The only reason it was a Y2Kon was the work (and millions of bucks) that went into making it a nonissue. I was one of those people ensuring we still had power in 2000.
I was a programmer in the middle-late 1980s and we were planning for 2000 back then – updating programs to use 4 digit year place holders instead of two so we could handle the change to 2000 without a hitch.
on a side note for naysayers about global warming: its simple logic. There is a thing called ‘laws of thermodynamics’, and one of those says that there is no 100% efficiency, or in other words, that energy invested in making some work will be converted part in work, part in waste. Nuclear reactor use nuclear fuel, but the fuel has only part of a life span where it can be used to heat water with the required efficiency; after that, it can not be used to move a turbine efficiently, yet it still radiates. This radiation can affect everything closer, that’s why the nuclear fuel is buried for thousands of years after is disposed. Same with the gas used in cars: gas engines have an efficiency of about 40% (the good ones). The 60% remaining fuel is not used efficiently to move the vehicle; instead it goes half burned to the atmosphere, still generating chemical reactions with whatever it comes in touch, and placing foreign elements in the atmosphere. This happens, so how is it possible that somebody says it does not exist. Is like going against the laws of nature
CEO’s who think that their workers deserve the exact same wages, no matter their output, may well be evil.
Are you suggesting that there is fairness and parity in a system where those at the top are constantly rewarded with more and more, while those below should subsist on frozen wages?
Pay incentive is absolutely meaningless if pay never changes.
We have this childish presumption that everyone at the top ‘earned’ it and are entitled to inflated rewards, while anyone struggling to get by deserves it for being lazy. A one-size-fits all view of effort and reward. Again, this is childish- naïve in the extreme.
And, before the 1% apologists chime in with “So I suppose the opposite is true and all CEOs are evil” let me answer: NO. I do not think that.
There are no such absolutes. YES, there are good bosses and lazy workers. We need to get beyond the silly, simplistic thinking. Whether you’re at the top or he bottom, you don’t deserve rewards for doing badly, and you should not be taken for granted when you do well.
Several comments on Ed’s 1999 look, which I also approve of, however I particularly like Sue’s look here: slightly longer hair, with bangs; blouse with big collar; and wearing a skirt – not to mention the obvious reversal of colors from her usual green earrings, orange top, and green pants. And, orange has always been my favorite color! Fun cartoon today (of course they almost always are)!
Most did not realize we knew about the Y2K five years in advance. Because budget projections were going from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 1980. Some equipment could be reprogrammed, others had to be replaced.
phaze58 over 9 years ago
AND in the end it was al one big Y2Kon
Grensage over 9 years ago
And here we see one problem with government.
Bill The Nuke over 9 years ago
The only reason it was a Y2Kon was the work (and millions of bucks) that went into making it a nonissue. I was one of those people ensuring we still had power in 2000.
contralto2b over 9 years ago
I was a programmer in the middle-late 1980s and we were planning for 2000 back then – updating programs to use 4 digit year place holders instead of two so we could handle the change to 2000 without a hitch.
Plods with ...™ over 9 years ago
’course, winning the lottery kinda changed his work ethic.
redback over 9 years ago
on a side note for naysayers about global warming: its simple logic. There is a thing called ‘laws of thermodynamics’, and one of those says that there is no 100% efficiency, or in other words, that energy invested in making some work will be converted part in work, part in waste. Nuclear reactor use nuclear fuel, but the fuel has only part of a life span where it can be used to heat water with the required efficiency; after that, it can not be used to move a turbine efficiently, yet it still radiates. This radiation can affect everything closer, that’s why the nuclear fuel is buried for thousands of years after is disposed. Same with the gas used in cars: gas engines have an efficiency of about 40% (the good ones). The 60% remaining fuel is not used efficiently to move the vehicle; instead it goes half burned to the atmosphere, still generating chemical reactions with whatever it comes in touch, and placing foreign elements in the atmosphere. This happens, so how is it possible that somebody says it does not exist. Is like going against the laws of nature
NWdryad over 9 years ago
I like that “mountain man” look on Ed. Huge beard, covered with hair, plaid shirt.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 9 years ago
CEO’s who think that their workers deserve the exact same wages, no matter their output, may well be evil.
Are you suggesting that there is fairness and parity in a system where those at the top are constantly rewarded with more and more, while those below should subsist on frozen wages?
Pay incentive is absolutely meaningless if pay never changes.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 9 years ago
We have this childish presumption that everyone at the top ‘earned’ it and are entitled to inflated rewards, while anyone struggling to get by deserves it for being lazy. A one-size-fits all view of effort and reward. Again, this is childish- naïve in the extreme.
And, before the 1% apologists chime in with “So I suppose the opposite is true and all CEOs are evil” let me answer: NO. I do not think that.
There are no such absolutes. YES, there are good bosses and lazy workers. We need to get beyond the silly, simplistic thinking. Whether you’re at the top or he bottom, you don’t deserve rewards for doing badly, and you should not be taken for granted when you do well.
WF11 over 9 years ago
Several comments on Ed’s 1999 look, which I also approve of, however I particularly like Sue’s look here: slightly longer hair, with bangs; blouse with big collar; and wearing a skirt – not to mention the obvious reversal of colors from her usual green earrings, orange top, and green pants. And, orange has always been my favorite color! Fun cartoon today (of course they almost always are)!
Athelstane over 9 years ago
Socialism in action. You pretend to work. They pretend to pay you.
steven_h_d over 9 years ago
Most did not realize we knew about the Y2K five years in advance. Because budget projections were going from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 1980. Some equipment could be reprogrammed, others had to be replaced.