A Survival Guide For The Year 2000 Problem, is a practical, consumer guide to understanding and preparing for the Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer Crisis. The book examines the effects of Y2K on the economy, government, investments, employment, banking, public services, and computerized data such as credit reports, medical records and Social Security records. It provides detailed information on how to protect yourself, your family, your job, your assets, your home and your personal safety from the worst technical blunder known to man.
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This book was written because The Y2K Problem scares me to death and I don't think enough is being done to prepare for it. The purpose of the book is to help the reader make those critical preparations.
Here are the most important things I want you to know when you have finished A Survival Guide For The Year 2000 Problem:
1. How to protect your financial assets from Y2K related problems
2. How to safeguard your critical, private information from Y2K losses and contamination
3. How to protect yourself against the physical dangers caused by the Y2K Crisis
4. How to influence decision makers to take action on Y2K
From the Back Cover
HOW THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM COULD AFFECT YOU ! - Your home might go into foreclosure because of errors in your property tax records - Your local traffic signals could stop working. All of them, all at once - Your friendly, neighborhood ATM machine might fail to operate - Your water, electricity and telephone could be turned off in error - Your bank might shut down and refuse to give you your money - Your credit report could become contaminated with false data - Your driver's license might be invalidated accidentally - Your insurance company could declare bankruptcy - Your credit cards might be rejected by stores - Your doctor could lose your medical records - Your employer might go out of business - Your pension could just disappear
IS THE YEAR 2000 PROBLEM REAL ?
Washington Post, September 15, 1996. We could end up with a real catastrophe that could affect many people's lives around the globe.
Newsweek, June 20, 1996. Almost everyone who's looked at the problem agrees ... it's profound and potentially disastrous,.
Sacramento Bee, July 14, 1996. (A) doomsday clock is counting off the seconds.
Business Week, August 12, 1996. (T)he absolute worst case ... is a global financial meltdown.
Congressional Research Service, June, 1996. Many managers initially doubted the seriousness of this problem. .... (I)ndependent research firms, however, have refuted this view
Congressional Record, August 11, 1996. (A) study by the Congressional Research Service ... substantiates the worst fears of the doomsayers.
YOU WILL LEARN THESE VALUABLE TECHNIQUES:
- How to safeguard your investments - no matter what happens to the stock market - How to pay your bills - even if you don't have a job - How to detect the "early warning signs" of the Year 2000 Problem - How to build a powerful shield around your credit, tax, property, financial and medical records - How to protect your family against shortages in food and consumer goods - How to obtain your vital data from the government - even if they don't want to give it to you - How to tell in advance exactly when the Year 2000 Problem will be most dangerous - How to analyze your bills, bank statement and pay stub for signs of the Year 2000 Virus - How to avoid legal entanglements brought on by the Year 2000 Problem - How to determine which jobs will be the safest - and which ones to avoid like the plague - How to tell which investments are in the greatest danger from this Crisis - How to survive financially - even if the banks shut down - How to construct the most powerful (and safest) insurance policy ever devised
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Y 2K,
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This review is from: 2000: Consumer Solutions for the Worst Techincal Blunder in History: A Survival Guide for the Year 2000 Problem (Paperback)
I missed my chance... I should have written a book on the "coming danger" of Y 2K LOLOLOL
Good read.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A good primer on preparing for a potential disaster,
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This review is from: 2000: Consumer Solutions for the Worst Techincal Blunder in History: A Survival Guide for the Year 2000 Problem (Paperback)
This is a good book to read if you haven't figured out the full ramifications of potential disruptions surrounding the Y2K computer problem. Ed & Jennifer Yourdon's book quantifies the types of problems that may arise. Jim Lord takes the next step and discusses how bad things may get and what you can do to prepare.My only serious criticism of the book is that it doesn't quite connect all of the dots. Much of what is described in both this book and the Yourdons' is: banking/financial crisis, followed by power and telecommunications problems, followed by breakdowns in some government services. Any of these problems may lead to civil disorder. Taken as a whole, massive civil unrest seems almost certain. The Yourdons don't acknowledge such a possibility. Jim Lord lays some heavy hints that such may come to pass.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Saved my life!,
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This review is from: 2000: Consumer Solutions for the Worst Techincal Blunder in History: A Survival Guide for the Year 2000 Problem (Paperback)
I have to admit, this book saved me from the disaster that was Y2K! You should pick it up now, just in case...
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