The year 2000 is coming. And it s creating quite a stir. Computer programmers are working frantically to fix the Y2K bug . That s because several years ago programmers did not think far enough into the future to put four digits on computer clocks. So when the year 2000 comes, many computer clocks will say 00.
Poor planning has costly effects.
Computers with the bug will not be able to calculate interest, schedule transportation, set alarms, and monitor emergency systems. Power systems, telephones, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, and hospitals could be paralyzed by malfunctioning programs. Many Christians are suffering from the Y2K bug as well. Predictably, some connect the Year 2000 with the Second Coming. The crisis in confidence since mid-century about science, technology, reason, individualism, progress, and secularism.