Nathan Myhrvold - Microsoft's chief technical officer
"It's very hard to tell how bad the situation is going
to be. I'm sure things will break. . . The dark side
scenario of planes falling out of the sky and bank
computers crashing is possible.

:-'???????

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-- spider (spider0@usa.net), October 30, 1999

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The other day I caught a small snippet on the TEE-VEE from a news- person about the goodyear blimp or the firestone blimp going down. Her comment was, the blimp went down appearently due to a on board computer problem. Ge-wiz does that qualify for a plane falling out of the sky because of a computer problem, or is the doomer side of me kicking in?

-- Les (yoyo@tolate.com), October 30, 1999.

Spider:

Of course it is. In this case, everything is possible. I see no real point in arguing about what will happen. Based on the information that I have been able to gleen from people I know and people I work with, THERE ARE NO EXPERTS AVAILBLE WHO CAN TELL US WHAT WILL HAPPEN.! There are so many custom programs [both in software-software and in chips] that the possibilities are endless. I will deal with my own stuff and quit worrying about the world-wide possibilities. It is the only sane course.

Best wishes,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), October 30, 1999.

This is the same little bastard that was telling us there was nothing to fear a year ago. What a difference 12 months makes.

-- a (a@a.a), October 30, 1999.

Z1X4Y7,

Nice to see you back. I know. I know. It's hard to stay away. So where are you now?

Sincerely, Stan Faryna

-- Stan Faryna (faryna@groupmail.com), October 30, 1999.

Last week a Goodyear blimp, a Lear jet and a 'Blue Angel' jet all fell out of the sky - correct me if I'm wrong but aren't these the *BEST* air ships we have ?? Just wondering ...

-- Dan G (earth_changes@hotmail.com), October 30, 1999.

Accidents happen. Planes and blimps do crash. Why does every accident have something to do with y2k? I'd like to say get a life, but in this case I will say get a better argument.

-- jbsmith (joebobsmith@yahoo.com), October 30, 1999.

Stan:

I have been in Northwest Washington [Cascadia]. I leave again soon for TN and then Oregon. Thanks for the thoughts.

Best wishes,,,,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), October 30, 1999.

By-the-way:

This discussion of planes falling from the sky [not by people on the forum, but by the press] is somewhat offensive. I figure that after a certain number of flights, I am doomed. I have endured flights running off of the end of the runway; clear air turb. that injured people; malfunctions that caused an aborted [spectacular] take off; etc. If you fly this much, you know, eventually, your number will come up. I just don't like a bunch of people talking about it. This is probably an unreasonble position; but it is like trying to tell a worker in a leper colony about the possibilities of getting leprosy.

best wishes,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), October 30, 1999.

The Airforce did a Y2K test at Nellis AFB, and everything went smoothly--except for the two F-15 fighter planes that crashed.

-- Ocotillo (peeling@out.===), October 30, 1999.

>I will deal with my own stuff and quit worrying about the world-wide possibilities.

Meditation on this statement will yield insight into the Pollys' staying power in the fact of all evidence of serious disruption. It is also the core of the desire of the elites for you, the little peon reading this this forum. They want you to focus on your own needs, your own advantage, and ignore the world at large - because that's not your business, it's theirs. Too much public interest gets in the way.

I'm astounded at the degree to which Polly arguments echo the purposes of the elite. Or maybe I'm not anymore...

Liberty

-- Liberty (liberty@theready.now), October 30, 1999.

... and we just lost a 767 - still think nothing is up ??
stick your head back under the covers for one more month.

-- Dan G (earth_changes@hotmail.com), October 31, 1999.

Microsoft Corp's chief technical officer, Nathan Myhrvold, says regarding Y2K: "It's very hard to tell how bad the situation will be. I'm sure things will break. It's very hard to dispel a nightmare scenario. There are millions of lines of code in every person's life, and some percentage will be affected. The dark-side scenario of airplanes falling out of the sky and bank computers crashing is possible. But it's fundamentally very hard to know whether the impact will be little or big." (Fortune magazine, July 20; PP138-139.)

Remember the "Here comes TEOTWAWKI" from a French news service. And the Myhrvold quote is from July.

-- adding (a little@perspective.maybe), October 31, 1999.

Liberty:

I am open to suggestions. What do you suggest that I do to solve the world-wide problem at this point :).

Best wishes,,,,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), October 31, 1999.