Optimist/pessimist differences: 1999 must-read material

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One way of contrasting the views held on Y2k awareness before the rollover is to consider what a 'doomer' or 'polly' might have suggested as Y2k must-reading in 1999. A 'polly' might have suggested sites such as these --

http://www.serve.com/thibodep/cr/y2k.htm

or

http://www.mcs.net/~aaron/tmc.htm

And 'doomers' might have suggested

http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/hearings

or

http://www.house.gov/reform/gmit/y2k/

Last year -- before the rollover -- what sites did you consider to be essential for understanding the big picture on Y2k?

-- (Convers@tion.starter), September 11, 2000

Answers

Certainly, and without a doubt, the most comprehensive site had to be

http://www.garynorth.com

Forget Gary North's commentary, it was truly a portal to the relevant Y2K links.

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), September 11, 2000.


http://www.ghsport.com/pu blic/y2k.htm

htt p://www.softwaremanagement.com/References/year_2000.html

-- Doc Paulie (fannybubbles@usa.net), September 11, 2000.




-- (font@off.?), September 11, 2000.



-- (.@...), September 11, 2000.

One place for the "big picture" was the U.S. Naval War College. They looked at many different potential outcomes.

Year 2000 International Security Dimension Project links

http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000qx5

-- Glad (that@nothing.happened), September 11, 2000.



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