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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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(SCRAPING)
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TOM BEASLEY:
If our civilization,
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the lights go off
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and the lights
never come back on,
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for all intents and purposes,
it's going back to dust,
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we will turn it back
into the Stone Age eventually.
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Um...
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Because without that power
this lifestyle stops.
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And you will be back
working with clay.
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You will be back dealing
with one of these. (LAUGHS)
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♪ (ROUSING SYNTH MUSIC
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SALLY MOORE: I happen
to be on a year 2000 project
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for the company that I work for
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in making sure
that their systems
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are going to make it
across the millennium.
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(CLICKS TONGUE)
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We just can't get it all
and so...
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INTERVIEWER: And so you're here?
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(CHUCKLES) Yeah.
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JIM WATKINS: Computer buffs
have known about it for years,
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but the rest of us,
well, we're just finding out
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about a glitch you might say
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in the way most computers
are programmed.
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There could be a meltdown
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when we cross from the year 1999
into 2000.
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And even if you don't own
a computer,
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this is going to affect you
in a big way.
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♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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COMMUNITY MEMBER: I feel like
it could be the beginning
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of the end of the world.
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I feel like
our days could be numbered.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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I feel like nuclear bombs
could go off,
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nuclear plants could melt down,
we could suffer famine.
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And I don't wanna go
through this alone.
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♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC
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(INAUDIBLE)
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(GUNSHOT)
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LEONARD NIMOY: Y2K.
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How can we prepare individually?
How can we work together?
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And how can we,
humankind, utilize Y2K
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as an opportunity
to look at ourselves,
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to analyze where we've been,
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and to adjust our sights
for the future.
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♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYS) ♪
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♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC
FADES) ♪
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-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
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STAFFER: Watch your feet,
watch your feet,
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watch the cable.
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(CAMERA BEEPS)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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CAMERAMAN: Thank you, both.
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-CAMERAMAN: Thank you.
-Now, you go on up, go on up.
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-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-And, uh...
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STAFFER: Yeah. That's okay.
Yeah. This is good.
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This is good.
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BILL CLINTON:
Today in California
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we are installing
six million feet...
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Six million feet
of computer cables and plugs.
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We are putting the future
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at the fingertips
of your children.
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All of you know
that the information
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and technology explosion
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will offer to you
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and to the young people
of the future,
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more opportunities
and challenges
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than any generations
of Americans has ever seen.
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(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)
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RON BROWN: (ON CALL)
Good morning, Mr. President.
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AL GORE:
Come down, you can see it
on the camera there. (LAUGHS)
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RON: Good morning,
Mr. Vice President.
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-CLINTON: Morning, Ron.
-GORE: Hey, Mr. Secretary.
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-STAFFER: Oh, hold on.
-(MOUSE CLICKS)
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-STAFFER: So now you can say it.
-CLINTON: Good morning, Ron.
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GORE: How's it going there, Ron?
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(INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER)
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STAFFER: We gotta wait for them
to send back audio.
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Takes a few seconds here.
Come on.
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RON: It's great here. We're at
Freeport Elementary School.
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We got a fully wired school
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hooked into
the information superhighway
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just like you, Mr. President,
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the vice president promised
to be.
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You know, the vice president
and I...
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have communications
like this, uh,
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at the Pentagon
with all of our military leaders
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around the world.
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I'm really glad to see
that you've got
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this kind of communication
for education.
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If more people can communicate
directly like this
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and look at each other
face to face,
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that will, I think,
reduce the need
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for military confrontation.
I think it'll bring
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people together
all over the world.
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And it's really exciting to see
us here looking at you
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and have this conversation.
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I hope you all are as excited
about it as we are.
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RON: Everybody's excited here,
Mr. President.
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Why don't we give a big cheer
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and let's show him
how excited we are, all right?
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(VOLUNTEERS AND STUDENTS
APPLAUDING)
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♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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SHOPPER 1:
I like this, does it--
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-SHOPPER 2: Top of the range.
-SHOPPER 1: Does it? Let's see.
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Car cord.
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SHOPPER 2:
I can take it in the car!
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SHOPPER 1:
Three-inch screen.
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SHOPPER 2: I like this one, hun.
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SHOPPER 1:
It can do batteries too.
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SHOPPER 3: You mean
you can take a movie
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and they'll put it
on the hard drive
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and you can show it back.
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EMPLOYEE: Mm-hmm. Yeah.
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-Oh, c'mon.
-EMPLOYEE Yeah, yeah.
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There it is right here.
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(SHOPPER 4 LAUGHS)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER)
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SHOPPER 3:
You guys, Bill, cut it all out.
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-SHOPPER 4: You cut it.
-(ALL LAUGH)
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STEVE JOBS:
We humans are tool builders
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and we can fashion tools
that amplify
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these inherent abilities
that we have
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to spectacular magnitudes.
And so for me,
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a computer has always been
a bicycle of the mind.
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Something that takes us
far beyond
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our inherent abilities.
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(BOTH LAUGH)
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PETER JENNINGS:
Microsoft will be
the most powerful company
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in the 21st century.
Do you see that?
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No, I really don't.
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Uh, we're a company
that makes tools.
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But so many people
are dependent on those tools.
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No, they're not dependent on us.
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Once they have those things...
(CHUCKLES)
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-(JENNINGS LAUGHS)
-...they can use them
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and do whatever they choose.
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I think a millennia from now
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people are gonna look back
and say,
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"Wow, the late 20th century
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was really a great time
to be alive on this planet."
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Now that I've gone
on the internet,
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I'd rather be on my computer
than doing just about anything.
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JOHN PERRY BARLOW:
Any human being can say
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whatever he or she wants
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and nobody can shut them up.
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It means that all of those
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wonderful things
that have been gelling
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in human consciousness
all this time,
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that were too far out
on the fringes,
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suddenly get a chance
to be part of the mix.
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And I think that's a good thing.
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MAN: I think it's no accident
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that the tremendous speed
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that we're seeing
and development
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of this new cyber culture
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which is evolving right
in front of our eyes,
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right around
this millennium time.
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Why is that?
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It's not happening by accident.
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It's the actual
millennium itself
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making this happen.
It's like an energy.
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It's like a magnet
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that the closer you get to it
the more it speeds up.
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It's almost like a black hole.
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So as you hit it
right on the year 2000,
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the culture is moving
at almost maximum speed.
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I want to get online.
I need a computer!
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As ironies go,
add this to the list.
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Computers that can handle
millions of numbers a minute
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may spend years
stymied by a single one,
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the date of the year 2000.
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It's a problem called
the Millennium Bug
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and it will be biting soon.
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We can't see
the electronic calendar
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inside a computer,
but if we could,
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it would look
something like this.
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The first two digits
of the year, the 19,
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are assumed by the computer,
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chiseled in stone as far
as its memory is concerned.
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To save precious storage space,
only the last two digits change.
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So when the year 1999 ends,
virtually all computer calendars
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are going to flip over
to the next year,
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which the computers will read
as 1900.
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Our systems are broken.
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And they're going
to fall asunder
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when you start entering
into them,
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data from the 21st century.
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There is no debate
about that anymore.
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REPORTER:
Peter de Jager calls himself
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a computer age Paul Revere,
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trotting all over the globe
to warn companies
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and governments
that "the zeros are coming,
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the zeros are coming."
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INTERVIEWER:
We won't be in a situation,
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will we or will we,
where cities virtually grind
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to a halt on that January 1?
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If we don't fix the programs,
that's what happens.
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Now you're asking me
to predict the future.
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If everybody listens to us,
we'll bypass this.
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If everybody starts
working on it,
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focuses all their energies,
we will bypass it.
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What you have
just communicated to me
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is that half this room
has no better
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than a 50 percent chance
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of delivering this project
on time.
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Do you understand that?
Do you realize that?
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♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
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In 1977, I started
as an operator with IBM.
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First day on the job,
I noticed that our systems
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were using two-digit years.
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When I brought it up
to management,
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management said,
"Don't worry about it,
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it isn't gonna happen
for another 23 years, so relax."
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I did.
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In 1989,
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I saw a show,
Connections with James Burke.
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And the first show
was about how in 1965
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the entire Skyline went black
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because of one single
electrical switch.
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NEWSREEL NARRATOR:
It can't happen here,
well it did.
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And the question asked
by 25 million people
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living in the affected area
of 80,000 square miles
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was simply, how could it happen?
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And no one had
an immediate answer.
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It was that
single device failing,
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-causing this huge effect.
-(CLICKS)
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PETER DE JAGER:
That made me realize
that the year 2000 problem,
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these date calculations
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in every one
of these organizations,
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would have a similar impact.
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♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
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(ALARM BLARING)
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So if we all know there's
gonna be this giant problem
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and exactly when it's
going to happen,
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why on earth can't we fix it?
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-Here's ABC's Gina Smith.
-Just how big is the problem?
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Well, imagine someone told you
you had to find and replace
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every bolt
in the Brooklyn Bridge.
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That's daunting, but doable.
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-Now imagine you have to find...
-(HELICOPTER THRUMS)
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...and replace every bolt
in every bridge in the world,
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and you only have
21 months to do it.
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(TELEPHONE RINGING)
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Computers talk to one another,
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information is transferred
from one system to another.
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KEN RUSSELL: And if one computer
doesn't understand
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the change of date,
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then other computers
are affected by that.
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What Y2K is about really is
the pervasiveness
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of computer technology,
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information processing
technology,
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in our everyday lives.
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And personal computers
are really the least of it.
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It's the big fragile systems,
the brittle systems
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that are most vulnerable.
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Things like power,
electric communications,
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air traffic control, banking.
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MARK KINGWELL:
These are the things
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that we don't think about
because they're invisible.
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They're transparent
in our daily interactions.
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But they are in fact
computer systems.
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It's not just
the computer systems
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that are interconnected.
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It's the economies
of the countries
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and the individual businesses
that are interconnected.
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You can have a company
like General Motors
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that has been working very,
very hard on this issue,
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but they're dependent upon
tiers of suppliers.
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And if you can't get the widget
that goes into the seat
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that goes into the car,
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their assembly line
is gonna stop.
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It's almost like a nightmare.
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Uh, literally science fiction.
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Computers which control
defense missile systems.
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Computers which control
public transportation systems
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are at risk for failure.
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-(MONITOR BEEPING)
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CONTINUES) ♪
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But this is much worse
than we thought
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because billions
of computer chips out there
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have a time sequence
as part of their programs.
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Imagine how many things
are now run with computer chips
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and are connected
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to so many other things
run by computer chips.
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC
BUILDS) ♪
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-♪ (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY) ♪
-(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
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It seems unbelievable,
but it's only 535 days from now.
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At the stroke of midnight,
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when we will usher
in a new year,
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a new century, a new millennium.
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It is a complex test
that requires us all
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to work together.
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Every government agency,
every university,
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every hospital,
every business large and small,
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with millions of hours needed
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to rewrite billions
of lines of code
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and hundreds of thousands
of interdependent organizations.
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This is clearly one of the most
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complex management challenges
in history.
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More than anything else,
the year 2000 problem
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has revealed how interconnected
and interdependent
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we have become.
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Earlier this year,
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the president established
the President's Council
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on the Year 2000 Conversion
and appointed John Koskinen
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to head up this effort,
having been a part of the effort
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to persuade him to come back...
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(CHUCKLES) ...out of retirement
and take this on,
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I wanna really lay it on thick
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because he's really...
(CHUCKLES)
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-(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)
-He's done a great job.
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Why don't you stand up, John,
we appreciate what you're doing.
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(CHUCKLES)
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♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
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We are at the White House.
We're here with John Koskinen.
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This is the apex of our trip.
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You've been known in papers
and articles as the Y2K czar.
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How do you react to that?
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JOHN KOSKINEN: Well,
I'd say, in a way, I suppose,
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of focusing on responsibility.
But as I said,
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it's one of the world's
great bag holding jobs.
329
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If it all goes well,
nobody will care.
330
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And if it doesn't go well,
they'll say
331
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-what was the name of that guy?
-Who was that czar?
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Has to be a fair amount of
pressure, though, you must admit
333
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when the president says,
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"Okay, you're my guy
to do this."
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Not only is it getting
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the government itself
up to speed,
337
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it's the nation...
how to inform the people.
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-♪ (TENSE SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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We're still a ways away
from the end of next year
340
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and we don't know how much work
is actually gonna get done.
341
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All you can say
for sure right now
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is that there's potential
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for significant disruptions
around the world.
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But also there are a lot
of people working very hard
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to avoid that problem.
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Uh, so at this stage,
all you can do is make guesses
347
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or very broad-based estimates
about what might happen.
348
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Uh, but I think at this point,
349
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it's very difficult to know
for sure.
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
351
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REPORTER 1: Four million gallons
of raw sewage
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spilled out
during a failed Y2K test.
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They were testing
what would happen
354
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if the plant lost power
355
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once the calendar reads
January 1st, 2000.
356
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Computer unexpectedly
shut our input gate
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and didn't tell us
that it did that,
358
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shut one of our input gates,
359
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and it backed up the sewer
into the park.
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(WATER BURBLING)
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REPORTER 2:
Regulatory reports reveal
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that early last month
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the Peach Bottom
nuclear facility
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near York, Pennsylvania
experienced a serious glitch
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when operators tried to fix
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a Y2K problem.
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When workers advanced clocks
to the year 2000,
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both the primary and backup
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plant monitoring system
computers shut down
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for seven hours,
resulting in a major loss
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of emergency assessment
capability,
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according to the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
374
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I keep on hearing
a lot of things
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that there's gonna be mass chaos
and confusion in the year 2000.
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Right now I'm just studying
all the facts
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and just see what companies
are really prepared for.
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I just assumed in America,
we'll figure it out. (CHUCKLES)
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I can't believe
that in this present day and age
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with all the modern technology
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that everything's
gonna collapse.
382
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A lot of people are gonna panic
and stockpile things, not fly.
383
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I think it's all a hoax anyway.
