To:
y2k@ucdavis.edu
I have permission to distribute a selection from author Peter de Jager's
latest book, "The Bug Stops Here!!!" (Petrus & Associates). Despite his
past work and his place as one of the foremost Year 2000 experts in the
world, those expecting gloom-and-doom predictions of planes falling out
of
the sky will be sorely disappointed. This time around, 'doom sayer' de
Jager has taken it upon himself to poke fun at the Year 2000 and all the
hoopla surrounding it.
Plenty of people have theories as to what will happen when the Year 2000
hits, but the truth is this: no one really knows for sure, and they won't
until the clock strikes midnight on December 31st. At this point, all
many
of us can do is wait and cross our fingers. In the meantime, de Jager
says, it's time for some "reflection" on the Y2K bug and our own fears
and
ideas about it, and that's the idea behind "The Bug Stops Here!!!", a
collection of hilarious cartoons and quotations.
The selection that I'm distributing is a sample featuring three of the
lighthearted illustrations from the book. These cartoons lampoon the
over-hyped possible consequences of the Year 2000, as well as the people
and companies in
charge of fixing the bug. To receive this selection from "The Bug Stops
Here!!!" as a GIF (290K), please send mailto:excerpt@tenagra.com with the
subject line, "Send Y2K Cartoon," and I'll reply with the GIF file.
Thanks,
Steve O'Keefe
-- James Johnson (jamjohnson@ucdavis.edu), August 31, 1999