Infomagic summarizes why his is theory is more likelygreenspun.com : LUSENET : TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) : One Thread |
from c.s.y2k 1/20/99:[snip of Cory's "Living in a science-fiction novel" post on this thread]
To summarize, Cory, a hyper drive requires unusual intelligence and a lot of hard work. So does actually _fixing_ Y2K (or the global economic crisis). My scenario requires nothing more than common stupidity and procrastination.
Which do you think is more likely? Which is actually happening?
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-- a (a@a.a), January 23, 1999
The technical reasons supporting Infomagic are:
-- RD. ->H (drherr@erols.com), January 23, 1999.
"Never underestimate the power of human greed and stupidity" Robert A. HeinleinI may not be able to get 50 miles out of town, but I'm moving out of the city this spring......
-- Jon Williamson (pssomerville@sprintmail.com), January 23, 1999.
- 2% of the population has an IQ of 130 or above.
- A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- Follow the money
- Enstein was considered retarded as a boy.
- Jesus Christ was crucified
-- Doomed (add@yours.too), January 23, 1999.