just asking!

-- eddy (xxx@xxx.com), June 21, 1999

Answers

A former 7-11 clerk, who won the lotto and moved to a farm in Virgina.

-- y2khippo (y2khippo@yahoo.com), June 21, 1999.

Flint's conscience.

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), June 21, 1999.

A survivor.

-- Greybear (greybear@home.com), June 21, 1999.

a nothing and a nobody. Should be ignored like all other self-appointed y2k experts.

-- anonymouse (milne@knowsnothing.com), June 21, 1999.

a voice in the wilderness comes to mind.

-- R. Wright (blaklodg@hotmail.com), June 21, 1999.

My dream neighbor.

-- Will continue (farming@home.com), June 21, 1999.

A sub moronic death lovin' survivalists - dreams of shooting another human being...

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 21, 1999.

perhaps you would just about qualify???

-- Andy (2000EOD@prodigy.net), June 21, 1999.

According to a brief news segement I saw about him, Paul is an ex- commodities trader that decided to move to the country. He looks more "normal" than his harsh words would suggest.

-- Anonymous99 (Anonymous99@Anonymous99.xxx), June 21, 1999.

The source of that article was Paul himself. The most responsible job he ever held in his life was telemarketer for a commodities broker, and then only for a few months.

He's made himself King of Preparers by doing *nothing* to prepare except declare his hermit lifestyle ideal (loudly and often).

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), June 21, 1999.

He's the person who spanked Flint off the c.s.y2k newsgroup, forcing him to take residence here.

-- at work (abcdef@aol.com), June 21, 1999.

I think Milne authored the Winnie the Pooh Books, oh bother...

-- will cornhole (will cornhole@my.neighbor), June 21, 1999.

Paul Milne is the Paul Revere of Y2K.
Bennet wanted that title but fell off his horse.
Paul Milne is still sounding the alarm and waking sleeples up. Y2K is coming.

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-- Ashton & Leska in Cascadia (allaha@earthlink.net), June 21, 1999.

Bennett's horse was not Y2K compliant.

-- Randolph (dinosaur@williams-net.com), June 21, 1999.

From U.S. News & World Report:

Paul Milne

PS- Didn't we just have this question LAST week?

-- Gayla Dunbar (privacy@please.com), June 21, 1999.

Milne is a father of five I beleive. He is NOT a stinkin ego-narcisist parent who IS NOT preparing for their children. He may be a little scrappy, however, any of us G.I.'s who care have developed less tolerance for those trying to shoot holes at us. The black sheep may be left to run this country while others who scape goat us may perish. Milne is simply trying to get your attention. If a few nasty angles are what it takes, so be it. We need to reduce the high percentage of non-prepared idiot butt-heads so there will be someone left to defend this country. This country will be up for grabs if TSHTF and nobody is prepared for the rollover. I would suggest to prepare for Y2K and war the way everything is looking nowdays.

Gayla...everytime i go to that Milne site (haven't successfully been there yet) on the U.S. news site, my computer crashes or freezes. Will never try again. Just wish I could read it without the hassle.

-- Feller (feller@wanna.help), June 21, 1999.

For you, Feller:

We may be nuts, but . . .

It's official: The millennial bug is really, truly scary

BY PHILLIP J. LONGMAN

Imagine how silly Paul Milne will feel if the year 2000 comes and goes without catastrophe. Milne, like millions of other Americans, is deeply alarmed by all the predictions that the turn of the century will discombobulate the computer networks upon which civilization now depends. Determined to protect his family from the so-called millennial bug, Milne, formerly a New York commodities trader, is now holed up on a 10-acre farm near Lynchburg, Va., where he and his family have learned how to butcher cattle and grind their own flour. To protect his hoard, he has bought a half-dozen or so AK-47 rifles, the first guns he has ever owned. He even built a bunkhouse to billet the gun-toting farmhands he anticipates he may need to patrol his farm's perimeter. "We're not survivalist nut cases," he insists. The threat of hungry scavengers will be so real, he argues, that, "If you live within 5 miles of a 7-Eleven, you're toast."

