y2k

• “So, just like we had to sweat through the "y2k" scenario (remember that and all the panic and speculation?) it is apparent that those who are aware of this threat have to sweat this one out too.”

  Dave Lucas

• “It seems like only yesterday that we were holding our collective breath, wondering what 'y2k' was going to be.”

  Everyday Citizen

• “Yes | No | Report from jjas wrote 8 weeks 6 days ago y2k was a load of crap and 2012 will be too.”

  The End-of-the-World Survival Kit

• “The great thing about peak oil is that, unlike y2k, it doesn't have a year attached to it so you can keep yammering about impending doom and when the world goes in a more Julian Simon direction you can keep saying that it's just around the corner.”

  Vermont and Secession, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty

• “My pet peeve is two digit years for the date -- we act as if we learned nothing from y2K and will require someone to reindex our work another 100 years from now -- I guess many people don't want their work to stick around that long, but if y2k taught me anything it is to use 4 digit dates.”

  Archive 2008-06-01

• “We had a dot-com boom and y2k which resulted in a bubble in the economy. there were many jobs created during the boom. a lot of them start-up companies funded by venture capital money.”

  What they’ll do to your tax bill

• ““When y2k hits, Klintoon will declare Marshall Law and cancel the elections””

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Most Commonly Misspelled Phrases:

• “Tagged fiction, kevin shay, the end as i know it, y2k”

  The End As I Know It - Anil Dash

• “He didn't agree with me in 1999 when I wanted to hedge against possible losses from a y2k dislocation -- he didn't buy the scare talk, and of course he proved right.”

  When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of Horses, Not Zebras: Thoughts About My Financial Guy and Me

• “Skynet did go on-line in 1997, however it wasn't y2k compliant so it crapped out three years later.”

  The Mad Thinker's Predicto-Matic

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