Y0K Problem
Dear Cassius:
Are you still working on the Y zero K problem? This change
from BC to AD is giving us a lot of headaches and we haven't much
time left. I don't know how people will cope with working the
wrong way around. Having been working happily downwards forever,
now we have to start thinking upwards. You would think that
someone would have thought of it earlier and not left it to us to
sort out at this last minute. I spoke to Caesar the other
evening. He was livid that Julius hadn't done something about it
when he was sorting out the calendar. He said he could see why
Brutus turned nasty.
We called in Consultus, but he simply said that continuing
downwards using minus BC won't work and as usual charged a
fortune for doing nothing useful. Surely we will not have to
throw out all our hardware and start again? Macrohard will make
yet another fortune out of this I suppose.
The money lenders are paranoid of course! They have been told
that all usury rates will invert and they will have to pay their
clients to take out loans. Its an ill wind......As for myself, I
just can't see the sand in an hourglass flowing upwards.
We have heard that there are three wise men in the East who
have been working on the problem, but unfortunately they won't
arrive until it's all over.
I have heard that there are plans to stable all horses at
midnight at the turn of the year as there are fears that they
will stop and try to run backwards, causing immense damage to
chariots and possible loss of life.
Some say the world will cease to exist at the moment of
transition. Anyway, we are still continuing to work on this
blasted Y zero K problem. I will send a parchment to you if
anything further develops. If you have any ideas please let me
know,
Plutonius