4 Jun
1998
4 Jun
'98
3:56 a.m.
From the yk2
Newsletter <http://www.y2knews.com/>:
"The federal government is in dire need of technical resources to fix the
Year 2000 problem-so dire, in fact, that there is speculation about a
possible draft of Cobol programmers." 
4 Jun
4 Jun
8:01 a.m.
On 4 Jun 98 at 8:56, Roger Ivie wrote:
What, we don't have time to fix the Y2K problem but we _do_ have time to
build a whole new bureaucracy to mobilize the nation? Of course, the new
draft agency would have to be Y2K compliant so they can track down and
punish draft dodgers...
I guess it wouldn't do any good to skip off to Canada because _they'd_
probably draft you, too.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
No way ! In ww1 a government got booted for trying that and even in
WW11 they didn't dare institute a full draft. Mind you we do have Corel
and a few others wwho haven't moved south yet.
"Give us your tired,your poor, your huddled masses etc." that the US
rejects. We'll take anybody. All that empty space y'know. Unfortunately
because of the cold and the black flies and mosquitos we huddle for the
most part on a thin strip along the US border.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
From the yk2 Newsletter
<http://www.y2knews.com/>:
"The federal government is in dire need of technical resources to fix the
Year 2000 problem-so dire, in fact, that there is speculation about a
possible draft of Cobol programmers." 
5 Jun
5 Jun
1:07 a.m.
At 08:01 PM 6/4/98 +0000, you wrote:
On 4 Jun 98 at 8:56, Roger Ivie wrote:
What, we don't have time to fix the Y2K problem but we _do_ have time to
build a whole new bureaucracy to mobilize the nation? Of course, the new
draft agency would have to be Y2K compliant so they can track down and
punish draft dodgers...
I guess it wouldn't do any good to skip off to Canada because _they'd_
probably draft you, too.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
No way ! In ww1 a government got booted for trying that and even in
WW11 they didn't dare institute a full draft. Mind you we do have Corel
and a few others wwho haven't moved south yet.
"Give us your tired,your poor, your huddled masses etc." that the US
rejects. We'll take anybody. All that empty space y'know. Unfortunately
because of the cold and the black flies and mosquitos we huddle for the
most part on a thin strip along the US border.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
Don't forget the 18 wheelers colliding with the polar bears on Highway 401!
Cheers
Charlie Fox
From the yk2 Newsletter
<http://www.y2knews.com/>:
"The federal government is in dire need of technical resources to fix the
Year 2000 problem-so dire, in fact, that there is speculation about a
possible draft of Cobol programmers."
4 Jun
4 Jun
12:05 a.m.
On 5 Jun 98 at 9:07, Charles E. Fox wrote:
Don't forget the 18 wheelers colliding with the polar bears on Highway 401!
Cheers
Charlie Fox
Ah Charlie, you don't count. Us Canucks know you live
south of Detroit. : ^ ))
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
At 08:01 PM 6/4/98 +0000, you wrote:
>On 4 Jun 98 at 8:56, Roger Ivie wrote:
>
SNIP
I guess it wouldn't do any good to skip off to Canada because _they'd_
probably draft you, too.
Roger Ivie
ivie(a)cc.usu.edu
No way ! In ww1 a government got booted for trying that and even in
WW11 they didn't dare institute a full draft. Mind you we do have Corel
and a few others wwho haven't moved south yet.
"Give us your tired,your poor, your huddled masses etc." that the US
rejects. We'll take anybody. All that empty space y'know. Unfortunately
because of the cold and the black flies and mosquitos we huddle for the
most part on a thin strip along the US border.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
5 Jun
5 Jun
4:19 p.m.
Roger Ivie wrote:
What, we don't have time to fix the Y2K problem but we _do_ have time to
build a whole new bureaucracy to mobilize the nation? Of course, the new
draft agency would have to be Y2K compliant so they can track down and
punish draft dodgers...
I guess it wouldn't do any good to skip off to Canada because _they'd_
probably draft you, too.
Best bet would be to skip to Israel, Saudi Arabia, Morocco or some
other place that isn't crippled by the AD system. Me, I'm for
Wyoming and hide my computers in the basement so the peasants with
torches and pitchforks don't get some idea that I'm the one who
screwed up their government checks. But I can't desert New Jersey
until my father-in-law craps out, and since he's not even 80 yet,
that could be a while, a long while, like after whatever the Y2K
thing does is ancient history -- my wife's family tends to outlive
redwoods.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
From the
yk2 Newsletter <http://www.y2knews.com/>:
"The federal government is in dire need of technical resources to fix the
Year 2000 problem-so dire, in fact, that there is speculation about a
possible draft of Cobol programmers."
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