Moscow rolls over and its fireworks and not Nukes!

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Got the TV on in the background (CBC) and Moscow seems to be lit up and partying, No Nukes yet,

Hopefully we can put that puppy to bed now, another issue for the recyle bin.

By the way for the Canadians out there CBC is putting on a great show, looking forward to the live Newfie reports! Buey's know how to party :o)

-- Brian (imager@home.com), December 31, 1999

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Party on, Muscovites! I probably worried more about them than anybody else.

Still, Koskinen is out-dooming us by saying:

Despite all the preparations, experts warned that some failures are inevitable on Jan. 1 and the weeks or months after, given the hundreds of millions of computers worldwide.

It may take two or three days for degradation of service to become apparent in power and telecommunications systems in developing countries. so weve got a little ways to go before we can declare victory, U.S. Y2K czar John Koskinen told CNN early Friday.

So formulate, but don't execute, your polly plans for a while...

oh, link:



-- lisa (
lisa@work.now), December 31, 1999.


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