
definitely mean more computers to round up.
On the other hand, if you have some plan that involves
benefitting from a
run on the banks, I'd be interested in hearing about it. :-)
Sell paper and ink to the government?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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