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Milestone as much as it is a sign of some sort of impending chaos. >> at home i got lots of water, generator, flashlights, batteries, canned food. >> what do you thinks going to happen? >> i think theres going to be riots. >> get ready. computer failures will shut down electric utilities, prison gates will swing open at midnight, terrorist attacks will occur in larger cities and wild dog packs will roam the streets. many of these books recommend stockpiling weapons as a precaution. >> i just wan...

Least $4 billion to defuse the millennium bomb and pentagon officials are confident theyll do it. critics claim they started too late and those thousands of fixes wont be done in time. >> many states have not updated their computers that run programs such as medicaid and food stamps, benefits that millions of families rely on. >> on new years eve, 1999, i was prepared for the world to shut down. >> for a growing number of people the year 2000 is not a milestone as much as it is a sign of some so...

>> were sitting on the most perfect beach in the world and all we can think about is -- >> where can i hook up my modem? >> in 1999, we are culturally, socially, financially quite dependent on the internet. >> in washington today a special senate committee is preparing to release a fairly alarming report on the y2k millennium computer problem. they call it one of the most serious and potentially devastating events the nation has ever effective countered. >> the brains of most computers, the chip...

Generator, flashlights, batteries, canned food. >> what do you thinks going to happen? >> i think theres going to be riots. >> get ready. computer failures will shut down electric utilities, prison gates will swing open at midnight, terrorist attacks will occur in larger cities and wild dog packs will roam the streets. many of these books recommend stockpiling weapons as a precaution. >> i just wanted to be prepared in case anything happens for y2k. four seconds on the clock, down by one. champi...

Dependent on the internet. >> in washington today a special senate committee is preparing to release a fairly alarming report on the y2k millennium problem. they call it one of the most serious and potentially devastating events the nation has ever effective countered. >> the brains of most computers, the chips that do the thinking have tiny built-in clocks. many registered the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would thin...

>> many states have not updated their computers that run programs such as medicaid and food stamps. benefits that millions of families rely on. >> on new years eve, 1999, i was prepared for the world to shut down. >> for a growing number of people the year 2000 is not a milestone as much as it is a sign of some sort of impending chaos. >> at home i got lots of water, generator, flashlights, batteries, canned food. >> what do you thinks going to happen? >> i think theres going to be riots. >> get...

The chips that do the thinking have tiny built-in clocks. many registered the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not the computer would think that its 1900. the problem was it wouldnt know what to do. it would just break down and go cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures blackouts and everything from hope appliances to the global financial system. >> if we left things as they are right now, the military would e...

Computer problem. one of the most serious and potentially devastating events the nation has ever encountered. >> the brains of most computers have tiny built-in clocks. many register the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not that the computer would think it was 1900. the problem is it wouldnt know what to do. it would break down and say cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures, blackouts and breakdowns of everyt...

Internet. one of the most serious and potentially devastating events the nation has ever encountered. >> the brains of most computers have tiny built-in clocks. many register the year with only the last two digits assuming the first two are always 19. >> the problem was not that the computer would think it was 1900. the problem is it wouldnt know what to do. it would break down and say cant process this. >> it could trigger widespread computer failures, blackouts and breakdowns of everything fro...

Dollars to expand uniteds hub at newark. at the time samson owned a vacation home in columbia. he allegedly called those flights the chairmans flights, referring to himself. he was forced out as part of the bridgegate scandal. united canceled those flights three days after samson left the port authority. in a statement united airlines says the departures are in connection with the companys previously disclosed internal investigation related to the federal investigation associated with the port a...