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 From: Michael Uwe Moebius <m.moebius@uni-koeln.de>
 Subject: 2k-Times
 
 
 2k-Times; Computing in the Year 2000 and Beyond
 
 http://www.2k-times.com/y2k.htm
 (Link inactive 31 August 2004)
 
 Ejournal featuring articles, links, and papers dealing with the Year 2000
 and the Computer and About the Millennium.  Includes: 
 
 + Articles and Papers on the subject of Y2K
 + A growing list of International Links and more.
 
 Mission Statement for 2k-Times(tm)
 February 10, 1997
 
 While 2k-Times will hopefully be a nominal financial success, its birth
 was motivated by a personal and self-serving objective other than
 financial profit. In describing myself to myself, two words close to the
 top are 'computers' and 'integrity'. What I have seen in the last two
 years among my associates, clients, and both the technical and common
 media led me to conclude that a crisis of unawareness was leading toward
 the computer industry's blackest day ... and this time it WOULD be the
 computer's fault! Use of 'computers' and 'integrity' in the same breath
 could be an oxymoron Jan. 1, 2000. 
 
 2k-Times publishes in two media; the common press through a periodic
 column in traditional printed newspapers, and through our World Wide Web
 site. By necessity our printed articles are directed toward the computer
 layman, and we make an attempt to hold interest with enough humor to get
 the reader to the point we are trying to make; that computers need some
 attention now. The WWW site, in addition to reprinting our columns, will
 attempt to address a broader audience. We will go well into the technical
 aspects with both problems and solutions. 
 
 The format for the WWW site is broken into two sections: links and
 content. Eventually a token may be asked for commercial links, but
 accounts receivable / sales shall be kept rigidly separate from editorial
 function. I hope we can attract a couple of sponsors without appearance of
 selling the farm. 
 
 The content consists of:
 
 2k-Times Columns - written by or for 2k-Times and after they have appeared
 in the traditional printed media. As these are directed toward the layman
 they will necessarily be low in technospeak. Editorial comment from
 readers with opposing views will be appended if appropriate. Printed
 columns will fly the 2k-Times logo and reference our Web pages.
 
 Papers, Articles, or Columns - where the author has requested or granted
 permission for posting. 2k-Times will try to review each article and, in
 unique situations, will attach appropriate comments from opposing views. 
 The author's e-mail, web page, and affiliation will be published unless
 the author requests otherwise. 
 
 Reviews of Articles - published elsewhere with references to source
 documents or direct links if possible.  We will rigorously identify
 authorship and sources when discussing writings from the public media, and
 solicit rebuttal from the author if we take an opposing editorial view. We
 will review or summarize selected articles published to commercial
 Websites addressing Y2K, always soliciting comments from the author before
 publicly posting our review, and always including e-mail and/or links to
 the full document unless the author requests otherwise. Articles appearing
 on personal Web sites or received through other non- public communications
 will not be reviewed nor summarized without approval from the author. We
 do reserve the right to quote from such communications, and shall make
 every effort to keep the quotes in context. 
 
 2k-Times Technical Papers - writings we have produced which are not
 suitable for our newspaper columns due to their technical content. This
 heading will also include some limited-audience open letters of an
 editorial nature. 
 
 The contents written by or specifically for 2k-Times are copyrighted and
 may not be reproduced or distributed without the consent of 2k-Times. In
 keeping with our mission, it is our intent to give this permission very
 liberally.  Our pages may be linked without specific permission. 
 
 These are pretty high-minded objectives for an old Indiana hippie but with
 your help we will succeed. The mission is to inform, warn, scare, and
 assist in the War to End All Wars for our profession. Our enemy is apathy,
 denial, and TIME. The measure of success will only be known in January,
 2000.
 
 e-mail:  Gary Eubanks, storageu@bluemarble.net

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