Return-Path: Received: from mx1.cso.uiuc.edu (mx1.cso.uiuc.edu [128.174.5.37]) by enterprise.isdn.uiuc.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA25181 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:54:16 GMT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by mx1.cso.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA25509 for roth@enterprise.isdn.uiuc.edu; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:53:25 -0600 (CST) Received: from megsinet.net (mail.megsinet.net [208.133.72.77]) by mx1.cso.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA25435 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:53:11 -0600 (CST) Received: from megsinet.net(tnt1-236.focal-chi.megsinet.net[209.81.175.236]) (2161 bytes) by megsinet.net via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:inet_hosts/T:smtp (sender: ) id for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:53:08 -0600 (CST) (Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #12 built 1998-Feb-6) Message-ID: <35201494.94F020A@megsinet.net> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:54:29 -0600 X-PH: V4.4a@mx1.cso.uiuc.edu From: "Michael S. Leibovitz" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: roth@uiuc.edu Subject: hi there Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------C3CE168FD1F8599FA4CD79C4" Status: O Content-Length: 1711 Lines: 41 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------C3CE168FD1F8599FA4CD79C4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit when are you going to pick up the CPM system??????? --------------C3CE168FD1F8599FA4CD79C4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name="Sentinel.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Sentinel.txt" Top 10 Unforeseen Consequences of the "Millennium Bug" We all know how the year 2000 is wreaking havoc across the computer industry. Here are a few humorous consequences that you may not have thought of: 10.IRS demands a hundred years of interest from stunned taxpayers. 9. 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall song gets stuck in infinite loop. 8. At the stroke of midnight, Windows 99 turns back into DOS 1.0, the Pentium V turns back into an 8088, and the Handsome User is left holding a beautiful glass mouse. 7. Internet Movie Database now lists "1901: A Space Odyssey". 6. Mel Brooks' "2000 year old man" skit stops being funny....oops too late. 5. Sales of Coca Cola jump drastically after original cocaine-laden formula becomes legal again. 4. Software engineers point out that since computers think it's almost 1900, we technically have to "party like it's 1899", which, frankly, doesn't seem like much fun. 3. Computers temporarily fooled into thinking Strom Thurmond is only 103. 2. Microsoft declares the year 1900 to be the new standard of the "Gatesian" calendar. And the Number 1 Unforeseen Consequence of the "Millennium Bug".... 1. Jesus shows up late for His second coming, blames it on COBOL programmers. --------------C3CE168FD1F8599FA4CD79C4--