>>PMJI, but what I'm really concerned about, more or less :-), having read Vonnegut's "Player Piano" is that we, the programming community, might actually be hunted down by the masses as the cause of the "great disaster". Might be time to start working on an AKA or get dressed up as a simple road worker from Jan 1 2000.
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>"ppplease... don't kill me- you nnnneed me. how else will you get your world up and running again? I can help you..."

That should work. ROFL!