Re: Year 2000 woes solved?

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Joe,

In a message dated 97-09-23 01:30:19 EDT, you write:

> This article appeared in the Tech section of the Monday edition of the St
Paul 
> Pioneer Press.
>  
>  Year 2000 woes solved?  - James Romenesko, staff writer
>  "A 14-year-old New Zealand boy says he's come up with a solution to the
Year 
> 2000 computer problem - but he's not showing his stuff until he gets a
patent 
> in his pocket. Meanwhile, the kid has let a computer analyst inspect his
work,
>  and the older pro says the young man just might have solved the dreaded 
> millennium bug problem."
>  
>  Anyone heard about this?

Yes I have.

BTW, did you hear about the guy that they found dead in the woods that was
wearing a wet suit, mask, oxygen tank, snorkel, and swim fins?  Seems the
forest fire-fighting plane scooped him up while grabbing another tank-full of
water.  Did you hear that "Freshen-Up" gum was made of spider eggs?  Also, a
kid put a whole package of "Pop Rocks" in his mouth at the same time and blew
his head off!  What about the guy that found an entire rat in his Coca-Cola
after he had already taken a sip?

Just kidding :-D!  Sounds like another "urban legend" to me, and that James
Romenesko should be taken to task for shoddy reporting.  A 14-year-old
concerned with patent protection -- come ON, sounds like another "silver
bullet"!

IMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM (for now)

"Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier." -- Charles F.
Kettering
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