It's easy to dismiss Milne and folks like him as wackos. But this week brings official validation of at least some of their fears. On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate Special Committee on the Year 2000 Technology Problem is expected to release its final report on the economic and social consequences of Y2K, as the millennial bug is also known. The report's conclusions are startling, even going so far as to urge Americans to stockpile at least small amounts of food and water to protect against expected brownouts. People are also advised to save all their financial statements. In a draft copy of the report obtained by U.S. News, committee chairmen Robert Bennett and Christopher Dodd predict that the breakdown of computer networks unable to process 21st-century dates will be "one of the most serious and potentially devastating events this nation has ever encountered." Using a word that is bound to reverberate with some fundamentalist Christians who believe the millennial bug is a harbinger of the anti- Christ, Bennett and Dodd characterize the Y2K glitch as "diabolical."

New Year's dissolution. So how will the devil do his work? Don't expect planes to start falling out of the sky on New Year's Day. But the Y2K problem will most likely cause some people to die, while also causing serious disruption to the economy. Among the report's specific findings:

The health care sector is woefully unprepared to cope with Y2K problems, which could affect not only patient health records and billing systems but also the functioning of biomedical devices such as X-ray machines and infusion pumps used in operating rooms. Yet an estimated 64 percent of hospitals and 90 percent of doctors' offices have no plans to test for vulnerability to the millennial bug.

As of December 1998, only about 50 percent of utilities had completed efforts to safeguard themselves from the millennial bug. As a result, failure of some parts of the electric industry's system is likely, even if a prolonged nationwide blackout is not. Of particular concern is the possibility that power failures will disrupt local sewer treatment plants.

Transportation systems are also vulnerable. The report debunks predictions that the millennial bug will cause rail accidents, with switches sending trains on the wrong track. But it does chastise the Federal Aviation Administration for being behind in its preparations for Y2K and warns that because airports, especially those abroad, are also unprepared, flight rationing and cancellations, particularly on routes with foreign destinations, are "highly possible." Meanwhile, because the maritime industry has not moved aggressively to inoculate its own computer systems, "disruptions to global trade are highly likely."

Cash stash. The Social Security Administration gets high marks for its early efforts to contain the millennial bug, but people who depend on checks from other government agencies may want to keep some extra cash on hand. The report singles out the Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees Medicare disbursements, as particularly unprepared for postmillennial operations. It also expresses "serious concern" about the readiness of state and local governments, including their ability to properly process welfare, unemployment insurance, and Medicaid payments.

The people paying for those benefits may learn to hate the millennial bug as well. The General Accounting Office told Congress last week that the Internal Revenue Service is also behind in its remediation efforts, and that as a result millions of taxpayers could be sent erroneous tax notices or face delays in getting refunds.

Even if the checks do go out on time, with the right amounts and addresses, there is reason to worry about whether the post office can deliver them. The GAO also testified that the problems presented by the millennial bug to the U.S. Postal Service are "among the most complex of the public entities we have examined."

So who, if anyone, stands to gain from the millennial bug? Why, the lawyers, of course. The committee notes that once Americans are all done suing one another for all the lost checks, missing bank records, late deliveries, and botched operations, legal judgments could go as high as $1 trillion. So have a happy new year, and see you in court.

With Elise Ackerman, Jack Egan, and Art Levine

-- Gayla Dunbar (privacy@please.com), June 22, 1999.

You forgot to post the picture of Milne and his inbred family. Veddy Sceddy kids...

-- Y2K Pro (2@641.com), June 22, 1999.

Here ya go Y2K Pro. In the foreground is the source of the "dog pee in the rusty hubcap" you'll soon be drinking:

-- a (a@a.a), June 22, 1999.

I wish shooters would quit using their 24's and 20's all the time. This ultra-wide angle distortion is for the birds.

-- Shooter (Aimingright@you.com), June 22, 1999.

Agreed, Shooter, anything wider than 50mm is hard on my 55mm eyeballs. Not to mention I feel like I'm having drug flashbacks.

BTW, how are you enjoying Phil's stuff as posted below some of these threads.

Hallyx

"Have you tried these things? You should.

These things are fun. And fun is good." --- Dr. Seuss

-- Hallyx (Hallyx@aol.com), June 23, 1999.

Hallyx:

Phil's stuff is pretty good. Good command of light. Likes to work with limited hues in some of his people shot (easy to do in Europe). Still a little wide of some of his dog shots, but hey, Phil loves his dog. Who wouldn't. Great subject matter.

-- Shooter (aimingright@you.com), June 23, 1999.