| KHftCEA 1998-08 August CB |
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KHftCEA 1998-08 August CB
Gotta call Banta- woohoo. 98-8-3 --- program idea-bookmark storage on a pilot --- Geez, Pepsi-Co's meetingroom looks like a photo-op for diversity training: a white guy, a black guy, a white guy in a wheel chair, all clustered too one side of a laptop in a sunlit room. 98-8-3 --- "Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated." -- R. Drabek --- Man-- big time Y2K anxiety last night. On second thought, I don't think it's going to be as bad as all that. Our society survives blizzards, power shortages, and other disasters all the time. It's a lot to happen at once, but it will be somewhat spread out. I'm banking that a little preparedness is all that will be needed to let things go fairly smoothly, on a personal level. --- I still don't think we have much to worry about. You could spend the rest of the millennium thinking about the myriad of small, detailed problems that will crop up when the chronometer rolls over, but I still say that overall this is primarily a management problem, not a computer problem. I think we can be sure that the biggest technical problems will be solved, and at worst we will be faced with some (maybe many) minor hassles. We can't cure every computer system, but we can identify those which must be cured, and focus on them. The really bad stuff won't happen. When non-critical systems fail, they will be fixed or replaced on a priority basis. Someday we will look back on this and laugh the way we do at people who panicked over the passing of Haley's comet last century. People always fear what they don't understand, and the y2k problem is so widespread (but not necessarily so bad or dangerous), that it's hard for one person to comprehend -- hence the fear reaction. Fortunately, one person does not have to fix this whole thing. --David Johnson --- "There are two adults and one child. Majority rules. Live like an animal or die." --James Israel --- Twentieth Century Blues- are gettin' me down... --- I hate when really beautiful woman say "they're not being fair" by being with you (in 'Sliding Doors') 98-8-13 --- "Jerry, you are a morality-free zone" -- 'Sliding Doors' --- leaving idd. 2 years. Tinged w/ Y2K? Worked too hard on e*trade rollout. Sad. 98-8-14 --- Ocean Grove! Whee! More turned on than I've been in a while- is it me, the change of scenery, or Mo with her leg drawn up? 98-8-17 --- Video Game Idea: 2-D platformer or 3D Doom-clone with every bad guy distinct- all similar in style, but not mere clones. --- "Evolution is blind to the future." --Richard Dawkins --- do any videogame lightguns have rumble-pack-like kick-back. Leg splotch now lost almost all of its purple- maybe because of the sun this vacation? The midwest: the milkshake of human kindness. Vonnegut quoting Saul Bellow's realisation that we should that which comes easily and naturally, not seek out grand challenges. 98-8-22, drive back from OG, NJ --- Lena + Bjorn Haas 98-8-23 --- Car broke down Wife left me. Life is lite, and then Hefty. --Rand Carlson --- "There's always a little bit of heaven, even in a disaster area." --Wavy Gravy --- |