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Title: Was all that money spent on Y2K wasted?
Post by: Clive on July 19, 2009, 23:08

LINK (http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2881/was-all-that-money-spent-on-y2k-wasted)

Title: Re: Was all that money spent on Y2K wasted?
Post by: Sandra on July 20, 2009, 00:48

Well the dome certainly was a massive waste of money  :o:

Title: Re: Was all that money spent on Y2K wasted?
Post by: Rik on July 20, 2009, 10:24

So was our firework display.  >:(

Title: Re: Was all that money spent on Y2K wasted?
Post by: GillE on July 20, 2009, 10:27

Mankind doesn't seem to be happy unless there is a worry about some great immeasurable unknown.  I remember global cooling, then Y2K, and now global warming.  I suspect there would be a lot more concern about meteorite impact if mathematicians were not able to roughly evaluate the chances of a cataclysmic event occurring.

Title: Re: Was all that money spent on Y2K wasted?
Post by: Clive on July 20, 2009, 17:53

Quote from: GillE on July 20, 2009, 10:27

Mankind doesn't seem to be happy unless there is a worry about some great immeasurable unknown. 

How very true Gill.   :D