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REPORTER 3:
You think it's a hoax?
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I do. I think it was started
by computer programmers.
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They must be working on it,
are they?
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♪ (SUSPENSEFUL SYNTH MUSIC
FADES) ♪
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REPORTER 4:
This is the real frontline,
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programmers
scouring computer codes.
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-(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
-(COMPUTER BEEPS)
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STEVE KROFT: And to understand
exactly what they're doing,
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you have to be one.
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PROGRAMMER: It'd be a D3M
because there's hyphens.
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I've got to tell you
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I don't understand
a word you said.
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But what you pick up
immediately
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is that the process of fixing
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a single computer program
is tedious and time consuming.
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Every one is unique
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and you have to go through them
line by line
401
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to find and fix
and test potential problems.
402
00:20:03,666 --> 00:20:06,833
-(TELEPHONE RINGING)
-(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
403
00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,833
Well actually, I was gonna try
to get into something
404
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where you can actually
405
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see me doing
something useful here.
406
00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:22,400
(INDISTINCT BACKGROUND CHATTER)
407
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(WHISPERS) Let's see...
408
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This is a fairly
straightforward case.
409
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Uh, it's a field in a program
just called YR for year.
410
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And the 99 means
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it's two numeric
possible values.
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So these are the kinds of things
that the various tools
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that we're using help us find.
414
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Just about everything we do
415
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depends on knowing
the date something happened,
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the date someone was born,
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the date they got married,
the date they died,
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the date they became disabled,
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we have to worry
about all those things.
420
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-There it is.
-(KEYBOARD CLACKS)
421
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES)
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INTERVIEWER: The whole business
of the Millennium Bug
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is a bit odd, isn't it?
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We can put a tiny little machine
on Mars to roam around
425
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and we've got a problem
with a couple of digits.
426
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Doesn't make much sense,
does it?
427
00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:22,800
(LAUGHS) I mean, who were
the programming geniuses
428
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who decided
that we only needed two digits
429
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instead of four.
430
00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:28,400
Programmers have been
telling management
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00:21:28,466 --> 00:21:29,500
right from the start,
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this will not work
in the year 2000.
433
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And management said
that is outside
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my six-year timeframe
435
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for financial analysis
and, you know,
436
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reports to shareholders,
437
00:21:39,833 --> 00:21:41,566
so we're not going
to worry about it.
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♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
439
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The kind of computer power
you can now get on a laptop
440
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used to require a system
that was so large it literally
441
00:21:50,500 --> 00:21:52,833
had to be housed
in its own building.
442
00:21:52,900 --> 00:21:55,866
So, the sheer expense
of computing
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began to really add up.
444
00:22:11,666 --> 00:22:14,200
That's when major businesses
and government institutions
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began finding ways
to cut corners.
446
00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,466
And one of the most fateful
cost-cutting measures
447
00:22:18,533 --> 00:22:19,966
was to deliberately
448
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leave out the first two digits
of the year date.
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♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
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(BEEPING, ECHOING BUZZING)
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DE JAGER: Using two digits
rather than four
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made good economic sense.
453
00:22:38,933 --> 00:22:40,933
It was a choice, worldwide.
454
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Sort of like the original sin.
455
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BOB CRINGELY:
If we dig still deeper,
456
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beyond
the technical explanations,
457
00:22:53,033 --> 00:22:56,200
we could probably start
with a name, Grace Hopper,
458
00:22:56,266 --> 00:22:58,266
coiner of the term "bug."
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00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:04,933
GRACE HOPPER:
I was very fortunate
460
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,900
the Navy ordered me
to the first big computer
461
00:23:06,966 --> 00:23:08,800
in the United States,
Mark One at Harvard.
462
00:23:08,866 --> 00:23:10,966
How did you know
so much about computers then?
463
00:23:11,033 --> 00:23:12,500
-I didn't.
-How did you--
464
00:23:12,566 --> 00:23:13,766
-It was the first one.
-Yeah.
465
00:23:13,833 --> 00:23:17,700
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING, APPLAUDING)
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00:23:18,833 --> 00:23:22,433
♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
467
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GRACE: We were building Mark Two
the summer of 1945.
468
00:23:25,733 --> 00:23:29,500
It was a hot summer in Cambridge
and Mark Two stopped.
469
00:23:29,566 --> 00:23:31,300
We finally located
the failing relay.
470
00:23:31,366 --> 00:23:33,500
It was one of the big
signal relays.
471
00:23:33,566 --> 00:23:35,233
And inside the relay,
472
00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:37,133
beaten to death
by the relay contacts
473
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:38,800
was a moth about this big.
474
00:23:39,766 --> 00:23:41,566
So the operator got
a pair of tweezers
475
00:23:41,633 --> 00:23:43,833
and very carefully fished
the moth out of the relay.
476
00:23:44,366 --> 00:23:45,666
Put it in the logbook,
477
00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:47,500
put scotch tape over it.
478
00:23:47,566 --> 00:23:50,366
And below it he wrote,
"First actual bug found."
479
00:23:50,433 --> 00:23:52,133
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
480
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INTERVIEWER:
You wrote something somewhere.
481
00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,400
You don't do anything
in the Navy
482
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without a piece of paper.
483
00:23:56,766 --> 00:23:59,100
-GRACE: Mm-hmm.
-They all come out of computers.
484
00:23:59,166 --> 00:24:00,766
Same thing's true
with your big companies.
485
00:24:00,833 --> 00:24:03,066
If those computers stopped,
this whole country
486
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would come to a screeching halt.
487
00:24:04,733 --> 00:24:05,966
GRACE: Mm-hmm.
488
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People are scared of computers,
just as I can remember.
489
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,533
There were people
who were scared to death
490
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:11,633
of telephones.
491
00:24:12,733 --> 00:24:13,933
Wouldn't go near them.
492
00:24:16,666 --> 00:24:19,533
There were people who thought
gas light was safe,
493
00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,133
but electric light
wasn't very safe.
494
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,800
We've always gone through this
with every change.
495
00:24:24,866 --> 00:24:28,233
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
496
00:24:37,166 --> 00:24:41,966
Fulfilling absolute decree
in casual simplicity.
497
00:24:42,066 --> 00:24:44,733
♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPBEAT) ♪
498
00:24:50,333 --> 00:24:53,000
MAN: All of this is designed
to free men and women
499
00:24:53,066 --> 00:24:56,233
from the drudgery
and monotony of pushing paper.
500
00:24:59,733 --> 00:25:02,366
JOBS: Certainly not
a 1984-ish vision at all.
501
00:25:02,433 --> 00:25:04,266
Uh, it's just gonna be
very gradual
502
00:25:04,333 --> 00:25:06,133
and very human
and will seduce you
503
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,500
into learning how to use it.
504
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,133
NARRATOR 1: In just two decades,
the speed of computers
505
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,433
has improved over 100 times.
506
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000
NARRATOR 2:
At the core of our society,
507
00:25:20,066 --> 00:25:24,400
a world of accelerating change,
irreversible change.
508
00:25:28,466 --> 00:25:30,766
NARRATOR 3: For just
as the Industrial Revolution
509
00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:33,433
replaced man's muscles
as an economic asset,
510
00:25:33,500 --> 00:25:34,900
so the computer threatens
511
00:25:34,966 --> 00:25:37,466
to make valueless
the menial mentality.
512
00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:43,033
NARRATOR 4: By the year 2000,
513
00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:44,966
computers will invade
our privacy,
514
00:25:45,033 --> 00:25:48,666
on a scale hardly imaginable.
They will be interconnected
515
00:25:48,733 --> 00:25:51,000
and unless prevented
by new legislation,
516
00:25:51,066 --> 00:25:53,100
will be able
to sell information.
517
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,100
Everybody knows what's happening
in every part of the world
518
00:25:58,166 --> 00:25:59,466
within seconds.
519
00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:03,366
And it's affecting
every part of our lives.
520
00:26:03,433 --> 00:26:04,833
It's something--
We can't get away from it.
521
00:26:04,900 --> 00:26:06,533
I think we will have to just...
522
00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,033
I don't know, I don't know
what's gonna happen.
523
00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:13,033
TV HOST: It is, ironically,
that we're too well-informed,
524
00:26:13,100 --> 00:26:14,533
we know too much.
525
00:26:15,066 --> 00:26:16,833
We've lost forever,
526
00:26:16,900 --> 00:26:19,966
the opportunity to live
in innocence
527
00:26:20,033 --> 00:26:23,666
about how our society works,
or doesn't work.
528
00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:27,966
TV HOST: Is it gonna bring us
closer together
529
00:26:28,033 --> 00:26:29,766
or will it drive us
further apart?
530
00:26:29,833 --> 00:26:32,566
It's gonna do both, ironically.
531
00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:34,633
It can bring the world
closer together,
532
00:26:34,700 --> 00:26:37,433
but you can also use it
to avoid human contact.
533
00:26:40,266 --> 00:26:42,333
MAN: We have become
very, very dependent
534
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,333
on computer technology.
535
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,700
We are going to be stress tested
536
00:26:46,766 --> 00:26:48,833
by the year 2000 problem.
537
00:26:48,900 --> 00:26:52,133
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
538
00:27:01,900 --> 00:27:04,700
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
539
00:27:24,733 --> 00:27:27,066
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
540
00:27:32,066 --> 00:27:35,266
NIMOY: How could the omission
of two simple digits
541
00:27:35,333 --> 00:27:37,600
affect the destiny
of all humankind?
542
00:27:37,666 --> 00:27:38,766
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
543
00:27:38,833 --> 00:27:42,266
Y2K? What does it mean?
544
00:27:42,333 --> 00:27:46,033
How will it affect you,
your family, your community,
545
00:27:46,500 --> 00:27:47,500
your nation,
546
00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:49,100
our world?
547
00:27:51,933 --> 00:27:56,300
In a very real way,
we're all responsible for Y2K.
548
00:27:56,366 --> 00:27:59,033
And there's no one to blame,
morally or otherwise.
549
00:27:59,100 --> 00:28:01,733
We've all benefited
from the technologies
550
00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:03,466
which have improved our lives.
551
00:28:03,533 --> 00:28:05,066
And we have therefore
encouraged
552
00:28:05,133 --> 00:28:07,300
those same technologies
to develop
553
00:28:07,366 --> 00:28:10,000
at ever more accelerated rates.
554
00:28:10,066 --> 00:28:13,266
And yes, perhaps
we are now realizing
555
00:28:13,333 --> 00:28:15,566
that we've taken them
a bit for granted
556
00:28:15,633 --> 00:28:17,233
and have indeed become
too dependent
557
00:28:17,300 --> 00:28:20,100
upon the by-products
of our collective innovations.
558
00:28:24,266 --> 00:28:27,033
How fragile
do we now find ourselves
559
00:28:27,100 --> 00:28:29,833
before the juggernaut
of our own inventions.
560
00:28:33,033 --> 00:28:37,633
However, our individual
and collective response to Y2K
561
00:28:37,700 --> 00:28:41,500
is actually far more important
than Y2K itself.
562
00:28:46,966 --> 00:28:49,566
-♪ (DREAMY MUSIC FADES) ♪
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
563
00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:02,133
We know that Y2K
is not about computers alone.
564
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,266
Y2K is about connection.
565
00:29:04,766 --> 00:29:05,766
And it's a metaphor
566
00:29:05,833 --> 00:29:07,633
for us being connected
with each other.
567
00:29:09,133 --> 00:29:10,566
This group started
with a group of people
568
00:29:10,633 --> 00:29:11,666
who got together and said,
569
00:29:11,733 --> 00:29:14,700
"Well, what can we do to promote
community preparedness
570
00:29:14,766 --> 00:29:17,200
for Y2K and beyond?"
571
00:29:17,266 --> 00:29:19,900
"What do we do
to create the kind of community
572
00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:21,966
that America is known for?"
573
00:29:22,033 --> 00:29:25,933
Those small communities
where you walk down the street,
574
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:29,100
you say, "Hi,
how are you, Stalone?"
575
00:29:29,166 --> 00:29:30,333
"How you doing Bill?"
576
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,366
"How you doing, Suzie?
Good to see you again, Jim."
577
00:29:33,433 --> 00:29:35,633
We all know that we've got
a community like that.
578
00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:37,233
♪ (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
579
00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:39,500
COMMUNITY LEADER: Mother Teresa
once said that America
580
00:29:39,566 --> 00:29:41,633
was the loneliest country
in the world
581
00:29:41,733 --> 00:29:44,866
and it's because we don't have
community anymore.
582
00:29:44,933 --> 00:29:45,933
And if...
583
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,566
if this is what comes
out of this
584
00:29:48,633 --> 00:29:50,600
and there isn't a problem,
585
00:29:50,666 --> 00:29:52,966
but we've learned
how to work together.
586
00:29:53,733 --> 00:29:54,933
I don't think that's... (SCOFFS)
587
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,400
You know, I don't think
that's a waste, um,
588
00:29:58,466 --> 00:30:01,733
'cause I know a lot of us feel
that the way we've been living
589
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:03,566
isn't totally satisfying.
590
00:30:03,633 --> 00:30:07,000
So, I think personally,
Y2K is more of a catalyst
591
00:30:07,066 --> 00:30:08,066
of a lot of things
592
00:30:08,133 --> 00:30:10,233
that's been going on
for a long time.
593
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,466
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
594
00:30:14,933 --> 00:30:16,766
COMMUNITY MEMBER:
If I have my supply of food,
595
00:30:16,866 --> 00:30:19,866
but the people next to me
don't have food,
596
00:30:19,933 --> 00:30:21,666
it's not gonna serve me well.
597
00:30:21,733 --> 00:30:24,133
So everybody has to be
provided for.
598
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,000
So that's why I think
it's a collective problem,
599
00:30:26,066 --> 00:30:27,033
it's a social problem.
600
00:30:27,100 --> 00:30:28,766
It's no longer
a technological problem.
601
00:30:28,833 --> 00:30:30,233
It's a social problem.
