A couple of things to note. One of my best friends became a computer programmer way back in the 80's and his skills with the ancient programming codes got him easily employed in the years before 2000. The reason nothing happened on new years eve 1999 is because a lot of people put a lot of work into making sure nothing would happen.
According to my friend when programs were first written people assumed totally new programs would replace the old ones. However, they just kept building upon the old programs with newer codes. If somebody hadn't had an "Oh :censored:!!!! moment in time there could have been some big time problems. :twocents:
Second I have very bad news for you tinfoil hat afficionados.
Link
On the Effectiveness of Aluminium Foil Helmets:
An Empirical Study
Ali Rahimi1, Ben Recht 2, Jason Taylor 2, Noah Vawter 2
17 Feb 2005
1: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, MIT.
2: Media Laboratory, MIT.
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Results
For all helmets, we noticed a 30 db amplification at 2.6 Ghz and a 20 db amplification at 1.2 Ghz, regardless of the position of the antenna on the cranium. In addition, all helmets exhibited a marked 20 db attenuation at around 1.5 Ghz, with no significant attenuation beyond 10 db anywhere else.
Conclusion
The helmets amplify frequency bands that coincide with those allocated to the US government between 1.2 Ghz and 1.4 Ghz. According to the FCC, These bands are supposedly reserved for ''radio location'' (ie, GPS), and other communications with satellites (see, for example, [3]). The 2.6 Ghz band coincides with mobile phone technology. Though not affiliated by government, these bands are at the hands of multinational corporations.
It requires no stretch of the imagination to conclude that the current helmet craze is likely to have been propagated by the Government, possibly with the involvement of the FCC. We hope this report will encourage the paranoid community to develop improved helmet designs to avoid falling prey to these shortcomings....
The tinfoil hat will only amplify the things you are trying to protect yourself from!! :yow: