tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3217783709568854914..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Global Warming Post of the Day--A Two-ferDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-83788194075793302602012-04-11T00:21:41.653-07:002012-04-11T00:21:41.653-07:00I was pressured into attending a talk by a "N...I was pressured into attending a talk by a "NASA voice" that was predicting major infrastructure disruptions, rioting in the streets, all the transportation failures since everything we use daily is controlled by microprocessors and will stop on 1/1/2000. Remember Y2K? <br /><br />As an embedded microprocessor programmer, I knew that most of his presentation was bull. <br /><br />One of his scenarios had a bus load of kids parked on the side of the road stuck in the snow since the engine electronics in the bus might stop working on their winter ski trip. <br /><br />I asked a few pointed questions about the source of his statistics and pointed out that while at least 90-95% of his case examples did actually contain a some type of timing or clock function, they didn't include a date function or even AM/PM functionality to even care what year it was. <br /><br />I was told by the event sponsor that I was rude to contradict the speaker publicly like that. <br /><br />The person that pressured me into going to this talk wasn't worried about Y2K anymore as we left.<br /><br />The "NASA" title doesn't necessarily mean intelligence in ALL areas of science and technology.KauaiMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02581543514815246743noreply@blogger.com