MILLENIUM BUG by Susan Arlington

Editor-in-Chief , Helen Macro, entered the board room at Inter-News --
the Republic of Australia's largest news and current events e-zine.
"Good morning Gentlepeople, as you all know, the purpose of this meeting
is to review the events of this century for our feature article - '2100
in review'. First off, let's recap on some of the lessons that were
learnt from the 2000 fiasco or the 'Millenium Bug' as they called it
then. I assume that some of you are familiar with events of that year."
"Don't use Macrohards Operating System" someone said. There were
sniggers from around the table.
"Never buy a watch from the Goona Corporation". Eggbert Flipper, junior
editor, jokingly referred to the company that operated the Atomic Clock
in the late 1990's.
"And stay away from Personal Computers by Irish Business Machinations"
another interjected.
"Remember the Bigtel Hexium V chip -----" someone started to say.
"Can anyone think of something we don't already know about" interrupted
Helen.
Silence fell around the table.
Finally, Eggbert Flipper said "Does anyone remember Times Square, New
Years Day 2000?"
"Um, vaguely" murmured someone.
"That was when the FBI discovered the 100 kiloton nuclear warhead under
the fountain that didn't explode because it's faulty clock chip was
manufactured by Advanced Saddahm Devices !"