false 2308821 1 Writings on the year 2000 (Y2K) problem, or the "millennium bug" as some would have it, have been limited to highly technical analyses of specific problems and their solutions. Very little attention has been paid to how the Y2K problem will affect the lives of average people and everyday systems, even though many prognosticators believe this is where the problem will have the largest impact. In <I>Time Bomb 2000: What the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Means to You</I>, Edward and Jennifer Yourdon do just that by presenting a collection of scenarios ranging from the best we can hope for to the worst cases. Each chapter investigates a different area of computing and the possible effects of this disaster on each. From home PCs to world financial networks, the Yourdons explore a variety of "domino effects" that January 1, 2000, could trigger and the necessary time, effort, and cost to fix the aftermath. The impacts on real life could be anywhere between annoying and catastrophic, and the authors examine each extreme. Each chapter contains "fallback advice," describing the amount of time required to repair these systems. (The authors liken Y2K to a hurricane--it only lasts a day, but requires a year of cleanup.)<p> Although the Yourdons insist that their overall view is optimistic, it's hard not to feel doomed when reading some of the worst-case scenarios brought on by the year 2000 problem. While <I>Time Bomb 2000</I> is meant to be an alert, it's not time to start stockpiling canned goods yet, and we can probably still party like it's 1999 right on schedule. However, we should remain extremely mindful of what may await us the next morning. 2315236 24 12 1997 Time Bomb 2000!: What the Year 2000 Computer Crisis Means to You! total:3|4:1|3:2| 3 10 4 1 2308821 0130952842 9780130952844 3 1 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2308821.Time_Bomb_2000_What_the_Year_2000_Computer_Crisis_Means_to_You_ 3 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Tue Feb 24 20:14:38 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 20:14:58 -0800 2009 2308821 0130952842 9780130952844 3 1 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2308821.Time_Bomb_2000_What_the_Year_2000_Computer_Crisis_Means_to_You_ 0 0 false Sat Jan 31 22:01:51 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 22:01:51 -0800 2009 2308821 0130952842 9780130952844 3 1 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2308821.Time_Bomb_2000_What_the_Year_2000_Computer_Crisis_Means_to_You_ 4 0 false Sat Jul 12 17:15:44 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 17:15:44 -0700 2008 2308821 0130952842 9780130952844 3 1 3.33 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2308821.Time_Bomb_2000_What_the_Year_2000_Computer_Crisis_Means_to_You_ 3 0 false Sun May 25 02:20:12 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 02:20:12 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2308821