Ahem... can't imagine why this was brought to my attention.
For those of you who believe that it was all a hoax, I'd ask you to do a little bit of research.
Do a google on the terms: Y2K Pathlan Downs NHS
Read the report, and the consider the consequences of this 'little' problem. This wasn't covered by the media... the report was released on Sept 10th 2001... I can see why it got lost in the shuffle.
There were other problems. Most of the companies I was in contact with confided that they had 100-200 problems over the coming months. Most minor, some major. I was in touch with Fortune 1000 type companies from around the world.
Ask yourself, what possible motivation any of these companies had for contacting the media and telling them they had a significant Y2K problem. All of them, rightly, stayed as far away from the media as possible.
Was it hyped? Of course it was... and MANY of us, myself included were stating throughout 1999 that we'd taken care of the issue. The media didn't give that perspective much airtime... instead Gary North and his ilk, as well as some prominent IT folks continued with TEOTWAWKI.
Glad it's over. Glad I was involved. Never Again.
Yours Truly Peter de Jager
p.s. And no. Despite MANY media reports to the contrary. The site was NOT sold for $10M
I've just received a flurry of thank you's from
this group, so I thought I'd visit and see what
was being posted.
Many thanks to all who have posted an attack on
the silly notion that this was a hoax.
I saw this "He lied - he was advocating doomsday until the end by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01, @09:10AM EST (#116) I saw him live (well live on TV) about 6 months before Y2K and it made me really angry to see this guy telling everyone in Australia their cars were not going to start and their toasters would fail. That was scaremungering, of the worst order in my opinion."
This is an example of how an accusation becomes a
reality. I never once said that cars would not start... and as for toasters? Again, I
published an article that offered $1,000 for ANYONE who find such a device KNOWING I'd never have to pay the money.
As to 'scaremungering(sp) until the end?' I published an article 'Doomsday Avoided' in Feb 1999
That basically said nothing much would happen.
I also published a cartoon book 'The Bug Stops Here!'
In 1999 that poked fun at all the TEOTWAWKI silliness.
I started working on that book in mid-1998
I was also, for the record, on a plane that
evening flying from Chicago to London to prove
that I believed everything that needed to be done
was done.
This year? I stayed home with my family.
Folks have a Happy New Year... Thanks for all
YOUR hard work.
Slashdot Mirror
Ahem... can't imagine why this was brought to my attention.
For those of you who believe that it was all a hoax, I'd ask you to do a little bit of research.
Do a google on the terms: Y2K Pathlan Downs NHS
Read the report, and the consider the consequences of this 'little' problem. This wasn't covered by the media... the report was released on Sept 10th 2001... I can see why it got lost in the shuffle.
There were other problems. Most of the companies I was in contact with confided that they had 100-200 problems over the coming months. Most minor, some major. I was in touch with Fortune 1000 type companies from around the world.
Ask yourself, what possible motivation any of these companies had for contacting the media and telling them they had a significant Y2K problem. All of them, rightly, stayed as far away from the media as possible.
Was it hyped? Of course it was... and MANY of us, myself included were stating throughout 1999 that we'd taken care of the issue. The media didn't give that perspective much airtime... instead Gary North and his ilk, as well as some prominent IT folks continued with TEOTWAWKI.
Glad it's over.
Glad I was involved.
Never Again.
Yours Truly
Peter de Jager
p.s. And no. Despite MANY media reports to the contrary. The site was NOT sold for $10M
Yes Frequently. I have a policy for lost luggage... I do a LOT of flying and my lugguge is lost for more than 24 hours about 4-6 times per year.
The process is simple. A claim form, the lost luggage ticket, and the receipts of the items I purchased up to $600 per incident.
I've made about 20 claims. Never once were they questioned.
Greetings all,
I've just received a flurry of thank you's from this group, so I thought I'd visit and see what was being posted.
Many thanks to all who have posted an attack on the silly notion that this was a hoax.
I saw this "He lied - he was advocating doomsday until the end by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 01, @09:10AM EST (#116) I saw him live (well live on TV) about 6 months before Y2K and it made me really angry to see this guy telling everyone in Australia their cars were not going to start and their toasters would fail. That was scaremungering, of the worst order in my opinion."
This is an example of how an accusation becomes a reality. I never once said that cars would not start... and as for toasters? Again, I published an article that offered $1,000 for ANYONE who find such a device KNOWING I'd never have to pay the money.
As to 'scaremungering(sp) until the end?' I published an article 'Doomsday Avoided' in Feb 1999 That basically said nothing much would happen.
I also published a cartoon book 'The Bug Stops Here!' In 1999 that poked fun at all the TEOTWAWKI silliness. I started working on that book in mid-1998 I was also, for the record, on a plane that evening flying from Chicago to London to prove that I believed everything that needed to be done was done. This year? I stayed home with my family.
Folks have a Happy New Year... Thanks for all YOUR hard work.
Ciao
Peter de Jager
Jan 01/2001