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[FYI] Y2KABOOM?
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- From: "Axel H. Horns" <axel.horns@fitug.de>
- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 08:59:27 +0100
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Y2Kaboom?
by Declan McCullagh
12:27 p.m. 12.Nov.98.PST
WASHINGTON -- America and Russia should
shut down their nuclear arsenals rather than risk
Armageddon because of Year 2000 glitches, a
military research group says in a report released
Thursday.
Y2K errors could cause the systems to go
haywire, leading to erroneous early warning
reports or even triggering an accidental launch
of a nuclear missile, the British American
Security Information Council warned in a 36-page
report.
[...]
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