602
00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,066
♪ (SOFT MUSIC FADES) ♪
603
00:30:41,133 --> 00:30:42,633
What do you guys think
about all the myths
604
00:30:42,700 --> 00:30:44,433
going around about the Y2K
605
00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:46,900
as far as, like,
computers shutting down?
606
00:30:46,966 --> 00:30:49,533
My perspective of it is
that if man made it,
607
00:30:49,633 --> 00:30:52,300
it can fall apart.
I mean, you know what I mean?
608
00:30:52,366 --> 00:30:55,100
So I think that if
we do our responsibility
609
00:30:55,166 --> 00:30:56,933
of making sure
that our things are safe,
610
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:58,266
making sure that
our families' things are safe
611
00:30:58,333 --> 00:31:00,233
and making sure that things
in our neighborhood
are compliant.
612
00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:02,933
Then if everyone did that,
then we will be able to operate
613
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,100
and function even
if something did go wrong.
614
00:31:05,166 --> 00:31:08,100
I think
it's everybody's responsibility
615
00:31:08,166 --> 00:31:09,700
to look out for everybody.
616
00:31:09,766 --> 00:31:11,700
The whole process with,
you know,
617
00:31:11,766 --> 00:31:14,166
"It's Y2K,
I'm gonna make sure that,
618
00:31:14,233 --> 00:31:16,500
you know, my neighborhood
has a power generator,
619
00:31:16,566 --> 00:31:19,266
but, you know, that neighborhood
over there.
620
00:31:19,333 --> 00:31:20,733
I don't know, that's not me.
621
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,600
I don't have to worry about it,
it's not my problem."
622
00:31:22,700 --> 00:31:24,866
You know? I think, you know,
it's everybody's problem.
623
00:31:24,933 --> 00:31:26,600
If it's a problem at all.
624
00:31:26,666 --> 00:31:28,933
I think that our governments
are paranoid
625
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000
probably just as much
as any other person
626
00:31:31,066 --> 00:31:32,366
-on the street is...
-Mm-hmm.
627
00:31:32,433 --> 00:31:34,166
...because nobody knows
what's gonna happen.
628
00:31:34,233 --> 00:31:35,766
Nobody knows
629
00:31:35,833 --> 00:31:37,966
what the outcome
of that is gonna be.
630
00:31:38,033 --> 00:31:40,600
I hope, really, I pray
631
00:31:40,666 --> 00:31:42,933
that people don't panic,
you know?
632
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,366
'Cause I think-- I think panic
633
00:31:44,433 --> 00:31:46,933
is gonna be the worst problem
of the Y2K.
634
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:50,333
♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
635
00:32:15,866 --> 00:32:18,566
REPORTER: Scott Olmstead
led us more than 100 miles
636
00:32:18,633 --> 00:32:19,733
into the desert.
637
00:32:29,233 --> 00:32:30,866
(ALARM BEEPING)
638
00:32:31,533 --> 00:32:34,533
(KEYPAD BEEPING)
639
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,600
REPORTER: His hideaway
is a secret retreat
640
00:32:36,666 --> 00:32:38,233
known only to his family.
641
00:32:39,266 --> 00:32:40,800
But Scott Olmsted
is not a member
642
00:32:40,866 --> 00:32:42,833
of some fringe
survivalist group.
643
00:32:42,900 --> 00:32:45,300
He's a well-paid
computer programmer
644
00:32:45,366 --> 00:32:48,700
who says he's seen the potential
for disaster firsthand.
645
00:32:50,433 --> 00:32:54,933
I could see a lot of crime,
I could see looting and arson,
646
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:57,633
burning, the kinds of things
that happened in the LA riots.
647
00:32:58,800 --> 00:33:01,166
I could see
a lot of desperate people
648
00:33:01,266 --> 00:33:02,866
who don't have food,
649
00:33:02,966 --> 00:33:04,333
maybe they don't have water,
650
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:05,966
maybe they don't
have electricity.
651
00:33:06,033 --> 00:33:09,066
Um, maybe they've lost
all their savings,
652
00:33:09,133 --> 00:33:10,900
because the banks have collapsed
653
00:33:10,966 --> 00:33:13,033
or the stock market
has collapsed.
654
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:14,866
All those things
are possibilities.
655
00:33:14,933 --> 00:33:17,500
♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
656
00:33:22,966 --> 00:33:25,700
SCOTT OLMSTEAD:
We are making preparations
for ourselves
657
00:33:25,766 --> 00:33:28,000
and for some family members.
658
00:33:28,066 --> 00:33:30,366
There is no way that we can feed
659
00:33:30,433 --> 00:33:34,933
or otherwise help, you know,
dozens or hundreds of people.
660
00:33:35,033 --> 00:33:37,733
And it's just best if we not
661
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:39,833
be put in that position
of having to decide
662
00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:41,633
who comes and who stays...
663
00:33:41,700 --> 00:33:43,000
(CHUCKLES)
...and who can't come.
664
00:33:47,700 --> 00:33:48,800
♪ (MYSTERIOUS MUSIC FADES) ♪
665
00:33:48,866 --> 00:33:51,366
At first I thought
he was really exaggerating
666
00:33:51,433 --> 00:33:55,733
and that it couldn't be as bad
as he was making it out to be.
667
00:33:56,100 --> 00:33:57,266
And frankly,
668
00:33:57,333 --> 00:33:59,233
I went through
all of those stages.
669
00:33:59,300 --> 00:34:02,233
I was angry. I was in denial.
670
00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:03,400
And then I realized
671
00:34:03,466 --> 00:34:06,133
once I started reading
all of these things
672
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,233
that were being printed
from the internet
673
00:34:08,333 --> 00:34:10,199
and mainstream articles
674
00:34:10,300 --> 00:34:13,565
that there really was a problem
and it wasn't going to go away.
675
00:34:13,632 --> 00:34:16,266
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
676
00:34:33,966 --> 00:34:35,600
BOBBIE BATTISTA:
Ask these Y2K experts
677
00:34:35,666 --> 00:34:38,199
how much of the problem is real
and how much is hype?
678
00:34:38,266 --> 00:34:39,400
Well, I think, um,
679
00:34:39,466 --> 00:34:41,733
most of what you've heard
so far is real.
680
00:34:43,833 --> 00:34:45,565
WENDY MESLEY: "Worst scenario,
radiation problems
681
00:34:45,632 --> 00:34:47,500
make Three Mile Island
look like a picnic."
682
00:34:47,565 --> 00:34:50,166
"And likely to happen,
some battlefield equipment
683
00:34:50,233 --> 00:34:51,433
is junked rather than fixed."
684
00:34:51,500 --> 00:34:52,933
WENDY: Yeah, but,
I mean, the overall impression--
685
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,100
"High-tech systems
get more attacks..."
686
00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:55,132
We didn't say
the worst scenario.
687
00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:56,166
The worst scenario
688
00:34:56,233 --> 00:34:58,333
is what the consultants
are saying.
689
00:34:58,400 --> 00:34:59,733
Joining us from Toronto,
690
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,533
computer consultant
Peter de Jager.
691
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:04,433
REPORTER: Paloma O'Reilly
is a computer expert.
692
00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:06,933
JONATHAN MANN: Some experts say
airplanes may fall from the sky,
693
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,433
the world financial system
could melt down.
694
00:35:09,500 --> 00:35:10,966
Mm, I might pull out some money
695
00:35:11,033 --> 00:35:12,733
just in case
the computers go down.
696
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,866
(CHUCKLES) I mean, you know.
697
00:35:13,933 --> 00:35:15,366
A lot of people saying
there's gonna be nothing
698
00:35:15,466 --> 00:35:17,100
that's gonna be wrong.
There's a lot of people saying
699
00:35:17,166 --> 00:35:18,533
there's gonna be
something wrong.
700
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,566
Well, I won't be flying anytime,
701
00:35:20,633 --> 00:35:22,500
beginning of January
or February.
702
00:35:22,566 --> 00:35:24,666
So I'll make sure I don't.
703
00:35:24,733 --> 00:35:25,733
-I wanna make--
-REPORTER: Why?
704
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:26,800
Because I'm afraid.
705
00:35:26,866 --> 00:35:29,633
I just hope that-- that...
706
00:35:29,700 --> 00:35:33,633
all the nuclear stockpiles
are under control.
707
00:35:33,700 --> 00:35:35,066
NEWS ANCHOR:
According to a TIME/CNN poll,
708
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,800
the level of concern about Y2K,
709
00:35:36,866 --> 00:35:39,600
somewhat/very concerned,
59 percent.
710
00:35:39,666 --> 00:35:41,833
Americans willing to move
to a rural area,
711
00:35:41,900 --> 00:35:43,633
like you Scott, 12 percent.
712
00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:45,866
So you're mainstream,
for once in your life, Scott.
713
00:35:45,933 --> 00:35:47,933
Hey, I'm not so far out
as I thought.
714
00:35:48,033 --> 00:35:50,800
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
715
00:35:56,466 --> 00:35:59,166
There's so much information
clutter on this whole topic.
716
00:35:59,233 --> 00:36:00,400
And it does scare people.
717
00:36:00,466 --> 00:36:02,033
"In the garage,
you can't get your car started
718
00:36:02,100 --> 00:36:03,266
because its front panel detects
719
00:36:03,333 --> 00:36:04,400
that the car
hasn't been serviced
720
00:36:04,466 --> 00:36:05,566
in almost a century."
721
00:36:05,633 --> 00:36:08,533
I mean, that's pretty specific.
Where did that come from?
722
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,933
Well, that came
from de Jager actually.
723
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,533
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
724
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,666
Mr. Jager, good evening,
welcome to Crossfire.
725
00:36:15,733 --> 00:36:17,600
Can I ask you
a personal question first?
726
00:36:17,666 --> 00:36:19,733
-Sure.
-BILL PRESS:
I just have to notice this.
727
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:20,800
-I mean...
-(LAUGHS)
728
00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:22,533
...is this a doomsday tie
729
00:36:22,633 --> 00:36:23,800
-that you're wearing?
-No. It's actually
730
00:36:23,866 --> 00:36:24,833
just a sense of humor.
731
00:36:24,900 --> 00:36:26,433
I mean,
if you can't laugh at this,
732
00:36:26,500 --> 00:36:27,933
then we may as well
all just slit our wrists.
733
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:29,933
Well, I mean, you're like
a walking billboard
734
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,200
for Doomsday.
735
00:36:31,266 --> 00:36:32,466
Peter, let me ask you this.
736
00:36:32,533 --> 00:36:34,666
I mean, is...
Let's be real honest here. Okay?
737
00:36:34,733 --> 00:36:36,200
I mean, I've looked
a little bit into you
738
00:36:36,266 --> 00:36:39,600
and you got this book out.
I mean, you got a website
739
00:36:39,666 --> 00:36:42,133
where you're selling everything
from videotapes
740
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,466
for 75 bucks to watches, to--
741
00:36:45,533 --> 00:36:47,433
Maybe even to ties,
I don't know,
742
00:36:47,500 --> 00:36:48,966
to handbooks dealing with this.
743
00:36:49,033 --> 00:36:51,000
I mean, you're a one-man
gloom and doom industry.
744
00:36:51,066 --> 00:36:52,333
You don't want this problem
to go away
745
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,566
'cause you'd be out of a job.
746
00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:56,333
On the contrary, and I rej--
I really resent that.
747
00:36:56,433 --> 00:36:58,266
This has to be solved.
748
00:36:58,333 --> 00:36:59,933
What we want is for it to solve.
749
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,666
What we want is for people
to take this thing seriously.
750
00:37:02,733 --> 00:37:04,500
What we want
is on January 1st
751
00:37:04,566 --> 00:37:06,033
for you to get me back
on the show and say,
752
00:37:06,100 --> 00:37:08,333
"Peter nothing happened,"
and my job will be done
753
00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,800
and the jobs of several hundred
other people.
754
00:37:10,866 --> 00:37:13,533
The reality is that the IRS,
for example,
755
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,433
is spending a billion dollars.
756
00:37:15,500 --> 00:37:16,633
Why are they spending
that money?
757
00:37:16,700 --> 00:37:20,366
Because I'm a good speaker.
Come on! Give them some credit.
758
00:37:20,433 --> 00:37:22,933
Well, I mean, I've read
that you get 7,500 dollars
for a speech,
759
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:24,466
-that's more than...
-DE JAGER: How much do you get?
760
00:37:24,533 --> 00:37:25,833
-Don't give me that.
-...Novak and Buchanan.
761
00:37:25,900 --> 00:37:27,166
PRESS: But look at this.
Here's this page,
762
00:37:27,233 --> 00:37:29,666
half a page ad that you yourself
763
00:37:29,766 --> 00:37:31,166
-took out promoting...
-DE JAGER: No, no, no.
764
00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:33,000
PRESS: ...your own self
in The Wall Street Journal.
765
00:37:33,066 --> 00:37:34,466
It's got your website here
and everything.
766
00:37:34,533 --> 00:37:35,533
DE JAGER: Please. Let's not--
767
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,766
You're selling yourself
as Dr. Doom aren't you?
768
00:37:37,833 --> 00:37:39,633
Let's get the facts right.
769
00:37:39,700 --> 00:37:41,500
Let's not do
another sarin on air.
770
00:37:41,566 --> 00:37:43,366
-This was paid for by--
-PRESS: (LAUGHS) Touché.
771
00:37:43,433 --> 00:37:45,533
This was paid for
by The Wall Street Journal.
772
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,300
-This is not an ad I took out.
-PRESS: But... But--
773
00:37:47,366 --> 00:37:48,966
They...
And they gave me a byline.
774
00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:50,433
PRESS: All your information
is up here right?
775
00:37:50,500 --> 00:37:52,400
-Absolutely!
-PRESS: But aren't you making
a living
776
00:37:52,466 --> 00:37:53,866
-by scaring people to death?
-Yes!
777
00:37:53,933 --> 00:37:56,166
I'm making a living
by telling them the truth.
