About the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Forum

Founded by computer expert and noted author, Ed Yourdon:

This forum is intended for people who are concerned about the impact of the Y2000 problem on their personal lives, and who want to discuss various fallback contingency plans with other like-minded people. It's not intended to provide advice/guidance for solving Y2000 problems within an IT organization.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NEWCOMERS:

Visit the Preparation Archives--a collection of great Y2K prep links contributed by forum participants and reorganized by a dedicated forum volunteer:

Year 2000 Preparation Archive

Choose the category you are interested in and press Enter. The link will appear in a new page. Close window to return.

Category	Year 2000 Preparation ArchivePersonal ConsiderationsPreparationFamilyHomeFoodFood Storage and PreservingGrowing FoodFood - CookingClotheswaterSanitationHealthLightingHeatFuelAlternate powerMoney and Y2KCommunity PreparationRural LivingUrban LivingBugging outSecurity and gunsHam Radio - CommunicationsBooksLeadershipAnimals

FORUM FAQs:

The TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Forum is located at this link:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?topic=TimeBomb%202000%20%28Y2000%29

TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000)
greenspun.com : LUSENET : One Forum
[ Ask a Question | Unanswered Questions | New Answers | About | Publisher ]

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4) View newly posted Questions--most recent post is listed and the top of New Questions.

5) Scrolling down the page will show the Older Messages (by category)--clicking on the category will display older thread questions archived containing over 130,000 posted answers.

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ABOUT:

Clicking About links to participants a descriptive page About the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Forum discussing the forums focus, providing instructions and links to the Preparation Archives.

NEW ANSWERS:

A click on New Answers links to a page titled Recent Answers where the most recent thread responded to will be at the top of the page. Most forum regulars keep track of thread activity at this page.

PUBLISHER:

Currently links to the Forum founders web-site by Ed Yourdon, located at:

http://www.yourdon.com

OTHER LINKS:

greenspun.com--links to the home page of the forums software developer which is programmed and maintained by Philip Greenspun and backed by the Xolas cluster of SPARC E5000 machines at MIT. The page links to Free Services for Web Publishers.

LUSENET--Links to other active and private forums using Philip Greenspuns forum software.

At the bottom of the top level forum page are other self-explanatory links.

Currently, due to software constraints, there is no search engine for the forum. Asking help from regular participants will often result in posted links to requested information.

-- Anonymous, June 20, 1999

Answers

Trying to come up with "something."

Suggestions? Comments?

-- Anonymous, June 20, 1999

BTW, I know it needs to be even more succinct.

*Sigh*

Question:

Should Rick Cowles Electric Utilities and Y2K Forum be a hotlink listed under the ABOUT area?

http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and- a.tcl?topic=Electric%20Utilities%20and%20Y2K

-- Anonymous, June 20, 1999

Yes to Rick's Forum. Electricity is important.

-- Anonymous, June 20, 1999

Diane

That looks good, although the greenspun info may not be needed. Another thought is a link to an HTML info site as alot of folk have a problem with this aspect of the forum.

-- Anonymous, June 22, 1999

"...a link to an HTML info site as alot of folk have a problem with this aspect of the forum."

???

Explain?

Diane

-- Anonymous, June 22, 1999