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>>>>> On 23 Nov 1999 10:18:00 -0600, Bud Rogers <budr@sirinet.net> said:

Bud> That's what we think|hope at work.  I work for a power company.
Bud> We plan to have lots of Y2K compliant human beings in strategic
Bud> locations with their hands on manual controls that night.

I'm glad that someone will be working that night to ensure my safety
while I'm putting back a beer ;-)

Bud> Hmm, (desperately tries to remember high school geography
Bud> lessons), circumference of the earth is about 25,000 mi. or
Bud> 40,000 km.  Terminator speed would be a bit more than 1,000 mph
Bud> or a bit less that 1,700 kph.  Sound reasonable?

A- (An exact answer would have gotten an A+)

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