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Dear Netters, A friend sent this to me. I don't know who wrote it originally. It gives= a neat Y2K explanation for all grades and would incorporate easily into a presentation (and would also incorporate a little humor :-). Sing to the tune of =93Gilligan's Island.=94 Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale of the doom that is our fate. That started when programmers used two digits for a date, two digits for a date. Main memory was smaller then; hard disks were smaller, too. Four digits are extravagant, so let's get by with two so let's get by with two. This works through 1999 the programmers did say, unless we rewrite before that it all will go away it all will go away. But Management had not a clue, it works fine now, you bet! a rewrite is a straight expense, we won't do it just yet we won't do it just yet. Now when 2000 rolls around it all goes straight to @#%& for zero's less than ninety-nine as anyone can tell as anyone can tell. The mail won't bring your pension check it won't be sent to you when you're no longer sixty-eight but minus thirty-two but minus thirty-two. The problems we're about to face are frightening, for sure and reading every line of code's the only certain cure the only certain cure. (key change, big finish) There's not much time there's too much code (and Cobol-coders, few) when the century is finished with we may be finished too we may be finished too. Eight thousand years from now I hope that things weren't left too late and people aren't then lamenting four digits for a date four digits for a date. _____________ Jan McGee, LMS Mitchell Elementary School West Monroe, LA 71292 JMcgee8038@aol.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 3) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv For LM_NET Help & Archives see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=