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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 08:03 AM
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any doubts that there was indeed a Y2K virus that came in in the year 2000
It came in November, made its debut on the world stage in late December or early January, and it is named G-E-O-R-G-E W B-U-S-H!

:argh:
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BrainRants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 08:04 AM
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1. Indeed, he was the "Millenium bug"
nt
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rman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 08:19 AM
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2. Aside from the fact that a "bug" is not a "virus",
nice catch.

bug = software design error or software 'construction error'
virus = deliberately malignant software
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 08:37 AM
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3. there we go!
though i think there is some "construction error" going on inside bush all the time -- and yes, he is a deliberately malignant software on this nation's soil, this nation's history, this nation's constitution, and on the face of the earth!

:)
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mcscajun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 09:05 AM
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4. Well, *that* certainly puts the lie to "Intelligent Design"
Nobody in their right mind could have designed what currently sits in Our White House.
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-14-06 09:52 AM
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5. Has anyone ever actually said God was/is sane and in his/her right mind?
:shrug: just saying......
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