778
00:37:56,233 --> 00:37:57,566
Now if the truth scares them,
779
00:37:57,633 --> 00:37:59,933
-please don't shoot
the messenger.
-PRESS: All right.
780
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:03,266
-(BIRDS CHIRPING)
-(ROOSTER CROWING)
781
00:38:06,366 --> 00:38:07,600
(COW MOOING)
782
00:38:08,433 --> 00:38:11,833
-(PIG OINKS)
-(CHICKEN CLUCKS)
783
00:38:11,900 --> 00:38:14,900
(DOG PANTING)
784
00:38:14,966 --> 00:38:17,533
INTERVIEWER:
Is this your outfit for Y2K?
785
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:19,733
It sure is. I'm Farmer Jane now.
786
00:38:21,933 --> 00:38:24,166
-How you doing?
-(CHICKENS CLUCKING)
787
00:38:26,566 --> 00:38:29,533
Got any eggs for me today?
Let's see.
788
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:36,233
I felt like when my congressman
laughed at my inquiries,
789
00:38:36,300 --> 00:38:37,833
and the mayors
790
00:38:37,900 --> 00:38:41,500
and the local media
wouldn't report it seriously,
791
00:38:42,566 --> 00:38:43,866
that it was pretty hopeless.
792
00:38:44,700 --> 00:38:46,700
Because Peter de Jager said
793
00:38:46,766 --> 00:38:50,466
that if you didn't get going
in '89,
794
00:38:50,533 --> 00:38:52,000
it was gonna be hopeless.
795
00:38:53,033 --> 00:38:55,266
And so, uh...
796
00:38:55,333 --> 00:38:58,633
I put my business up for sale.
797
00:38:59,833 --> 00:39:03,766
So, it's not going to be easy
for us financially
798
00:39:03,833 --> 00:39:06,200
if Year 2K doesn't happen
799
00:39:06,266 --> 00:39:09,366
because we have sold off
our assets.
800
00:39:09,466 --> 00:39:13,966
But it's much more important
for us to have this cash now
801
00:39:14,033 --> 00:39:16,333
and put it
in our Year 2K preparations.
802
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:18,433
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
803
00:39:22,866 --> 00:39:24,033
CANDACE TURNER:
In a year from now,
804
00:39:24,100 --> 00:39:27,200
I anticipate the home
will be full of the smell
805
00:39:27,266 --> 00:39:29,800
of fresh bread
and the wood stove.
806
00:39:29,866 --> 00:39:33,400
We'll have some sewing
to be doing,
807
00:39:33,466 --> 00:39:37,766
um, fresh eggs,
the animals to feed,
808
00:39:37,833 --> 00:39:41,800
and it'll be time
to just really connect,
809
00:39:41,900 --> 00:39:44,666
brush up on my piano skills.
810
00:39:45,966 --> 00:39:47,600
INTERVIEWER:
Do you think of yourself
811
00:39:47,666 --> 00:39:52,333
as a Y2K survivalist or...
812
00:39:53,066 --> 00:39:55,233
-In terms of Y2K?
-Well, I'm--
813
00:39:55,300 --> 00:39:58,533
I'm a grandma
turned Year 2K-er
814
00:39:58,600 --> 00:40:03,900
and when I couldn't get
my local community to listen,
815
00:40:03,966 --> 00:40:07,033
I found that there was thousands
of people on the internet
816
00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,566
that wanted information
about rural living.
817
00:40:09,633 --> 00:40:11,633
And so I set up a website
818
00:40:11,700 --> 00:40:15,133
and we've had thousands
that have visited it,
819
00:40:15,233 --> 00:40:17,433
and we're just trying
to encourage people here
820
00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:21,533
that rural living can be fun
and you can make the adjustment.
821
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,500
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
822
00:40:30,566 --> 00:40:32,433
You can use it
with either hot water,
823
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,600
you can fix it with cold water,
824
00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:36,200
or if you had to,
you can even eat it raw.
825
00:40:36,266 --> 00:40:37,533
Now I don't recommend
eating it raw.
826
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:39,533
I mean, it'll... (CHUCKLES)
...it'll swell up.
827
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,166
You can make anything solar,
828
00:40:41,233 --> 00:40:42,866
any flashlights,
any radio you have,
829
00:40:42,933 --> 00:40:44,366
you can make it
with a solar battery charger.
830
00:40:44,433 --> 00:40:46,600
-You can make anything solar.
-I see.
831
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:51,366
Um... Okay.
832
00:40:52,566 --> 00:40:54,766
-Why don't I go ahead with that.
-Okay.
833
00:40:57,766 --> 00:40:59,500
SHOPPER 1: There's a lot
more books being written,
834
00:40:59,566 --> 00:41:01,100
-a lot more on the internet.
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
835
00:41:01,166 --> 00:41:05,333
And I think that
there is a potential problem
836
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,433
that might occur,
and no one knows,
837
00:41:08,500 --> 00:41:10,933
but I'd rather be prepared
for my family
838
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,900
and if there isn't a problem
then we're set.
839
00:41:13,966 --> 00:41:15,533
You know,
and that's just less shopping
840
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:16,866
I'll have to do next year.
841
00:41:16,933 --> 00:41:19,366
♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
842
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,366
ROBERT ROSKIND: In the past,
these shows drew survivalists
843
00:41:26,433 --> 00:41:29,066
who were here for political
or religious views
844
00:41:29,133 --> 00:41:30,333
about their survival.
845
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:31,800
Now you're seeing
a whole new group
846
00:41:31,866 --> 00:41:33,000
of people come out.
847
00:41:42,066 --> 00:41:45,233
All that Crisco makes
my chicken taste oh, so good.
848
00:41:45,300 --> 00:41:47,366
Here, would anybody like
a great big old lick?
849
00:41:48,066 --> 00:41:49,133
Nobody would.
850
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:55,433
♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
851
00:42:10,233 --> 00:42:12,033
It's not so much
the computers failing,
852
00:42:12,100 --> 00:42:14,166
it's that I'm worried about
what the people are gonna panic
853
00:42:14,233 --> 00:42:15,900
before the year.
854
00:42:15,966 --> 00:42:18,066
I think we're going
to be the problem.
855
00:42:25,200 --> 00:42:27,166
(DART WHOOSHING)
856
00:42:27,266 --> 00:42:28,866
VENDOR: It not only brings
your knife out
857
00:42:28,966 --> 00:42:30,100
in an open position,
858
00:42:30,166 --> 00:42:33,033
but also you can present
your blade closed.
859
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,800
This is the sheet that you need
to go by very carefully
860
00:42:43,866 --> 00:42:46,333
to keep from being set up
entrapped, et cetera.
861
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:48,533
So many people already
have been in America.
862
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,566
-♪ (DREAMY SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
863
00:42:52,833 --> 00:42:54,900
ANNOUNCER: Please welcome
the godfather
864
00:42:54,966 --> 00:42:57,533
of the militia movement,
Mr. John Trochmann.
865
00:42:59,366 --> 00:43:01,333
REPORTER: Trochmann is appearing
at what is called
866
00:43:01,433 --> 00:43:03,266
a preparedness expo.
867
00:43:03,366 --> 00:43:05,066
It's on our videotape
over there too.
868
00:43:05,133 --> 00:43:06,466
REPORTER:
Distrust of the government
869
00:43:06,533 --> 00:43:09,100
has increased considerably,
says Trochmann.
870
00:43:09,166 --> 00:43:11,133
JOHN TROCHMANN:
The bombs of Oklahoma went off.
871
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,233
For the next three months
after that, we doubled in size.
872
00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:18,000
♪ (TENSE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
873
00:43:21,466 --> 00:43:23,000
(TELEPHONE LINE RINGING)
874
00:43:23,066 --> 00:43:25,166
Good morning.
Militia of Montana.
875
00:43:25,233 --> 00:43:27,766
REPORTER: From this tiny office,
John Trochmann
876
00:43:27,833 --> 00:43:30,333
says he and his followers
are leading a revolution.
877
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:33,533
They're now arming themselves
against the federal government.
878
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,066
TROCHMANN: I don't think
they leave us a choice
879
00:43:35,166 --> 00:43:36,433
if they continue on like this.
880
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:37,966
They're the ones
that will bring war to us.
881
00:43:38,033 --> 00:43:40,466
We will never bring war to them,
they will bring it to us.
882
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:47,433
MAN: Promoting
that kind of paranoia,
883
00:43:47,500 --> 00:43:49,600
conspiracy theory, vigilantism,
884
00:43:49,666 --> 00:43:51,933
take things into your own hands
by force.
885
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,933
While the leaders of it
might be very sincere
886
00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:57,166
in believing
that they will never be the ones
887
00:43:57,233 --> 00:43:59,433
to pull the trigger
and shoot somebody.
888
00:43:59,500 --> 00:44:03,900
They nonetheless fuel the fires
and create a climate
889
00:44:03,966 --> 00:44:06,400
in which some of their followers
well might.
890
00:44:06,466 --> 00:44:09,666
-(GUN COCKS)
-(GUNSHOTS)
891
00:44:09,733 --> 00:44:11,300
REPORTER:
Some militia groups now worry
892
00:44:11,366 --> 00:44:14,033
that the US government,
aided by foreign countries,
893
00:44:14,100 --> 00:44:17,600
could use the computer collapse
as an excuse to grab more power.
894
00:44:17,666 --> 00:44:18,800
♪ (TENSE MUSIC FADES) ♪
895
00:44:18,866 --> 00:44:21,133
♪ (INSTRUMENTAL RENDITION
OF "AULD LANG SYNE" PLAYING) ♪
896
00:44:21,600 --> 00:44:23,000
(TICKING)
897
00:44:52,100 --> 00:44:53,500
♪ (MUSIC CONCLUDES) ♪
898
00:44:53,566 --> 00:44:57,200
-(CUCKOO)
-(CLOCK CHIMING)
899
00:44:57,266 --> 00:45:00,800
Greetings folks.
In the spring of 1997,
900
00:45:00,866 --> 00:45:02,600
we produced
a video production called
901
00:45:02,666 --> 00:45:05,066
America's Judgments,
What Lies Ahead.
902
00:45:05,133 --> 00:45:07,266
We were aware of Y2K,
but at the time,
903
00:45:07,333 --> 00:45:08,733
we did not take it
serious enough
904
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:10,300
to put it in our video.
905
00:45:10,366 --> 00:45:12,100
Not until we did
our own investigation
906
00:45:12,166 --> 00:45:16,033
did we realize how serious
it actually could be.
907
00:45:16,100 --> 00:45:17,600
Don't take my word for it.
908
00:45:17,666 --> 00:45:20,166
Let us share with you
the documentation
909
00:45:20,233 --> 00:45:21,566
that we have here.
910
00:45:21,633 --> 00:45:23,466
And you can make up
your own minds.
911
00:45:23,533 --> 00:45:25,833
On December 3rd, 1998.
John Koskinen,
912
00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:30,433
which is the Y2K guru
for President Clinton, said,
913
00:45:30,500 --> 00:45:32,266
"In a crisis
and emergency situation,
914
00:45:32,333 --> 00:45:34,066
the free market may not
915
00:45:34,133 --> 00:45:36,666
be the best way
to distribute resources."
916
00:45:36,733 --> 00:45:40,600
"If there is a point in time
where we have to take resources
917
00:45:40,666 --> 00:45:42,600
and make a judgment
on an emergency basis,
918
00:45:42,666 --> 00:45:45,366
we will be prepared to do that."
919
00:45:45,433 --> 00:45:49,100
So folks, now that we perceive
there may be a problem with Y2K
920
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:52,166
and their dirty little tricks,
921
00:45:52,233 --> 00:45:54,300
what do you think the government
is doing about it?
922
00:45:54,366 --> 00:45:56,066
Perhaps we ought to have a look.
923
00:45:56,133 --> 00:45:59,000
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
924
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,733
We have increasing confidence
925
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,433
that the basic infrastructure
in the United States will hold.
926
00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:15,733
The grid will hold.
927
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,133
I think major telecommunication
systems will hold.
928
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,033
We're increasingly confident
929
00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:21,866
that the basic infrastructure
will hold.
930
00:46:21,966 --> 00:46:23,600
There's no evidence
that we're gonna have
931
00:46:23,666 --> 00:46:24,800
a national catastrophe.
932
00:46:24,866 --> 00:46:25,833
Mission critical systems
933
00:46:25,900 --> 00:46:27,066
of the federal government
are gonna work.
934
00:46:27,133 --> 00:46:28,766
So we're in pretty good shape.
935
00:46:28,833 --> 00:46:30,500
♪ (MYSTERIOUS SYNTH MUSIC
FADES) ♪
936
00:46:30,566 --> 00:46:33,333
I guess I'll start off
with the criticism
937
00:46:33,866 --> 00:46:35,866
from the Y2K community,
938
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,266
maybe because you represent
the government.
939
00:46:39,333 --> 00:46:40,433
But the criticism has been
940
00:46:40,500 --> 00:46:42,266
that you've been
overly optimistic
941
00:46:42,333 --> 00:46:44,033
about your assessments.
942
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:46,666
I think what you have to do
is take with a grain of salt,
943
00:46:46,733 --> 00:46:48,366
uh, those people
who are concerned about
944
00:46:48,433 --> 00:46:50,900
whether we were over optimistic
or under optimistic.
945
00:46:50,966 --> 00:46:53,266
The ultimate rumor
I would like to dispel
946
00:46:53,333 --> 00:46:55,233
is that somehow
we have information
947
00:46:55,333 --> 00:46:57,300
in the federal government
or in the President's Council
948
00:46:57,366 --> 00:46:59,200
that we're not sharing
with the public.
949
00:46:59,266 --> 00:47:02,200
And there is no evidence,
950
00:47:02,266 --> 00:47:03,533
nobody's ever been able
to establish
951
00:47:03,600 --> 00:47:04,833
something we know
that we haven't told.
952
00:47:04,900 --> 00:47:07,866
And in fact, our strategy,
for now going on to two years,
953
00:47:07,933 --> 00:47:09,200
has been
to share with the public
954
00:47:09,266 --> 00:47:11,033
everything we have as we get it.
