This message is from: Steve McIlree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brian--
Monday, Monday, November 09, 1998, you wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (BRIAN C JACOBSEN) > Thanks to all the computer people for your input on the Y2K problem. I > wonder, though, if your expertise in your respective areas of computers > is blinding you to the real problem. This is a people problem, not a > computer problem. You have all the faith in the world in computers > because you know they only do what they are programmed to do, and they > rarely ever mess up. You are exactly right. But the real problem here > is with people. I have to agree with you that this is a people problem. However, I believe that the problem lies with people getting a thrill out of preparing for a disaster. There could be a real problem with the economy if enough people believed that the banks were going to collapse that there was a run of people trying to move their investments to gold or silver. That would be a people problem as are most self-fulfilling prophecies. Did you know that in the year 1000 there was wide-spread famine? Why? Not because a new millennium had dawned, but because in 999 many people did not plant crops because they believed it was futile since the world was going to end at the stroke of midnight on December 31. Also, the years following were boom times for lawyers, as people tried to recover the goods and properties that they had signed over to the church in anticipation of the Apocalypse. Now, I'd like to remind everyone that the topic of this list is discussion of Norwegian Fjord horses. If anyone would like to discuss Y2k scenarios further, I recommend you go to www.liszt.com, do a search on Y2K and check out the many mailing lists which are devoted to *that* subject. If you would like to see a balanced discussion of the problem, I would recommend www.zdnet.com/zdy2k/. -- Steve McIlree & Cynthia Madden -- Pferd, Keyah, Skipper, Tank -- Omaha, Nebraska, USA Princes learn no art truly but the art of horsemanship. The reason is the brave beast is no flatterer. --Ben Jonson(1572-1637)
