>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Norbäck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Martin> Wed Jan 05 2000, Seak, Teng-Fong ->
>> > But the funniest part is that we had one of the only y2k bug: the
>> > countdown on the eiffel tower stopped to work 4 hours before
>> midnight :) =20 Yeah, that's really funny, but I don't understand
>> why the counter was out of order several hours before midnight. I
>> didn't expect a y2k bug to show up in this way!!
Martin> I heard that that was no y2k bug but a simple electrical fault
Martin> caused by the hard weather. But this could of course be a
Martin> cover-up...
It was probably an electrical fault indeed. What is interesting though
is that on TV a fake countdown was shown over the eiffel tower to
avoid spoiling the show...
JMarc
