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Re: Year 2000 problems - WAS What to call the Next Decade
Subject:Re: Year 2000 problems - WAS What to call the Next Decade From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Mon, 29 Jan 1996 14:50:19 +0000
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> A much more serious problem is what happens to programs,
> hardware, and maybe documentation that cannot handle the
> year 2000. Companies should be planning for this now.
Oh, but there's a more serious problem. My nephew will graduate from
high school in 2000. What's his class going to be called? The class of 00?
Double naught? And what about that cheer we had when *I* was a senior:
"eighty-two, eighty-two, eighty-eighty-eighty-eighty-eighty-two!"
What's the class of 00 going to chant at pep rallies?
(sorry Eric) :-)
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Tracy Boyington
Technical Communication Specialist
Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma
I never express opinions, but if one slips out, it belongs
to me and not ODVTE.
"I think I did pretty well, considering I started out
with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."
-- Steve Martin
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