955
00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:13,066
So the-- As I said,
I think the rumor
956
00:47:13,133 --> 00:47:14,833
that there's
this secret information
957
00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:16,900
that we're somehow afraid
to release
958
00:47:16,966 --> 00:47:18,266
is just that, a rumor.
959
00:47:18,333 --> 00:47:20,333
Do you think
that on the other side,
960
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,900
that there are areas or people
961
00:47:22,966 --> 00:47:27,633
that are actually contributing
to panic?
962
00:47:27,700 --> 00:47:30,500
Well, there are clearly
those from the start,
963
00:47:30,566 --> 00:47:32,166
over the last
three to four years,
964
00:47:32,233 --> 00:47:34,000
who have,
for one reason or another,
965
00:47:34,066 --> 00:47:35,966
been predicting the end
of the world as we know it.
966
00:47:36,033 --> 00:47:38,666
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
967
00:47:47,566 --> 00:47:49,066
REPORTER: Surf through
the internet these days
968
00:47:49,133 --> 00:47:53,533
and you keep coming across
a strange new word, TEOTWAWKI.
969
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:54,800
The word stands for
970
00:47:54,866 --> 00:47:57,200
"The End Of The World
As We Know It."
971
00:48:00,833 --> 00:48:04,400
For a growing number of people,
the year 2000 is not a milestone
972
00:48:04,466 --> 00:48:08,466
as much as it is a sign
of some sort of impending chaos.
973
00:48:09,800 --> 00:48:11,466
LEANDER HARRIS:
We're reaching a climax
974
00:48:11,533 --> 00:48:13,800
where things have become
so evil
975
00:48:13,866 --> 00:48:16,900
and the world has become
in such a state
976
00:48:16,966 --> 00:48:21,666
that it's ushering
in the entrance of Christ.
977
00:48:21,733 --> 00:48:25,200
The last time this happened
1,000 years ago, the year 1000.
978
00:48:25,266 --> 00:48:26,800
Man, there were end
of the world cults
979
00:48:26,866 --> 00:48:28,333
and all sorts of
doomsday stuff
980
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:29,466
and people were going around
981
00:48:29,533 --> 00:48:30,633
hitting themselves
with whips and stuff.
982
00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:32,200
Do you think that's gonna happen
this year?
983
00:48:32,266 --> 00:48:33,466
I hope not.
984
00:48:34,866 --> 00:48:37,766
BUSTA RHYMES: I don't feel like
the exact year 2000
985
00:48:37,833 --> 00:48:39,700
is the year
all hell breaks loose.
986
00:48:39,766 --> 00:48:42,300
But I just feel like
in every holy scripture,
987
00:48:42,366 --> 00:48:44,033
it has been predicted
that this time
988
00:48:44,100 --> 00:48:46,666
would be a significant time.
You know what I'm saying?
989
00:48:48,933 --> 00:48:52,400
GERSHOM GORENBERG:
The concept of the millennium
is a Christian concept.
990
00:48:52,466 --> 00:48:56,500
People in general have a sense
that the world
991
00:48:56,566 --> 00:48:58,966
isn't the way they'd want
the world to be.
992
00:49:00,033 --> 00:49:02,566
An event which focuses
that energy
993
00:49:02,633 --> 00:49:05,233
takes out a magnifying glass
and puts it above the tinderbox.
994
00:49:09,966 --> 00:49:11,900
ORLEAN KOEHLE:
The ten hours that my son stays
995
00:49:11,966 --> 00:49:13,400
in front of the computer,
996
00:49:13,466 --> 00:49:16,766
it's almost become an idol.
So it's maybe only just
997
00:49:16,833 --> 00:49:19,633
that this idol comes
crashing down.
998
00:49:21,166 --> 00:49:24,100
JERRY FALWELL: The question
I ask myself is this...
999
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,566
"Could this be God's way
to bring revival to America?"
1000
00:49:31,733 --> 00:49:34,066
REPORTER: Now all of this
should come as no surprise
1001
00:49:34,133 --> 00:49:36,133
considering a recent
Newsweek poll
1002
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,000
saying 40 percent of Americans
1003
00:49:38,066 --> 00:49:41,100
believe the world will end
as Revelation describes.
1004
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,400
I have the feeling
that something terrible
1005
00:49:43,466 --> 00:49:45,466
is going to happen. (LAUGHS)
1006
00:49:45,533 --> 00:49:47,000
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
CONCLUDES) ♪
1007
00:49:47,066 --> 00:49:48,266
PAMELA WALLIN:
"The end of the world."
1008
00:49:48,333 --> 00:49:49,766
"A guide to millennium madness."
1009
00:49:49,833 --> 00:49:53,866
How much of this
is that the fear of Y2K
1010
00:49:53,933 --> 00:49:56,666
may now be bigger than Y2K?
1011
00:49:56,733 --> 00:49:58,333
It's not just that.
1012
00:49:58,400 --> 00:50:00,133
It's that there are now
two camps.
1013
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:01,933
There are the people like myself
who are saying
1014
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:04,033
we have a technical problem,
let's deal with it.
1015
00:50:04,100 --> 00:50:05,433
And then quite frankly,
1016
00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:07,500
there are people
in the far right
1017
00:50:07,566 --> 00:50:10,733
on the fringe elements
of the religious area,
1018
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:15,066
who are deliberately predicting
the very, very worst.
1019
00:50:15,133 --> 00:50:19,700
The message is getting mixed,
and that both dilutes my message
1020
00:50:19,766 --> 00:50:23,300
-and amplifies this stuff.
-PAMELA: Yes, this kind of...
1021
00:50:23,366 --> 00:50:24,900
DE JAGER:
And this is one of the reasons
1022
00:50:24,966 --> 00:50:26,366
why the far right
1023
00:50:26,433 --> 00:50:29,433
have seized upon year 2000,
because it is a problem.
1024
00:50:29,500 --> 00:50:30,866
And they can point
to the newspaper
1025
00:50:30,933 --> 00:50:32,733
every single day and say,
"See, I told you.
1026
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,133
-I told you."
-PAMELA: Yeah.
1027
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:35,500
And that's what's getting people
1028
00:50:35,566 --> 00:50:37,966
who don't understand technology
very, very frightened.
1029
00:50:38,033 --> 00:50:40,766
♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1030
00:50:42,766 --> 00:50:44,100
(EXPLOSION)
1031
00:50:48,533 --> 00:50:50,333
-♪ (DRAMATIC MUSIC FADES) ♪
-Hello, friends,
1032
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:53,466
we are going to be discussing
one of the most serious topics
1033
00:50:53,533 --> 00:50:56,100
that we have ever attempted
to bring to you.
1034
00:50:56,166 --> 00:50:58,300
Jack, in fact, you've been
so burdened... (CHUCKLES)
1035
00:50:58,366 --> 00:51:01,100
...about this huge problem,
1036
00:51:01,166 --> 00:51:05,100
that this is an emergency video
that we're making, actually.
1037
00:51:06,100 --> 00:51:09,900
After studying 250
to 300 major reports
1038
00:51:09,966 --> 00:51:12,800
from experts globally,
1039
00:51:12,866 --> 00:51:18,033
I can honestly say I'm shocked,
startled, and stunned.
1040
00:51:18,833 --> 00:51:21,200
If these men are right,
1041
00:51:21,266 --> 00:51:24,366
this whole world is going
to rock and roll,
1042
00:51:24,433 --> 00:51:26,933
it's going to reel to and fro.
1043
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:30,266
What am I to do about this?
1044
00:51:30,333 --> 00:51:35,066
Well, God says my job
is to warn you.
1045
00:51:35,133 --> 00:51:37,166
Let's narrow it
right down there, Jack.
1046
00:51:37,233 --> 00:51:41,766
How's the Y2K problem connected
with the Lord's return?
1047
00:51:41,833 --> 00:51:43,600
Satan, who's the God
of this world,
1048
00:51:43,666 --> 00:51:46,166
2nd Corinthians 4:4,
is in control
1049
00:51:46,233 --> 00:51:48,233
of heavens one and two.
1050
00:51:49,633 --> 00:51:52,433
"He is the prince of the power
of the air."
1051
00:51:52,500 --> 00:51:53,466
Of the airwaves.
1052
00:51:53,533 --> 00:51:56,333
Yes, the electricity
and the currents.
1053
00:51:56,433 --> 00:51:58,266
Well, you know, certainly Satan
could take advantage
1054
00:51:58,333 --> 00:52:01,100
of such a situation
because he wants man's confusion
1055
00:52:01,166 --> 00:52:03,166
just prior
to the return of the Lord.
1056
00:52:03,233 --> 00:52:09,133
I am literally amazed
at the accuracy of this book.
1057
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,500
Listen to this.
"The passages are stopped
1058
00:52:12,566 --> 00:52:15,333
and the men of war
are frightened."
1059
00:52:16,233 --> 00:52:17,400
What?
1060
00:52:17,466 --> 00:52:21,600
The passages, the means
of communication, computers...
1061
00:52:23,500 --> 00:52:24,533
are stopped.
1062
00:52:26,366 --> 00:52:27,700
It's so near.
1063
00:52:29,033 --> 00:52:30,900
Are you ready?
1064
00:52:30,966 --> 00:52:33,133
NARRATOR: It's the night
on everyone's mind.
1065
00:52:33,200 --> 00:52:36,066
This could affect half
the continental United States.
1066
00:52:36,133 --> 00:52:37,433
CROWD: Three, two...
1067
00:52:37,500 --> 00:52:39,333
NARRATOR: The night
they warned us about.
1068
00:52:39,400 --> 00:52:41,233
Now we're starting
to see some problems.
1069
00:52:41,766 --> 00:52:42,933
KID: Happy New Year!
1070
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:44,233
NARRATOR: What if they're right?
1071
00:52:44,300 --> 00:52:45,733
My God.
1072
00:52:45,800 --> 00:52:47,500
We have to start the evacuation.
1073
00:52:47,566 --> 00:52:48,833
NARRATOR:
The survival of millions
1074
00:52:48,900 --> 00:52:50,266
hangs in the balance.
1075
00:52:50,333 --> 00:52:52,133
-We've lost this puppy.
-Go! Everybody out!
1076
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:55,133
NARRATOR: Just tell yourself
it's only a movie.
1077
00:52:55,200 --> 00:52:58,433
And now, Y2K: The Movie.
1078
00:52:58,500 --> 00:53:01,300
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1079
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:03,933
Our age of anxiety
is truly the millennial age.
1080
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:05,433
All the dread about AIDS,
1081
00:53:05,500 --> 00:53:08,033
nuclear weapons,
ecological disasters,
1082
00:53:08,100 --> 00:53:11,266
point to a fear
of an apocalyptic future.
1083
00:53:11,333 --> 00:53:13,966
And at the same time,
the dream of ending disease,
1084
00:53:14,033 --> 00:53:16,700
of genetically altering crops
to grow in the desert,
1085
00:53:16,766 --> 00:53:18,533
of populating other planets,
1086
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:21,500
all point to a hope
for a perfect future.
1087
00:53:21,566 --> 00:53:23,600
That's what the Millennium Myth
is all about.
1088
00:53:23,666 --> 00:53:26,000
That the human journey
is one with a goal,
1089
00:53:26,066 --> 00:53:29,133
an ultimate end of some sorts,
a climax.
1090
00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,100
And tonight we're going
to examine that myth
1091
00:53:31,166 --> 00:53:33,666
and how it's playing out
in our high-tech culture.
1092
00:53:33,733 --> 00:53:36,500
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1093
00:53:46,700 --> 00:53:49,433
I think popular culture,
you know television, films,
1094
00:53:49,500 --> 00:53:51,800
I think it is interesting
to look at those
1095
00:53:51,866 --> 00:53:54,300
and see what shape they take
on at particular times.
1096
00:53:54,366 --> 00:53:55,966
It's never arbitrary.
1097
00:53:56,033 --> 00:53:58,766
MORPHEUS: The world as it was
at the end of the 20th century.
1098
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,866
It exists now only as part of
a neural interactive simulation
1099
00:54:03,933 --> 00:54:05,233
that we call the Matrix.
1100
00:54:07,333 --> 00:54:10,800
(SCREAMS)
1101
00:54:10,866 --> 00:54:12,000
MARK: This kind of anxiety
1102
00:54:12,066 --> 00:54:14,233
is not restricted
to the fringes,
1103
00:54:14,300 --> 00:54:17,500
-not restricted to Christians.
-(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)
1104
00:54:18,700 --> 00:54:20,700
-What in the hell is that?
-(SCREAMS)
1105
00:54:20,766 --> 00:54:21,766
MARK: It's everywhere.
1106
00:54:22,200 --> 00:54:23,566
(SCREAMS)
1107
00:54:26,600 --> 00:54:28,300
MARK: The culture comes
under the influence
1108
00:54:28,366 --> 00:54:30,700
of this force of expectation.
1109
00:54:30,766 --> 00:54:33,066
(TICKING)
1110
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:38,933
MARK: And it's now focused,
intensified
1111
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,533
by reaching this deadline.
1112
00:54:44,566 --> 00:54:45,766
Time's up.
1113
00:54:47,533 --> 00:54:51,133
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC BUILDS) ♪
1114
00:55:00,766 --> 00:55:03,566
(LOUD RUMBLING)
1115
00:55:07,166 --> 00:55:10,900
♪ (DREAMY MUSIC FADES) ♪
1116
00:55:12,266 --> 00:55:14,966
Now, I got a story for you.
A few years ago,
1117
00:55:15,066 --> 00:55:17,733
when all was quiet throughout
the countryside,
1118
00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:19,266
everyone had
the general knowledge
1119
00:55:19,333 --> 00:55:22,033
that the turn of the century
was at hand, the year 2000.
1120
00:55:22,100 --> 00:55:23,466
You like this, don't you?
The year 2000
1121
00:55:23,533 --> 00:55:25,700
would soon be upon us,
who would have thought?
