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Kyodo News Service April 9, 1999

Many Taiwanese think Y2K is cosmetics brand

TAIPEI, April 8 -- A vast majority of Taiwanese are unaware of the problems that could be triggered by the year 2000 computer glitch, with many people believing that Y2K is a cosmetics brand, a survey showed Thursday.

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-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), April 12, 1999

Answers

A vast majority of Taiwanese are unaware of the problems that could be triggered by the year 2000 computer glitch, with many people believing that Y2K is a cosmetics brand, a survey showed Thursday.

In the sense that makeup is applied to 'cover-up' the brutal reality, I can see a connection between the current Y2K propaganda line shoveled out by bureaucratic circles and cosmetics. Buy the 'Tammy Faye' line of government-approved Y2K truth-cosmetics and you will see nothing but happy face 'news' from now on.

-- Tom Knepper (thomas_knepper@intuit.com), April 12, 1999.

Y2Kosmetics? 'Wonder if Loreal would be interested. . .

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), April 12, 1999.