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Bob watched as his neighbor built a bunker in his
backyard, then loaded in 75 gallons of bottled water, hauled in a gas
generator, and lugged in a huge stock of canned foods. “So, uh, I guess you believe Y2K is going to be a big deal, huh?” Bob remarked. “Naw,” the neighbor shrugged. “I’m just stocking it now, because if I do it any other time, people think I’m crazy.” |
If you think it’s tough remembering to write the new Y2K date on your checks, imagine what the Romans went through, changing from counting backwards to counting forwards.
$35,000: Value of gifts former Clinton cabinet member Mike Espy was
accused of receiving from lobbyists.
$1.7 million: Total cost billed to
taxpayers for the independent counsel’s investigation.
Experience: the comb life gives you after you’ve lost your hair.
The first programmable computer weighed 30 tons, contained 18,000 vacuum tubes, and took up 1800 square feet of space. Its entire processing capacity could now be put inside a lapel pin.
“The trouble with the future is that there are so many of them.” —John Pierce, Bell Laboratories
Experience: where you get the test first, and the lesson after.
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