1122
00:55:25,766 --> 00:55:27,400
And who would've thought
that our next guest
1123
00:55:27,466 --> 00:55:28,666
would come to the forefront.
1124
00:55:28,733 --> 00:55:30,166
We welcome Peter de Jager.
1125
00:55:30,233 --> 00:55:32,066
Tonight, he is not gonna try
to scare us.
1126
00:55:32,133 --> 00:55:33,333
Thank you so much
for coming down.
1127
00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:34,566
-You're welcome.
-TV HOST: Tell me this,
1128
00:55:34,633 --> 00:55:36,966
how do you put yourself
in a situation where at first
1129
00:55:37,033 --> 00:55:38,066
you were one of the ones saying
1130
00:55:38,133 --> 00:55:39,700
-watch out for Y2K, and then...
-DE JAGER: Absolutely.
1131
00:55:39,766 --> 00:55:40,966
...if I understand you
correctly,
1132
00:55:41,033 --> 00:55:42,800
now you're saying to everyone,
1133
00:55:42,866 --> 00:55:45,566
"Don't panic, calm down.
It's not gonna be that bad."
1134
00:55:45,633 --> 00:55:47,300
-What's the difference?
-DE JAGER: In the beginning,
1135
00:55:47,366 --> 00:55:48,600
when we started
to speak about this,
1136
00:55:48,700 --> 00:55:50,266
myself and many others,
1137
00:55:50,333 --> 00:55:52,066
there had been
very little work done,
1138
00:55:52,133 --> 00:55:55,000
and very little attention
or respect paid to this problem.
1139
00:55:55,066 --> 00:55:56,833
So there was a huge risk
that if we didn't fix it,
1140
00:55:56,900 --> 00:55:58,600
there would be consequences.
1141
00:55:58,666 --> 00:56:02,033
Today, you know, five, six,
seven years later down the line,
1142
00:56:02,100 --> 00:56:03,866
the banks
and the insurance companies,
1143
00:56:03,933 --> 00:56:06,200
governments and power companies
have all done
1144
00:56:06,266 --> 00:56:08,000
a tremendous amount of work,
you know,
1145
00:56:08,066 --> 00:56:10,200
hundreds of billions of dollars
have been spent
1146
00:56:10,266 --> 00:56:11,733
on this problem worldwide.
1147
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:14,700
And we have averted
many of the scenarios,
1148
00:56:14,766 --> 00:56:17,533
the disaster scenarios
that we first came up with,
1149
00:56:17,600 --> 00:56:20,066
that we used to convince people
that they should pay attention.
1150
00:56:20,133 --> 00:56:21,600
They have paid attention.
1151
00:56:21,700 --> 00:56:22,633
(GUN COCKS)
1152
00:56:22,733 --> 00:56:25,066
That's a sound that gets
your attention real quick.
1153
00:56:25,133 --> 00:56:28,000
Well, the end of the year
is bringing a big increase in,
1154
00:56:28,066 --> 00:56:29,766
of all things, gun sales.
1155
00:56:29,833 --> 00:56:32,666
And it's apparently
being sparked at least in part
1156
00:56:32,733 --> 00:56:35,066
by fear that the coming
of the new year
1157
00:56:35,133 --> 00:56:37,166
will bring
a new wave of violence.
1158
00:56:37,233 --> 00:56:39,833
(GUNSHOTS)
1159
00:56:39,900 --> 00:56:42,433
Y2K gun buyers say
they're afraid of everything
1160
00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:44,800
from terrorism
to 911 failures.
1161
00:56:44,866 --> 00:56:47,333
I just wanted to be prepared
in case,
1162
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:48,966
you know,
anything happens for Y2K
1163
00:56:49,033 --> 00:56:52,066
just to have an ounce
of prevention, you know?
1164
00:56:52,133 --> 00:56:53,433
DIANA OLICK:
Sharon is not alone.
1165
00:56:53,500 --> 00:56:55,700
Mandatory gun background checks
this month
1166
00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:58,266
are up 20 percent
from last December
1167
00:56:58,333 --> 00:57:00,666
and last Thursday
set the record.
1168
00:57:00,733 --> 00:57:03,733
Sixty-seven thousand checks
in one day.
1169
00:57:03,800 --> 00:57:07,366
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
1170
00:57:07,433 --> 00:57:08,933
News organizations
in this country,
1171
00:57:09,000 --> 00:57:11,166
including this one,
are trying to avoid
1172
00:57:11,233 --> 00:57:14,233
causing any kind of panic
with reports about terrorism
1173
00:57:14,300 --> 00:57:15,566
and the coming new year.
1174
00:57:15,633 --> 00:57:19,000
Tonight fear avoidance
is getting rather difficult.
1175
00:57:19,066 --> 00:57:20,733
I'm concerned about
the terrorism.
1176
00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,233
I don't have any intention
to leave my house.
1177
00:57:23,300 --> 00:57:24,533
REPORTER 1:
The principal concern,
1178
00:57:24,600 --> 00:57:25,733
Osama bin Laden.
1179
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:27,833
A flurry of activity
by his followers
1180
00:57:27,900 --> 00:57:30,800
leads experts to believe
he is planning another attack.
1181
00:57:31,866 --> 00:57:33,900
REPORTER 2: The threat
of homegrown terrorism
1182
00:57:33,966 --> 00:57:35,333
suddenly became clear
1183
00:57:35,400 --> 00:57:37,200
with the arrest
of two men linked
1184
00:57:37,266 --> 00:57:40,000
to anti-government militias
near Sacramento.
1185
00:57:40,066 --> 00:57:42,366
(SIREN WAILING)
1186
00:57:42,433 --> 00:57:45,100
REPORTER 3: In New York City,
officials scoffed at the idea
1187
00:57:45,166 --> 00:57:48,000
of canceling New Year's Eve
in Times Square.
1188
00:57:48,066 --> 00:57:50,966
We are literally
doing everything we possibly can
1189
00:57:51,033 --> 00:57:53,400
to make it as safe
as we can make it.
1190
00:57:58,200 --> 00:57:59,833
We're coming here
a little bit early
1191
00:57:59,900 --> 00:58:01,466
to kind of be a part of it
1192
00:58:01,533 --> 00:58:04,100
even though we're not coming in
on New Year's Eve.
1193
00:58:04,166 --> 00:58:05,633
-REPORTER 4: You're not coming
to Times Square?
-Nah.
1194
00:58:05,700 --> 00:58:06,900
I'm not coming to Times Square,
1195
00:58:06,966 --> 00:58:08,766
I'm just gonna watch it
from television at home.
1196
00:58:08,833 --> 00:58:10,133
-I'm exhausted.
-REPORTER 5: Mm-hmm.
1197
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,033
I don't wanna hear
another thing about Y2K.
1198
00:58:13,433 --> 00:58:15,200
NICK CARTER: What are we doing
on New Year's Eve?
1199
00:58:15,266 --> 00:58:17,200
We'll be hiding somewhere.
1200
00:58:17,266 --> 00:58:18,400
In case the world ends
or something.
1201
00:58:18,466 --> 00:58:19,566
(NICK CHUCKLES)
1202
00:58:19,633 --> 00:58:21,033
-AJ MCLEAN: You know?
-But we're very optimistic.
1203
00:58:21,100 --> 00:58:22,666
In case everything just goes...
(BLOWS RASPBERRY)
1204
00:58:24,700 --> 00:58:26,200
REPORTER 6:
These computer programmers
1205
00:58:26,266 --> 00:58:29,066
have been hired to double check
line after line
1206
00:58:29,133 --> 00:58:30,266
of computer code.
1207
00:58:30,333 --> 00:58:32,566
Clients are still sending
us code
1208
00:58:32,633 --> 00:58:34,566
to be inspected for Y2K
1209
00:58:34,666 --> 00:58:36,766
and we are definitely
still finding errors.
1210
00:58:40,566 --> 00:58:42,033
REPORTER 7:
Tonight, by one estimate,
1211
00:58:42,100 --> 00:58:45,233
seventy percent of Americans
buying emergency supplies
1212
00:58:45,300 --> 00:58:46,733
to welcome the new year.
1213
00:58:48,100 --> 00:58:50,966
Basically, they don't know
what to expect.
1214
00:58:51,033 --> 00:58:52,866
Planes will fall out of the sky
1215
00:58:52,933 --> 00:58:55,333
and all the world's
nuclear weapons will explode,
1216
00:58:55,400 --> 00:58:57,066
annihilating the entire planet.
1217
00:58:57,466 --> 00:58:58,733
No!
1218
00:59:01,166 --> 00:59:03,566
We're more concerned
with people problems
1219
00:59:03,633 --> 00:59:05,500
as opposed
to technology failures
1220
00:59:05,566 --> 00:59:06,666
on New Year's Eve.
1221
00:59:08,933 --> 00:59:11,200
TEEN: They're hiring
more police officers
1222
00:59:11,266 --> 00:59:13,366
because they think
there might be some riots.
1223
00:59:13,433 --> 00:59:15,366
Well, I hope
those police officers don't,
1224
00:59:15,433 --> 00:59:17,066
you know,
encourage the violence.
1225
00:59:17,133 --> 00:59:19,866
Oh, my, yes! (GRUNTS)
1226
00:59:19,933 --> 00:59:22,466
You bastard! That's better.
1227
00:59:22,533 --> 00:59:24,233
First thing that's gonna happen
when the electric goes off,
1228
00:59:24,300 --> 00:59:27,166
people are gonna panic,
because fear's gonna set in.
1229
00:59:27,233 --> 00:59:29,033
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC
CONTINUES) ♪
1230
00:59:31,866 --> 00:59:34,466
CANDACE: First the lights
will go out in Asia.
1231
00:59:34,533 --> 00:59:37,700
And as the time slips by here
in the Midwest,
1232
00:59:37,766 --> 00:59:39,900
we'll see the lights go out
in New York City.
1233
00:59:43,366 --> 00:59:46,266
At the end of every
major piece of time,
1234
00:59:46,333 --> 00:59:49,733
it's a paranoid
and pathological time.
1235
00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:52,266
Lots of weird stuff happens
all over the world.
1236
00:59:55,833 --> 00:59:57,600
MAN: We're turning over
another 1,000 years,
1237
00:59:57,666 --> 01:00:00,900
it's not like we're turning over
a year, ten years, 100 years.
1238
01:00:00,966 --> 01:00:04,033
We're talking another 1,000.
We're talking the 21st century.
1239
01:00:04,633 --> 01:00:06,600
So it's, I mean...
1240
01:00:06,666 --> 01:00:09,366
I think more than anything,
you gotta celebrate it.
1241
01:00:09,433 --> 01:00:11,233
And as long as you have
a lot of people out there,
1242
01:00:11,300 --> 01:00:13,166
you can expect anything
and everything to happen.
1243
01:00:13,233 --> 01:00:14,566
♪ (DRAMATIC SYNTH MUSIC FADES) ♪
1244
01:00:14,666 --> 01:00:16,633
(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)
1245
01:00:18,433 --> 01:00:20,033
-REPORTER: Where you going?
-MAN: Home.
1246
01:00:20,100 --> 01:00:21,766
REPORTER: Did you have
any idea about this?
1247
01:00:21,833 --> 01:00:22,933
-No. What is it?
-What is it?
1248
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,333
REPORTER: It's a concert, uh,
for the millennium,
1249
01:00:25,400 --> 01:00:27,433
-a group called Fish.
-Oh, jeez.
1250
01:00:32,366 --> 01:00:33,500
JENNINGS: Good morning
and welcome
1251
01:00:33,566 --> 01:00:35,466
to the very edge
of the 21st century.
1252
01:00:35,533 --> 01:00:38,000
Good morning, you hearty souls,
I should say.
1253
01:00:38,066 --> 01:00:41,033
It's a little before 5:00 a.m.
here in Times Square.
1254
01:00:41,100 --> 01:00:43,500
And for the next 24 hours,
we're going to try to share
1255
01:00:43,566 --> 01:00:45,366
this extraordinary occasion
1256
01:00:45,433 --> 01:00:47,400
with much of the rest
of the world.
1257
01:00:47,466 --> 01:00:50,766
So let us now go and have a look
at Kiribati in the Pacific,
1258
01:00:50,833 --> 01:00:52,666
the closest island,
this morning,
1259
01:00:52,733 --> 01:00:54,166
to the International Date Line,
1260
01:00:54,233 --> 01:00:56,800
the first celebration
of the millennium.
1261
01:00:56,866 --> 01:00:59,066
♪ (SINGING IN GILBERTESE) ♪
1262
01:01:21,333 --> 01:01:23,633
(IN ENGLISH) We're covering
breaking news this morning.
1263
01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:26,100
We're getting word
out of Russia, out of Moscow,
1264
01:01:26,166 --> 01:01:28,300
that there is a big change
in store
1265
01:01:28,366 --> 01:01:29,500
for the Russian leadership.
1266
01:01:29,566 --> 01:01:31,366
We go now
to CNN's Eileen O'Connor,
1267
01:01:31,433 --> 01:01:33,466
who's standing by in Moscow
with the very latest on this.
1268
01:01:33,533 --> 01:01:34,633
Eileen.
1269
01:01:34,700 --> 01:01:38,066
Well, right now, Boris Yeltsin
has just announced
1270
01:01:38,133 --> 01:01:39,533
that he is going to cede
1271
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:41,266
the reins of power
to the presidency
1272
01:01:41,333 --> 01:01:43,533
to his prime minister,
Vladimir Putin,
1273
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:45,766
effective, he says, immediately.
1274
01:01:45,833 --> 01:01:47,866
Now, this does come
as a surprise,
1275
01:01:47,933 --> 01:01:50,800
but Vladimir Putin is a very
popular prime minister,
1276
01:01:50,866 --> 01:01:53,533
he is known as a person
who wants a strong Russia.
1277
01:01:53,600 --> 01:01:55,466
He took great pains,
by the way, Leon,
1278
01:01:55,566 --> 01:01:58,866
to say that that does not mean
an overbearing, imperial Russia.
