Vidi, veni, vici.

Peter Altschul

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>Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:27:57 -0800
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>From: Brian Tucker <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: [odnet] The YzeroK Problem ;o)
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>A smile for those wresting with the Y2K problem:
>
>"Translated directly from a Latin scroll dated 2 BC
>
>Dear Cassius:
>
>Are you still working on the Y0K problem? This change from BC to AD is
>giving us a lot of headaches and we haven't much time left. I don't know how
>people will cope with working the wrong way around.
>
>I spoke to Caesar the other evening. He was livid that Mark hadn't done
>something about it earlier. He said he could see why Brutus turned nasty. We
>called in Consultus, but he simply said that continuing downwards using
>minus BC won't work and as usual charged a fortune for doing nothing useful.
>
>As for myself, I just can't see the sand in an hour glass flowing upward. We
>have heard that there are three wise men in the east who have been working
>on the problem, but, unfortunately they won't arrive until it's all over.
>
>I have heard that there are plans to stable all horses at midnight at the
>turn of the year as there are fears they will stop and try to run backwards,
>causing immense damage to chariots and possible loss of life.
>
>Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment of transition.
>
>Anyway, we are still conti8nuing to work on this blasted Y zero K problem.
>
>I will send a parchment to you if anything further develops.
>
>Plutonius."
>
>
>Brian Tucker, Ph.D.,
>Principal, CSM Change & Stress Management Services.
>Phone: (604) 443-5053;
>Fax: (604) 443-5001;
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