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RE: [ECS] thanks alot David Schwinck Sun, 24 Oct 1999 23:22:28 -0500

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I agree with Dave.  I've repaired over 3,000 business programs with y2k bugs
in the last couple years.  There is a lot of nonsense floating around about
y2k problems that have been fixed years ago.  This Windows 2-digit date
thing seems unbelievable to me that so many people just assume all 2-digit
years will be incorrect without even trying them...  in this case it really
does only take a couple minutes to set your date & clock and try it... and
then you will know for yourself that it will work... just like Microsoft
says.  Even though programs and databases have been made y2k compliant, it
will still be the norm to display dates in the same 6-digit format we have
been accustom to.  As long as the date is stored correctly for math &
sorting purposes, there is nothing wrong with continuing to show the year in
2-digit format.

David S.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Kolb [mailto:davekolb@email.msn.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 9:23 PM
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject: Re: [ECS] thanks alot
>
>
> I truly did not mean to offend anyone trying to pass on something useful.
> Sorry. I usually react quite negatively to spam and have seen a
> bunch of y2k
> related FUD lately and assumed it was more of the same. Actually
> it was just
> that though I can understand not everyone might know that. I get a bit
> defensive toward viruses and FUD aimed toward Windows. Windows 98 crashes
> often enough on it's own for various reasons without unfounded ones or
> malicious attacks. ;-)
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael David <michael@michaeldavid.com>
> To: ecs-list@netbloc.com <ecs-list@netbloc.com>
> Date: Sunday, October 24, 1999 6:00 PM
> Subject: RE: [ECS] thanks alot
>
>
> >Hi Paul!
> >
> >Please take no offense.  As Dave said in his follow-up email, he thought
> >were spamming the list; he didn’t realize you were one of us.
> Granted, it
> >wasn’t the most list-friendly way to deal with it – right, Dave?  :-)
> >
> >And yes, we are all a pretty classy bunch of people around here.  I am
> often
> >impressed with how this list stays so friendly, polite, and helpful.  Of
> >course, through the years, we’ve all posted something we wished
> we hadn’t.
> >:-)
> >
> >Paul, I’m sorry we didn’t get around to answering your postie
> question.  If
> >I remember correctly, you were having trouble getting postie to
> connect to
> >your ISP, yes?  Are you still having trouble?
> >
> >Here’s how I do it:
> >
> >.\POSTIE\POSTIE -s:"Phone message" -file:LMCID.TXT -a:LM.WAV
> -host:<my pop
> >server> -from:michael@michaeldavid.com -to:<my cell phone>
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Michael David
> >michael@michaeldavid.com
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: paulv [mailto:paulv@bc.sympatico.ca]
> >Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:57 PM
> >To: ecs-list Van
> >Subject: [ECS] thanks alot
> >
> >and  yes i am pissed off......  there are other people out there that may
> or
> >may not be as smart as you all but try an help out when they can,then get
> >crapped on. this is not the first time either
> >what direction is this list going in any way,people are going so
> be scared
> >to ask any questions with answers like that.
> >i have had questions about postie that i posted awhile an got no help on
> !!!
> >looks like i will be using the dos version  for a long time to come and i
> >don't think i am the only one !
> >
> >pissed off..
> >
> >paulv@bc.sympatico.ca <mailto:paulv@bc.sympatico.ca>
> >or short text messages
> >direct to cel..
> >paulv@fido.ca <mailto:paulv@fido.ca>
> >
>
>
>

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