Re: MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance
In a message dated 9/6/1999 6:47:19 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recieved this message from a friend. It is a simple precaution that can be taken. I don't know if it will help anything, but it can't hurt anything either. Oh yes it can. It's a so called "thought virus" that eats up your and other people's time and computer resources(= money) just like those fake e-mail virus warnings you get all the time. People just read this crap, panic, and proceed to follow the orders given by the e-mail without really thinking about the contents. Actually, this is what I thought when I first received this message from another source about a month ago. But just to be on the safe side, I forwarded it to a good friend who works at Microsoft (not a "I heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend" deal, I have known this guy since elementary school.) He responded, surprisingly enough, this is *exactly* what a Microsoft internal Web page has insructed its own employees to do to ensure full Y2K compatibility. I know it sounds far-fetched, but better safe than sorry... Clay Voris [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance
Hi,
I recieved this message from a friend. It is a simple precaution that
can be taken. I don't know if it will help anything, but it can't hurt
anything either.
Oh yes it can. It's a so called "thought virus" that eats up your
and other people's time and computer resources(= money) just like
those fake e-mail virus warnings you get all the time. People
just read this crap, panic, and proceed to follow the orders
given by the e-mail without really thinking about the contents.
Where it says, "Short Date Sample", look and see if it shows a
"two digit" year format ("YY"). Unless you've previously changed it
(and you probably haven't) -- it will be set incorrectly with just the
two Y's..it needs to be four!
Well this setting defines how a short date is DISPLAYED, right
beneath this box is a setting for displaying a long date, so what ?
Operating Systems don't even pass date information to applications
in human readable form so this setting shouldn't affect anything.
Sorry for posting OT,
Alexander Dietrich
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RE: MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance
I believe that the word 'Meme' is used to describe a 'thought virus'. Yours pedantically Paul Kaufman -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon Barnes Sent: 06 September 1999 12:55 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: MD: OT: Re: Y2K compliance Alexander Dietrich wrote (in reply to J.Coon): Oh yes it can. It's a so called "thought virus" that eats up your and other people's time and computer resources Thanks for pointing this out. I like the concept of a "thought virus" (sometimes called a "idea"), though, of the type, this is fairly harmless compared to "Crime deserves punishment", "There is a God", "Respect your elders" - oops, sorry, wy OT. simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
