POSTSCRIPT: This website was frozen on December 31, 1999, as a permanent document on how all of us acted and reacted to the Y2K myth from 1997 to 1999. There will be no updates. Enjoy reading all of the emails, especially the wild ones from 1998. - David Robert Loblaw, 03 January 2000
The best illogic starts with a true premise.
In this case, some computers will have a little problem with Year 00.
After that truism, it gets weird.
A good scam ...
can be summarized in a few words. "Computers won't know what Year 00 is."
sounds like it has technical validity. "I'm able to figure out that I'm 50 years old by subtracting my birth year of '49 from the current year of '99, but next year when I subtract '49 from '00 - I'll be negative 49 years old!"
sounds like it will affect millions of people. "Computers are everywhere. Planes will crash because they use computers, so will elevators. The banks will crash. The high-tech weapons of the military will freeze."and the best one:
rests on EGO. No one wants to look stupid. Once someone buys into a scam, they'll do or say anything not to look the fool. That is what fuels a scam.
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