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    From sumanzeus@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Mark A. Owens on Thu Jun 2 06:03:52 2016
    On Monday, November 17, 1997 at 2:00:00 PM UTC+6, Mark A. Owens wrote:
    I've been browsing this newsgroup for the past month or so, and it seems as though there are many postings which appear to even the most casual
    observer, unrelated to Y2K and software issues.

    Aren't there any other places to discuss big brother and the end of the
    world as we know it?

    Hi I've just joined.

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  • From docdwarf@panix.com@21:1/5 to sumanzeus@gmail.com on Thu Jun 2 13:23:45 2016
    In article <e9e83157-078c-479d-a014-cdc1bec7a56b@googlegroups.com>,
    <sumanzeus@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, November 17, 1997 at 2:00:00 PM UTC+6, Mark A. Owens wrote:
    I've been browsing this newsgroup for the past month or so, and it seems as >> though there are many postings which appear to even the most casual
    observer, unrelated to Y2K and software issues.

    Aren't there any other places to discuss big brother and the end of the
    world as we know it?

    Hi I've just joined.

    Some might say 'better than never'... others might not.

    DD

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  • From Dr J R Stockton@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 6 14:59:57 2016
    In comp.software.year-2000 message <nipc11$nbl$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    Thu, 2 Jun 2016 13:23:45, docdwarf@panix.com posted:

    In article <e9e83157-078c-479d-a014-cdc1bec7a56b@googlegroups.com>,
    <sumanzeus@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, November 17, 1997 at 2:00:00 PM UTC+6, Mark A. Owens wrote:
    I've been browsing this newsgroup for the past month or so, and it seems as >>> though there are many postings which appear to even the most casual
    observer, unrelated to Y2K and software issues.

    Aren't there any other places to discuss big brother and the end of the
    world as we know it?

    Hi I've just joined.

    Some might say 'better than never'... others might not.

    Indeed - there are several Y2K-related and Y2K-like dates coming up in
    the next couple of decades, including the World Cup problem.

    --
    (c) John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ¬@merlyn.demon.co.uk Turnpike v6.05 MIME.
    Merlyn Web Site < > - FAQish topics, acronyms, & links.

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  • From docdwarf@panix.com@21:1/5 to reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invali on Tue Jun 7 11:47:04 2016
    In article <+fZmi9bdHYVXFwoJ@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid>,
    Dr J R Stockton <reply1600@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
    In comp.software.year-2000 message <nipc11$nbl$1@reader1.panix.com>,
    Thu, 2 Jun 2016 13:23:45, docdwarf@panix.com posted:

    In article <e9e83157-078c-479d-a014-cdc1bec7a56b@googlegroups.com>,
    <sumanzeus@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, November 17, 1997 at 2:00:00 PM UTC+6, Mark A. Owens wrote:
    I've been browsing this newsgroup for the past month or so, and it seems as
    though there are many postings which appear to even the most casual
    observer, unrelated to Y2K and software issues.

    Aren't there any other places to discuss big brother and the end of the >>>> world as we know it?

    Hi I've just joined.

    Some might say 'better than never'... others might not.

    Indeed - there are several Y2K-related and Y2K-like dates coming up in
    the next couple of decades, including the World Cup problem.

    It's always something, isn't it?

    DD

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  • From Chris Weston@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 7 23:31:03 2016
    Except when it's nothing.

    --
    Chris Weston

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