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Farron’s a bit off the mark about Y2K. Yes, the media overstated the danger and went all Chicken Little. Heck, one of our neighbors fell for the hype and went all prepper on us, installing a generator that would roar to life whenever there was a momentary blip in the electricity, tormenting the neighborhood for several years.
The potential problem, though, was real. I was working for a company that manufactured security software at the time, and our programmers were working overtime to update software so that it would work on January 1, 2000.