1279
01:01:58,933 --> 01:02:00,766
It means a stable Russia.
1280
01:02:00,833 --> 01:02:02,766
CNN's Eileen O'Connor
reporting live
1281
01:02:02,833 --> 01:02:04,300
from Moscow. Colleen.
1282
01:02:04,366 --> 01:02:05,600
It is 18 hours
1283
01:02:05,666 --> 01:02:07,733
before the new year
in New York City.
1284
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:09,500
Carol, what's going on
in the heart of the Big Apple
1285
01:02:09,566 --> 01:02:11,233
-right now?
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1286
01:02:11,300 --> 01:02:13,000
CAROL LIN: Colleen,
what is about to happen
1287
01:02:13,066 --> 01:02:15,733
is that they're gonna light up
the new crystal ball
1288
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:21,166
and it will begin its ascension
up a 77-foot flagpole at the top
1289
01:02:21,233 --> 01:02:23,233
of the One Times Square
building.
1290
01:02:23,300 --> 01:02:26,733
-♪ (ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1291
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:27,800
JENNINGS: There it goes,
1292
01:02:27,866 --> 01:02:30,666
this magnificent
Waterford Crystal Ball.
1293
01:02:30,733 --> 01:02:33,233
-They've pulled the switch.
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1294
01:02:33,300 --> 01:02:34,566
JENNINGS: They've lighted it up.
1295
01:02:36,833 --> 01:02:40,300
An elaborate hardware
and software system
1296
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:44,866
descending into this square
which is...
1297
01:02:44,933 --> 01:02:48,500
in itself all
about electronic hardware now,
1298
01:02:48,566 --> 01:02:50,200
selling products
all over the world.
1299
01:02:50,266 --> 01:02:53,833
(CROWD CHEERING)
1300
01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:55,266
REPORTER: You're looking
at a live picture
1301
01:02:55,333 --> 01:02:56,533
of Auckland, New Zealand,
1302
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:59,766
where the year 2000
is just about a minute away.
1303
01:02:59,833 --> 01:03:02,033
♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1304
01:03:02,133 --> 01:03:05,333
REPORTER: Now, New Zealand
is one of the first big tests
1305
01:03:05,400 --> 01:03:08,733
of the possible effects
of the Y2K computer bug,
1306
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:10,400
officials in the US
1307
01:03:10,466 --> 01:03:12,500
are watching
New Zealand very closely.
1308
01:03:12,566 --> 01:03:15,233
♪ (PENSIVE SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
1309
01:03:19,033 --> 01:03:23,966
-(CROWD CHEERING)
-(FIREWORKS EXPLODE)
1310
01:03:24,033 --> 01:03:25,133
Let there be light.
1311
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:29,266
And there is light behind us.
The electricity is A-okay.
1312
01:03:35,900 --> 01:03:38,100
REPORTER 1: Inside
the government's command center,
1313
01:03:38,166 --> 01:03:41,433
computer experts report
a stable situation so far,
1314
01:03:41,500 --> 01:03:43,333
with no Y2K glitches,
1315
01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:46,033
starting with the US territory
of Guam.
1316
01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:47,933
A plane landed
and a baby was born,
1317
01:03:48,000 --> 01:03:50,733
so that business continues
as normal.
1318
01:03:50,800 --> 01:03:53,266
(BELL RINGING)
1319
01:03:53,333 --> 01:03:55,666
REPORTER 2: Across Japan,
a million office workers
1320
01:03:55,733 --> 01:03:56,733
sat at their desks
1321
01:03:56,800 --> 01:03:58,833
and nervously
watched their computers
1322
01:03:58,900 --> 01:04:00,800
as midnight came and went.
1323
01:04:00,866 --> 01:04:03,766
There were minor problems
at two nuclear power plants.
1324
01:04:03,833 --> 01:04:07,033
Officials are probing
for any Y2K bugs.
1325
01:04:07,100 --> 01:04:09,700
Neither plant's operation
was affected.
1326
01:04:09,800 --> 01:04:11,633
I am standing at ground zero,
1327
01:04:11,700 --> 01:04:14,166
in case of any accidental
nuclear missile launch.
1328
01:04:14,233 --> 01:04:15,633
And just a few miles from here,
1329
01:04:15,700 --> 01:04:18,800
Russian military officers
are sitting side by side
1330
01:04:18,866 --> 01:04:20,900
with American military officers,
1331
01:04:20,966 --> 01:04:23,966
working to fight a common enemy,
the Y2K menace.
1332
01:04:31,733 --> 01:04:33,300
While we are encouraged
1333
01:04:33,366 --> 01:04:36,000
by the positive reports
thus far, uh,
1334
01:04:36,066 --> 01:04:37,666
we should all remember
1335
01:04:37,733 --> 01:04:40,333
that we have many miles
to go before we sleep.
1336
01:04:42,266 --> 01:04:44,766
For the time being,
no news is good news.
1337
01:04:44,833 --> 01:04:46,200
So far, so good.
1338
01:04:48,166 --> 01:04:50,133
So far, so good
on the Y2K Watch.
1339
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:53,366
Good news all around so far
in terms of that Y2K bug.
1340
01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:56,966
-So far, so good.
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1341
01:04:59,000 --> 01:05:00,700
TOM BROKAW: You're looking live,
once again as the crowds
1342
01:05:00,766 --> 01:05:02,300
who gathered in Times Square
1343
01:05:02,366 --> 01:05:04,866
could reach two million people
before midnight tonight.
1344
01:05:04,933 --> 01:05:06,833
Obviously, they're not worried
about terrorism
1345
01:05:06,900 --> 01:05:09,133
or Y2K computer bugs.
1346
01:05:09,200 --> 01:05:11,733
(CROWD CHEERING)
1347
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:14,700
ANN CURRY: The excitement
among the crowd is palpable.
1348
01:05:14,766 --> 01:05:17,500
This crowd has been shouting,
"Three, two, one,"
1349
01:05:17,566 --> 01:05:19,166
-it seems every hour...
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1350
01:05:19,233 --> 01:05:21,000
...as the millennium
has been breaking
1351
01:05:21,066 --> 01:05:22,433
all across the planet.
1352
01:05:22,500 --> 01:05:23,466
You'd think that by now
1353
01:05:23,533 --> 01:05:24,833
these people would be
tuckered out,
1354
01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:28,033
but in fact, it seems
the excitement is growing.
1355
01:05:28,100 --> 01:05:31,866
-(CROWD CHEERING)
-♪ (UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1356
01:05:31,933 --> 01:05:34,133
REPORTER: A lot of very happy
people right now.
1357
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,166
Amazingly,
a very small percentage
1358
01:05:36,233 --> 01:05:37,366
of these people are New Yorkers.
1359
01:05:37,433 --> 01:05:38,833
These people are from
all over the world.
1360
01:05:38,900 --> 01:05:42,066
These folks, California,
Washington, what other states?
1361
01:05:42,133 --> 01:05:44,466
Florida, Oklahoma.
Unbelievable turnout.
1362
01:05:44,533 --> 01:05:45,600
You having a good time?
1363
01:05:45,666 --> 01:05:48,166
Oh! I'm lovin' it.
I am lovin' it.
1364
01:05:48,266 --> 01:05:50,866
RADIO ANCHOR: The big moment
is just a few hours away
1365
01:05:50,933 --> 01:05:52,500
from us here
in the United States.
1366
01:05:52,566 --> 01:05:55,033
And while the rest of New York
is partying, maybe all--
1367
01:05:55,100 --> 01:05:57,300
They're all tourists out
in Times Square tonight,
1368
01:05:57,366 --> 01:05:59,633
the rest of Silicon Alley
and Wall Street and whatever,
1369
01:05:59,700 --> 01:06:01,066
the computer experts
1370
01:06:01,133 --> 01:06:02,533
will all be there
at their terminals.
1371
01:06:02,600 --> 01:06:06,733
♪ (SERENE SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1372
01:06:13,233 --> 01:06:14,833
RADIO ANCHOR:
Liz in Escondido, California.
1373
01:06:14,900 --> 01:06:16,333
-Hi, Liz.
-LIZ: Hi.
1374
01:06:16,400 --> 01:06:19,533
Um, I'd just like to observe
that initially,
1375
01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:22,500
the Y2K kind of started off
as this global fear,
1376
01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:25,566
maybe subconscious fear,
of technology, kind of like,
1377
01:06:25,633 --> 01:06:28,766
you know, Frankenstein had
at the rise of industrialism.
1378
01:06:28,833 --> 01:06:32,033
But what I see it turning into
is kind of just an awareness
1379
01:06:32,100 --> 01:06:34,533
of how connected
everyone is globally.
1380
01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:36,166
And if you're tuned
into the TVs at all,
1381
01:06:36,233 --> 01:06:39,633
I mean, we're watching
the celebrations, you know,
1382
01:06:39,700 --> 01:06:41,466
roll over each time zone
1383
01:06:41,533 --> 01:06:45,400
and it's really more, uh,
kind of a global
1384
01:06:45,466 --> 01:06:46,866
love-in or something.
1385
01:06:46,933 --> 01:06:49,000
RADIO ANCHOR: You think
this is a unifying experience
1386
01:06:49,066 --> 01:06:51,266
-versus a divisive one?
-LIZ: Yeah. Yeah.
1387
01:06:51,333 --> 01:06:52,566
Because, uh, I--
1388
01:06:52,633 --> 01:06:55,833
We're all now more aware
of how connected we are.
1389
01:06:55,933 --> 01:06:59,500
♪ (MUSIC TURNS UPBEAT) ♪
1390
01:07:08,466 --> 01:07:10,133
REPORTER: This crowd size,
as we can see
1391
01:07:10,200 --> 01:07:11,233
from the tenth floor
1392
01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:13,766
of the Marriott Marquis hotel
here, is big.
1393
01:07:15,433 --> 01:07:17,700
Interestingly enough,
you at home
1394
01:07:17,766 --> 01:07:19,833
probably are in the majority
this year
1395
01:07:19,900 --> 01:07:22,066
because they ran a poll recently
1396
01:07:22,133 --> 01:07:26,200
and Americans staying home
this year are 72 percent.
1397
01:07:26,266 --> 01:07:30,000
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(PARTY HORN BLOWS)
1398
01:07:30,100 --> 01:07:31,666
CAMERAMAN:
Freakin' New Year, dude!
1399
01:07:31,733 --> 01:07:33,433
-Freakin' New Year!
-CAMERAMAN: Yeah.
1400
01:07:35,000 --> 01:07:36,900
Are you taking a photograph
or a video?
1401
01:07:36,966 --> 01:07:38,700
MAN 1: It does both.
1402
01:07:38,766 --> 01:07:40,866
-WOMAN 1: Is that digital?
-MAN 1: Uh-huh.
1403
01:07:40,933 --> 01:07:43,700
Yeah. So it takes a picture.
I can send it to you.
1404
01:07:43,766 --> 01:07:45,366
It's a video!
1405
01:07:45,433 --> 01:07:48,233
-Happy New Year!
-MAN 2: Happy New Year!
1406
01:07:49,966 --> 01:07:51,633
I feel like
part of the global village.
1407
01:07:51,700 --> 01:07:53,833
I feel connected
to the rest of humanity.
1408
01:07:53,900 --> 01:07:57,200
I'm ready for the aliens
to land. (LAUGHS)
1409
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:00,733
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1410
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:03,266
WOMAN 2: What is your
New Year's resolution?
1411
01:08:03,366 --> 01:08:05,500
-I don't know!
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1412
01:08:05,566 --> 01:08:09,700
My New Year's resolution
is to collect all 100--
1413
01:08:09,766 --> 01:08:11,833
all the Pokémon cards
1414
01:08:11,900 --> 01:08:14,333
that they've ever came out with.
Whoo!
1415
01:08:14,400 --> 01:08:17,466
My New Year's resolution
would be to study more and...
1416
01:08:18,600 --> 01:08:19,700
be a better example
1417
01:08:19,765 --> 01:08:21,066
for the people
that are around me.
1418
01:08:21,133 --> 01:08:23,066
I'm doing everything right,
don't need to change anything,
1419
01:08:23,133 --> 01:08:24,666
just even keel.
1420
01:08:24,733 --> 01:08:27,200
Yeah, live life to its fullest,
of course,
1421
01:08:27,265 --> 01:08:30,166
and to just take life
for what it's worth,
1422
01:08:30,233 --> 01:08:31,399
a wonderful gift.
1423
01:08:31,466 --> 01:08:34,666
2000 is gonna be wonderful,
I'm looking forward to it.
1424
01:08:34,765 --> 01:08:37,765
Um, there's nothing I want
more right now
1425
01:08:37,832 --> 01:08:40,533
than for the entire world
to explode.
1426
01:08:40,600 --> 01:08:41,800
MAN 1: Well, here it comes.
1427
01:08:41,866 --> 01:08:43,300
-Here it is.
-MAN 2: 11:51.
1428
01:08:43,366 --> 01:08:45,666
-MAN 1: Digital bug.
-MAN 2: Here it is.
1429
01:08:45,733 --> 01:08:47,733
-MAN 3: Cheers.
-MAN 4: Happy millennium!
1430
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:49,566
ALL: Cheers!
1431
01:08:49,633 --> 01:08:51,466
DAN RATHER: Especially
at the end of the century,
1432
01:08:51,533 --> 01:08:53,066
it's always good to take stock.
1433
01:08:53,966 --> 01:08:56,866
We split the atom,
invented jazz and rock,
1434
01:08:56,933 --> 01:08:59,633
launched airplanes
and landed on the moon,
1435
01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:02,265
concocted a general theory
of relativity,
1436
01:09:02,332 --> 01:09:03,966
devised the transistor,
1437
01:09:04,033 --> 01:09:06,265
and figured out
how to etch millions of them
1438
01:09:06,332 --> 01:09:08,265
on tiny microchips.
