Y2K Bug

Year 2000 Computer Problem (Y2K Bug) No event since the destruction of the city of Pompeii by a volcanic eruption has had this kind of potential to affect the globe. With less than 2 months until the year 2000, two small digits may turn January 1, 2000 from one big celebration into a worldwide technological nightmare. On the edge of the new millennium, a common defect in the world’s computer systems has spawned a fear that has governmental …showed first 75 words of 1104 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1104 total…dream. Could someone come close? Not very… Could something reduce the problem by 90%? I don’t believe so. Could it reduce the problem by 50%? Possibly… but I still don’t believe so. Could it reduce the workload by 30%? Quite likely.” This type of problem illustrates the need to question our sometimes naïve, unconditional trust and confidence in decisions made for us by those who have their fingers on the buttons that control our lives.