X-Message-Number: 10203 Subject: The Imminent Millenial Eschaton Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 16:20:34 -0400 From: "Perry E. Metzger" <> > From: Peter Merel <> > > I confess Perry's recent silence on the rest of my postings is one of > the most ominous signs of trouble I've encountered. I know Perry to be a > most determined and patient defender of his positions - if he has been so > easily convinced by these posts then there is trouble indeed. > > But I'll not take silence as assent - what say, Perry, do you still think > Jeffrey and I are nuts or are you beginning to think there is really > something to worry about? I still think you're nuts, but I decided there was little point in discussing it at length. I've been monitoring lots of Y2K verification tests at clients, and I've done a bunch of the work, and I personally *know* that the problems will be minor and surmountable. I am therefore not worried. As I noted, most organizations other than governments don't survive long by being totally incompetant. You might ask why I don't bother to continue to respond. Unlike questions such as the nature of consciousness, where the entire matter is one of philosophical argumentation, this is a question of raw facts, and I don't see how interesting it could be for me to just keep repeating them like a mangra. There is no need to wait very long periods to get an answer here. In 17 months, we'll just know who's right, and 17 months is a blink of an eye. There *are* some interesting things from my perspective here -- for instance, whether our secular civilization has replaced religious millenial eschatology with a new secular computerized one, and whether I'll ever again trust the friends who tell me about the outrageous fees they are charging stupid organizations for certifying that everything they own (practically even the urinals) is "Y2K Compliant". However, I doubt that these questions are of interest to the list. Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10203