Y2K library page

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I've created a stheller@koyote.com), August 01, 1999

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Here's what Steve was trying to post:

I've created a Y2K library page, listing links to information about CDs that contain valuable survival and rebuilding information. I welcome comments and suggestions for additional links.

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), August 01, 1999.


Thanks, Linkmeister!

-- Steve Heller (stheller@koyote.com), August 01, 1999.

Linkmeister, and you read minds, too! Wow. Constant kudos for your selfless efforts.

-- Mara Wayne (MaraWAyne@aol.com), August 01, 1999.

Linkmeister, I'm not being a smart aleck in asking this, because I don't approve of that sort of behavior on this serious forum. But each time I read about CD-stored vital information, the thought occurs to me that this would only be useful IF we had the return of power with which to use a computer. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks in advance.

-- Elaine Seavey (Gods1sheep@aol.com), August 02, 1999.

Elaine,

I think it's likely that a majority of the U.S. will have electricity on January 1, 2000. If the worst-case scenario were to come true and there was a nationwide blackout, there would still be some people with solar power and batteries who would be able to use their PC's.

Books would be much more versatile in this case than CD-Roms, of course, but having both is even better. The kind of information Steve is talking about would also be valuable if a nuclear war were to ever happen.

By the way, if there's anyone else still curious, I hadn't seen Steve's Web page before, and I wasn't putting words into his mouth. I went into View and Source on my browser and was able to see what he had been trying to post in his original message but couldn't because of a minor HTML formatting error.

-- Linkmeister (link@librarian.edu), August 02, 1999.



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