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Originally Posted by Simplex3
There was work that needed to be done, but by the time the media caught on and coined the term "Y2k" by and far the majority of the work had already been done. What little was left was blow out of proportion to be planes falling from the sky, total collapse of the world's monatary systems, cats and dogs, sleeping together...
Yes, there was a digit significance problem that had to be dealt with. Y2k as a named issue was a pure fabrication, however.
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Ding ding ding!
The media has to justify their purpose somehow. But we all know the media would NEVER manufacture a story, riiiiight?
Sometimes I think the mainstream media get its jollies from scaring the peeps.