steak and eggs, steak and eggs, steak and eggs, steak and eggs.......

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...GEEZ MOM WILL YA JUST LOOK? doncha think that's WEIRD????? remember that scene from that sci fi movie, forget the name, invasion of body snatchers part 5 or something? anyway, the kid is suspicious as heck of all these alien doods disguised as humans, a bus full of 'em are all eating in his mom's (she's a dwgi about aliens) diner, and they all order steak and eggs- but only he and a few others bother to notice. This is sorta what's going on now, it seems. Company after public name after media pronouncement--"We're y2k ready--we're on track--we've been working real hard..yada yada yada" OK, sure-tons of work has been done? But doesn't it sound like the steak and eggs deal? I mean show me one example of "well-we really tried, and we got teams of programmers and techs on 24/7 now, but no lie, we ain't gonna make it--we're so sorry, please forgive us". Where is it? huh? someone wanna show me a real example of we're flat gonna go under story? I've never seen one. Closest is those "well, we can't guarantee there might be some delays or disruptions, of a minor, temporary nature..". That's it, nothing else. I want to see one single honest complete failure story, until then, all the smiley face we are "fixed" stories are suspect in my mind. zog the oddsmaker

-- zog (zzoggy@yahoo.com), November 12, 1999

Answers

Oh hush now, and eat your steak and eggs dear.

-- Mom (mom@bodysnatcher.com), November 12, 1999.

You just nailed it Zog. There is no honesty. A fitting end to the decade of spin.

-- Earl (earl.shuholm@worldnet.att.net), November 12, 1999.

PS What was the movie? I would like to see it.

-- Earl (earl.shuholm@worldnet.att.net), November 12, 1999.

Monkey see, monkey do.

-- I'm Here, I'm There (I'm Everywhere@so.beware), November 13, 1999.

Hey ZOG! Yeah, I DID see one article about a real expected failure. It was about those cool pager watches put out by Seiko. Anyway, they sent out letters to all users notifying them that they would not be any good after the rollover, and thanked them for their business. I can't remember where I saw the article, could have been WSJ.

That was the only article I have seen that said, our system will end at 1/1/00 because we can't fix it. Or something to that effect.

-- (formerly known as nobody@nowhere.rrr), November 13, 1999.



I'm not sure what movie you're talking about, but every time I hear Lord Koskinen's name, I'm reminded of Buckaroo Banzai, where all the aliens are named "John".

Someone tell me Koskinen doesn't hail from New Jersey, *please*!

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), November 13, 1999.


it was a remake of the Invaders ?? I remember that scence too, the little boy running down the line at the counter pointing at each and yelling steak n eggs, steak n eggs ...

-- Dan G (earth_changes@hotmail.com), November 13, 1999.

Ron,

Buckaroo Banzai is my all-time favorite movie. I am ever disappointed that there were no sequels.

-- silver ion (yoyodyne@propulsion.systems), November 13, 1999.


I kind of remember that movie and all the aliens smoked like chimneys because they needed some kind of toxic gas to survive. But its like this zog, the sheeple, I mean people, believe in the government to make all our decisions for us, don't you. If the government didn't pass a law to force you to wear your seat belt you wouldn't believe its necessary, would you? and so over the decades we've developed a system that allows our government to think for us so we can devote more time to prime time. Here's another example zog, if you're a legitimate walking, thinking human being would you really have started smoking just because some Camel or Marlboro commercials made it look cool? More than that, Zog, the devastation of overpopulation versus Y2K is like comparing full blown AIDS versus a pimple yet where is our discussion on overpopulation? Here's the bottom line - Unless every single Doomer or shade of doomer has two or less children then you're thoughtless, myopic hypocrites. Y2K is a small picture within the big picture and if you don't agree with me, look up the population for the world when you were born and compare it to todays population. Horror of horrors, few people find that shocking.

-- Guy Daley (guydaley@bwn.net), November 13, 1999.

Ron: It is probably fitting that Ko-skin-em is from New Jersey. (Sorry--too easy, couldn't help it...)

:-)

-- preparing (preparing@home.com), November 13, 1999.



He really is from Jersey? Figures...

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"in the miserable annals of the earth, you will be duly enshrined"

-- Ron Schwarz (rs@clubvb.com.delete.this), November 14, 1999.


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