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| Thread ID: 143546 | 2017-02-07 07:15:00 | "The Golden Age of Ignorance" | Laggard (17509) | PC World Chat |
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| 1431711 | 2017-02-13 04:45:00 | I think we are arguing at cross-purposes here - - it is true that it was over-hyped by the media and the people who fulled baths etc were totally conned / didn't do their research - the instances where it really mattered were all covered quietly by the people involved. If you Google " Y2K problems " you soon can see many real problems (specially early credit card problems) but these should never have been a worry for the public. Just an early instance of " fake news " maybe.? What I would REALLY like to know, but have never seen, is how many people sat in bunkers and for how long? That could be a plot for a good TV program - wife in the house takes a new lover while husband has locked himself in his bunker underground for x years. I am pleased we are getting some consensus decibel. - it is true that it was over-hyped by the media and the people who fulled baths etc were totally conned / didn't do their research It was Over-Hyped by the Media all right but I don’t blame the public at all for getting sucked in. As I previously explained, a mate of mine who was no mug (He was a multi millionaire) believed them and not me and followed the Media’s instructions to the letter. He could never get his head around the fact that he’d been conned by the Media and Government. Ok, I forgive him because he came from an Academic Background and I from a Technical. - the instances where it really mattered were all covered quietly by the people involved. Absolutely, and that’s how it should have been. If you Google " Y2K problems " you soon can see many real problems (specially early credit card problems) but these should never have been a worry for the public. Just an early instance of " fake news " maybe.? Of course there were problems and all of them a sad indictment on the software writers. However, there was nothing the Public could do and filling ones bath with water wasn’t going to help. :rolleyes: No matter how you look at it, the BS from the Media and Government was totally irresponsible. |
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| 1431712 | 2017-02-13 07:06:00 | No matter how you look at it, the BS from the Media and Government was totally irresponsible. Since when has the truth actually stood in the way of the media or governments exaggerating a story or fact. Next thing you know they'll be making up stories :D ;) |
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