TEOTWAWKI v2.0

The End Of The World As We Knew It

© 1998, 2000 Stephen Savitzky. CC-by-nc-sa.

As it turned out, the biggest problem the doomsayers of 1999 had was how to dispose of the leftover canned goods. But they may still come in handy.

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	Oh, there's no time to l	ive like the pr	esent

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	As the mill	enium is dr	awing to its cl	ose

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	And I don't intend to say

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That we're f	acing Judgement D	ay

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Because	I don't want to s	ound like one of those

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	Who rant and rave that it's...

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The End Of The World As We Kn ow It

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As comp uters all ar ound us crash and b urn;

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Let's g o live off the land

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With our h eads stuck in the s and

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While we're w aiting for the c entury to turn.

Now it isn't that I never trust my vendors

And it's not that I'm preparing for the worst,

But even though they say

That everything will be OK

I'm running backups on December thirtyfirst.

Then shutting down before...

My credit cards are probably compliant

But whenever there's confusion there's a chance.

Since their system might forget

The level of my debt

I'll be taking out a sizeable advance

I might get lucky at...

My banker and broker are certain

There's no chance that we're heading for a crash

But I'm taking all my stocks

Out of my safe deposit box

And converting my securities to cash

Or maybe gold, before...

Now I don't want to sound like an alarmist,

But even though I wish that I could stay,

I have to go and pack

Because I plan on looking back

As I'm heading for the hills on Judgement Day

To see the lights go out when it's...

The End Of The World As We Know It

As computers all around me crash and burn

I'm gonna go live off the land

With my head stuck in the sand

While I'm waiting for the century to turn.

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IT departments spent their New Year's

Hunkered down and waiting for things to go wrong

But my Linux box stayed sane

So I went out and drank Champaigne;

Good thing I didn't listen to this song

'Cause after all you know...

The End Of The World As We Knew It

Didn't happen and there was no crash and burn

Yes the partying was grand

As midnight passed in every land

And we waited for the century to turn.

No, the world didn't end as expected,

Our doomsday plans will simply have to wait

'Til to our surprise we find

Embedded systems lose their mind

In January, twenty-thirty-eight

When UNIX dates roll over on...

Where am I going? What am I doing in this handbasket?