IJMC - And You're Afraid of the Millenium Bug?

This is scary. I did it. I'm running my internet connection in NT 4.0 
over a Netcom dialup shell account (ie. NOT NetCruiser [Hi Dad!]) using 
an antequated program called TIA (The Internet Adapter) from a company 
that went out of business years ago. To top that off, I'm telnetted back 
into Netcom to send out the IJMC. So, I call up Netcom, activate the 
program, NT handles the internet connection, then I telnet BACK into 
Netcom using Qmodem to send out the IJMC through my server hosted by 
TJSGroup (Thanks again Tom!). If you understood that, you scare me, and I 
probably scare you. Now all I need is a v.90 modem. 28.8 is slow.   -dave


EXPERTS WARN OF THREAT FROM 100GB BUG

Firebringer News Service (FBNS) - Experts warned today of a new and
deadly threat to our beleaguered civilization: the 100GB Bug.

As most people know, McDonald's restaurant signs show the number of
hamburgers the giant chain has sold. That number now stands at 99
billion burgers, or 99 Gigaburgers (GB). Within months or even weeks,
that number will roll over to 100GB.

McDonald's signs, however, were designed years ago, when the prospect
of selling one hundred billion hamburgers seemed unthinkably
remote. So the signs have only two decimal places.

This means that, after the sale of the 100 billionth burger,
McDonald's signs will read "00 Billion Burgers Sold." This, experts
predict, will convince the public that, in over thirty years, no
McDonald's hamburgers have ever in fact been sold, causing a complete
collapse of consumer confidence in McDonald's products.

The ensuing catastrophic drop in sales is seen as almost certain to
force the already-troubled company into bankruptcy. This, in turn,
will push the teetering American economy over the brink, which,
finally, will complete the total devastation of the global economy,
ending civilization as we know it, and forcing us all to live on
beetles.

"The people who know -- the sign-makers -- are really scared of
100GB," one expert said. "I don't know about you, but I'm digging up a
copy of THE FIELD GUIDE TO NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS and heading for the
hills."
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