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2000: Consumer Solutions for the Worst Techincal Blunder in History: A Survival Guide for the Year 2000 Problem

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I missed my chance... I should have written a book on the "coming danger" of Y 2K LOLOLOL
Good read.

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.

I have to admit, this book saved me from the disaster that was Y2K! You should pick it up now, just in case...

Jim Lord has put together a solid, realistic approach to preparing for the change of the century. He has provided a reference to many critcal sources of information that we will need as we move into the early part of the next century. His sample letters provide us with the basis to get started on the information retrieval and archiving process. His references provide us with sources to obtain the materials and provisions we may decide to gather. All-in-all, Jim Lord's book is a great beginner's starting point and one that I recommend EVERYONE read. If you read only this book as your starting point to understanding and preparing for the Y2K problem, you will have enough information to intelligently begin your preparations.