1439
01:09:08,366 --> 01:09:11,500
We discovered penicillin
and the structure of DNA,
1440
01:09:11,566 --> 01:09:16,233
defeated fascism and communism,
developed cinema and television,
1441
01:09:16,300 --> 01:09:20,066
built fantastic highways,
and wired the world.
1442
01:09:20,133 --> 01:09:22,533
We ponder these things in joy,
1443
01:09:22,600 --> 01:09:24,533
but also in prayerful humility.
1444
01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:26,566
As we now move
into the challenge
1445
01:09:26,633 --> 01:09:29,633
and the danger of a new unknown.
1446
01:09:29,700 --> 01:09:32,000
The dawn of the 21st century.
1447
01:09:32,765 --> 01:09:34,332
Okay, now everyone
sit like this...
1448
01:09:34,399 --> 01:09:35,533
(CHEERING OVER TV)
1449
01:09:35,600 --> 01:09:37,133
...and wait for the lights
to go out.
1450
01:09:38,399 --> 01:09:39,899
WOMAN: I know, this is shit...
1451
01:09:39,966 --> 01:09:42,265
MAN: What if everything
just went out right now?
1452
01:09:42,366 --> 01:09:43,433
Here we go.
1453
01:09:44,033 --> 01:09:45,666
(CROWD CHEERING)
1454
01:09:45,733 --> 01:09:47,899
REPORTER: You were wise
to stay at home. In one minute,
1455
01:09:47,966 --> 01:09:50,600
the ball will drop
and you will see pandemonium.
1456
01:09:56,100 --> 01:09:59,100
The ball is beginning to move.
They can feel it.
1457
01:09:59,166 --> 01:10:04,133
-(ECHOING TICKING)
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1458
01:10:08,966 --> 01:10:10,533
Happy New Year!
1459
01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:15,200
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1460
01:10:15,833 --> 01:10:19,866
(ECHOING TICKING CONTINUES)
1461
01:10:23,633 --> 01:10:24,900
MAN: Well,
you gotta watch the show.
1462
01:10:24,966 --> 01:10:26,366
I think
they're gonna do something.
1463
01:10:28,033 --> 01:10:29,433
Hi!
1464
01:10:29,500 --> 01:10:31,166
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1465
01:10:32,333 --> 01:10:35,366
The lights are gonna go on,
everybody's gonna go crazy.
1466
01:10:35,433 --> 01:10:37,200
Behind the clock.
1467
01:10:38,533 --> 01:10:39,800
(EXCITED CHATTER)
1468
01:10:39,866 --> 01:10:41,000
REPORTER: Ten seconds.
1469
01:10:41,066 --> 01:10:45,533
ALL: Nine, eight,
seven, six, five,
1470
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:48,900
four, three, two, one.
1471
01:10:49,900 --> 01:10:51,333
(FIREWORKS EXPLODE)
1472
01:10:51,400 --> 01:10:56,733
-REPORTER: Happy 2000!
-(CROWD CHEERING)
1473
01:10:56,800 --> 01:11:02,566
♪ ("AULD LANG SYNE"
BY KENNY G PLAYING) ♪
1474
01:11:19,466 --> 01:11:21,800
It's the biggest thrill
of my life
1475
01:11:21,900 --> 01:11:24,966
and I made so many new friends
to carry on the next millennium.
1476
01:11:25,033 --> 01:11:26,066
It's awesome!
1477
01:11:26,133 --> 01:11:27,600
-ANN: In this crowd?
-Oh, yeah.
1478
01:11:27,666 --> 01:11:28,833
The people are so nice.
1479
01:11:28,900 --> 01:11:30,833
There's such good energy
about this crowd.
1480
01:11:30,900 --> 01:11:32,200
Nothing bad at all.
1481
01:11:32,266 --> 01:11:33,666
POLICE OFFICER:
We didn't fall asleep.
1482
01:11:33,733 --> 01:11:35,500
They're a good crowd,
best crowd yet.
1483
01:11:36,600 --> 01:11:37,966
MAN 1: This is disgusting.
1484
01:11:40,266 --> 01:11:43,066
-Oh, Louise!
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1485
01:11:43,133 --> 01:11:45,700
(LAUGHS)
1486
01:11:46,400 --> 01:11:49,800
ALL: Happy New Year!
1487
01:11:49,866 --> 01:11:52,533
MAN 2: The lights are on, Bill.
(LAUGHS)
1488
01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:54,233
MAN 3: I know.
Everything's still working.
1489
01:11:54,333 --> 01:11:55,800
Everything's still working!
1490
01:11:58,000 --> 01:11:59,200
(YELLS)
1491
01:12:00,966 --> 01:12:03,533
All right, is that enough
pictures of the cake, you guys?
1492
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:05,533
B-roll of the cake, right?
That's right.
1493
01:12:05,600 --> 01:12:06,966
REPORTER: What do you hope
for the New Year?
1494
01:12:07,033 --> 01:12:10,866
Peace in the world.
Peace. Yeah, that's all.
1495
01:12:10,933 --> 01:12:12,633
-Wave to the camera.
-Say, "Happy New Year."
1496
01:12:12,700 --> 01:12:13,866
Wave! Happy New Year.
1497
01:12:13,933 --> 01:12:14,966
Wave, Carol.
1498
01:12:15,033 --> 01:12:17,266
They're tired.
Oh, thank you. (LAUGHS)
1499
01:12:17,333 --> 01:12:19,966
Happy New Year's to everybody.
1500
01:12:20,033 --> 01:12:22,266
♪ (MUSIC CONTINUES) ♪
1501
01:12:36,066 --> 01:12:38,666
-♪ (MUSIC FADES) ♪
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1502
01:12:54,466 --> 01:12:56,533
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
1503
01:13:07,766 --> 01:13:10,666
(DOGS BARKING)
1504
01:13:13,500 --> 01:13:15,766
WOMAN:
This is a very new time for us.
1505
01:13:18,700 --> 01:13:21,833
We were confronted
by these interdependent systems
1506
01:13:21,900 --> 01:13:25,833
we had created and realized
that we are dependent on people
1507
01:13:25,900 --> 01:13:27,233
we don't even know.
1508
01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:31,366
And that's the great lesson
from Y2K.
1509
01:13:31,433 --> 01:13:33,266
That no one can go through any
1510
01:13:33,333 --> 01:13:36,700
of the current dilemmas
facing us alone.
1511
01:13:44,233 --> 01:13:45,400
MAN: The news.
1512
01:13:58,433 --> 01:13:59,533
(GROANS)
1513
01:14:00,233 --> 01:14:02,100
Nothing happens.
1514
01:14:03,700 --> 01:14:05,233
Well, we made it.
1515
01:14:05,300 --> 01:14:07,500
The dire predictions
of the last several months
1516
01:14:07,566 --> 01:14:10,600
dissolved in a potent mix of joy
and celebration
1517
01:14:10,666 --> 01:14:12,633
all around the globe last night,
1518
01:14:12,700 --> 01:14:15,333
and that dreaded bug
didn't bite.
1519
01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:18,066
♪ (SERENE MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1520
01:14:18,133 --> 01:14:21,066
(ALL CHEERING)
1521
01:14:25,466 --> 01:14:30,933
We feel that we have
come to a new planet,
1522
01:14:31,000 --> 01:14:32,833
uh, to a new planet
1523
01:14:32,900 --> 01:14:35,900
where there's peace,
and there's no confusion.
1524
01:14:36,633 --> 01:14:38,200
(CRIES)
1525
01:14:55,333 --> 01:14:57,333
Some people
are questioning now whether
1526
01:14:57,400 --> 01:14:58,400
all of this was overkill.
1527
01:14:58,466 --> 01:14:59,966
What do you have
to say about that?
1528
01:15:00,033 --> 01:15:02,166
I say that no one who worked
on this problem thinks that.
1529
01:15:02,233 --> 01:15:05,500
They all understand,
after several years of work
1530
01:15:05,566 --> 01:15:07,500
and spending hundreds
of millions of dollars,
1531
01:15:07,566 --> 01:15:09,366
that we averted a major disaster
1532
01:15:09,433 --> 01:15:11,433
by successfully attacking
the problem.
1533
01:15:11,500 --> 01:15:14,233
You said today that this may be
your last briefing.
1534
01:15:14,333 --> 01:15:15,866
Are things going that well?
1535
01:15:15,966 --> 01:15:17,166
Things are actually
going very well.
1536
01:15:17,266 --> 01:15:19,066
And we're delighted
with the progress
1537
01:15:19,133 --> 01:15:20,433
that's been made.
1538
01:15:20,500 --> 01:15:22,833
It now appears very clear
that the United States
1539
01:15:22,900 --> 01:15:25,733
and most of the world, in fact,
all of world at this time
1540
01:15:25,800 --> 01:15:27,266
have made
a successful transition
1541
01:15:27,333 --> 01:15:29,066
into the 21st century.
1542
01:15:30,766 --> 01:15:34,100
♪ (UPBEAT SYNTH MUSIC PLAYING) ♪
1543
01:15:37,266 --> 01:15:39,866
So now that Y2K
and other anxieties
1544
01:15:39,933 --> 01:15:41,200
have subsided,
1545
01:15:41,266 --> 01:15:43,433
the time has come when at least
some Americans
1546
01:15:43,500 --> 01:15:46,166
will actually start to sit up
and take notice of the fact
1547
01:15:46,233 --> 01:15:48,966
that there's
a presidential campaign going on
1548
01:15:49,066 --> 01:15:51,466
and the first big contest
is coming up fast.
1549
01:15:54,300 --> 01:15:56,133
REPORTER: The man
who warned us about Y2K
1550
01:15:56,200 --> 01:15:57,333
says it's a lesson about
1551
01:15:57,400 --> 01:15:59,566
how much we depend
on technology,
1552
01:15:59,633 --> 01:16:03,233
and how it's not as infallible
as we'd like to think.
1553
01:16:03,300 --> 01:16:05,366
DE JAGER: I don't believe
that we as a human race,
1554
01:16:05,433 --> 01:16:07,766
learn from our mistakes.
We don't learn from history.
1555
01:16:09,300 --> 01:16:10,233
Every 100 years,
1556
01:16:10,300 --> 01:16:12,800
we'll have exactly
the same type of situation.
1557
01:16:12,866 --> 01:16:14,966
And it'll be someone else
raising the alarm.
1558
01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:20,133
That people all over the planet
could experience the same events
1559
01:16:20,200 --> 01:16:21,533
at the same time,
1560
01:16:21,633 --> 01:16:23,333
would have been impossible
for anyone
1561
01:16:23,433 --> 01:16:26,433
to imagine 1,000 years ago,
even 100.
1562
01:16:27,200 --> 01:16:28,766
Yet the growing
interconnectedness
1563
01:16:28,833 --> 01:16:31,600
of the world today,
thanks to a global economy
1564
01:16:31,666 --> 01:16:33,833
and technologies
like the internet,
1565
01:16:33,900 --> 01:16:37,233
is more than just a mark
of how far we've come,
1566
01:16:37,300 --> 01:16:40,200
it's the key to understanding
where we're going.
1567
01:16:42,966 --> 01:16:44,666
JENNINGS: When you talk
about the millennium,
1568
01:16:44,733 --> 01:16:46,733
you sure mean something
different than most of us.
1569
01:16:46,800 --> 01:16:50,500
Well, a millennium
is such a small slice of time
1570
01:16:50,566 --> 01:16:52,400
in the spectrum of the universe.
1571
01:16:52,466 --> 01:16:54,266
-(HUMMING BOOM)
-NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON:
We've got the big bang
1572
01:16:54,333 --> 01:16:56,533
happening 13 billion years ago,
1573
01:16:56,600 --> 01:16:59,066
you know, what's 1,000 years
between friends?
1574
01:16:59,133 --> 01:17:00,133
The timeline that we create
1575
01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:02,200
is about the length
of a football field.
1576
01:17:02,266 --> 01:17:03,700
The thickness of hair,
1577
01:17:03,766 --> 01:17:05,266
on the sheet
that you're holding up,
1578
01:17:05,333 --> 01:17:08,033
represents all
of cultural history
1579
01:17:08,100 --> 01:17:09,466
of human beings on Earth.
1580
01:17:13,866 --> 01:17:15,766
KID:
Instead of the world ending,
1581
01:17:15,833 --> 01:17:18,633
it's going to kind of begin
all over again,
1582
01:17:18,700 --> 01:17:20,633
but not literally.
1583
01:17:20,700 --> 01:17:25,600
Not like another big bang
or whatever caused the universe.
1584
01:17:26,266 --> 01:17:28,233
But like...
1585
01:17:28,333 --> 01:17:31,333
I think it's gonna be like
a fresh start for everybody
1586
01:17:31,400 --> 01:17:33,633
to try and get along.
1587
01:17:33,700 --> 01:17:38,033
We're gonna start
to dive into the...
1588
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:42,133
to dive into the world
of technology and...
1589
01:17:43,300 --> 01:17:44,966
try to survive there.
1590
01:17:45,033 --> 01:17:47,833
If we keep digging
and using all this oil,
1591
01:17:47,900 --> 01:17:49,433
plastic, et cetera, et cetera,
1592
01:17:49,500 --> 01:17:52,400
I mean, how far
are these supplies gonna go?
1593
01:17:52,466 --> 01:17:54,266
You can't assure
that they'll be here forever.
1594
01:17:55,066 --> 01:17:56,133
Think of us...
1595
01:17:57,566 --> 01:17:59,000
as a midpoint...
1596
01:18:00,200 --> 01:18:03,366
between no tolerance...
1597
01:18:04,500 --> 01:18:06,533
and between very...
1598
01:18:08,033 --> 01:18:09,566
loving everyone.
1599
01:18:09,633 --> 01:18:12,766
This hasn't been
a great century.
1600
01:18:13,633 --> 01:18:15,333
Fix the world,
don't screw it up.
1601
01:18:16,766 --> 01:18:19,833
♪ (INTRIGUING SYNTH MUSIC
PLAYING) ♪
117781
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