>Hi Jen,
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>>I think that there is a lot of Y2K hysteria due to an unfortunate synchronicity between christians who expect that their god runs to a human (and demonstrably inaccurate) calendar and legacy computer architecture & systems. It seems to me that there is a significant minority who both expect and want Y2K to be the end of civilization as we know it.
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>A side note to this point. The next millenium starts Jan 1, 2001, not Jan 1, 2000.

Hiya George.
Well our government has decided (and I think every other) that despite the technical arguments and the scientific wisdom that has 1/1/2001 as the first day, that "officially" 1/1/2000 will now be the first day of the next millienium. Now you can't argue with politicians!