Y2K: The Winter of Our Disconnect?

 

with Bob Cringely
Truth or Dire Consequences #3

A) Many pumps used in municipal water pipes may change polarity when their microchips come across the year "00." They'll start pumping backwards, sucking the water from your pipes or causing your toilets to explode when flushed.

B) Computer programmers will head for the hills, hiding in cabins until the Y2K problem finishes crashing the stock markets and international economies.

Click your choice above.

 


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