 Y2K
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Y2K Carol (Anon from the Internet and modified
for telework by The Telework Guys™ ©1999)
‘Twas the night before Y2K, And all through
the nation we awaited The Bug, The Millennium Bug.
The chips were replaced in computers with
care, in hopes that ol' Bugsy wouldn't stop there.
While the National Guard watched over us,
snug in our beds some had visions of dread in their heads.
Ma with her PC and I with my Mac had just
logged on the Net and kicked back with a snack.
When over the server, there arose such a
clatter. I called Mister Gates to see what was the matter. But he was away,
so I flew in a flash off to my bank to draw out all of my cash.
When what with my wandering eyes should I
see? My good old Mac looked sick to me. The hack of all hackers was looking
so smug, I knew that it must be The Y2K Bug!
His image downloaded in no time at all, he
whistled and shouted, “let all systems fall! Go Intel! Go Gateway! Now HP!
Big Blue! Everything Compaq, and Pentium too!
All processors big, all processors small,
Crash away! Crash away! Crash away all! All the controls that planes need
for flights, all microwaves, trains and all traffic lights.”
As I drew in my breath and turned around, out
through the modem, he came with a bound. He was covered with fur, and slung
on his back was a sackful of bugs, all set for attack.
His eyes - how they twinkled! His dimples -
how merry! As midnight approached, my knees turned to jelly. He had a big
round face and a round little belly, and a sack stuffed with bugs to deliver
infection.
He was chubby and plump, perpetually
grinning, and I laughed when I saw him though my hard drive had stopped
spinning.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
soon made me know a new feeling of dread. He spoke not a word, but went
straight to his work.
He changed all the clocks with a twitch of
his nose, and a quick little wink. All things electronic soon went on the
blink.
He zoomed from my system, to the next folks
on line; He caused such a disruption, could this be a sign?
Then I heard him exclaim, with a loud, hearty
shout, “Happy Y2K to you all. This is a helluva night 2b Y2K Claus!”
PS: Remember The Telework Guys' article
about telework as tool to for
emergency preparedness and the mitigation of business disruption. Aussi
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