The Bug Stops Here!!!: A Collection of Both Humor and Hubris Relating to the Biggest, Dumbest, Most Idiotic Blunders in the History of Techno

by Peter De Jager

A collection of both Humor and Hubris relating to the biggest, dumbest, most idiotic blunder in the history of technology...Known to one and all as the Y2K Millennium Bug This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967174503
• ISBN13: 9780967174501
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: P. de Jager
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.0" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Wicked Tongue-in-cheek Humor on the Y2K Bungle

This text is described as a parody about the biggest technology blunder in history and it successfully achieves that title. Written to be understandable and funny to readers ages 15 to 95, it provides a wickedly revealing look at the Year 2000 Crisis from new and traditional perspectives. Those who are technology savants will savor every single page. For persons who heretofore have remained blissfully ignorant of the impact (both real and imagined) of the Millenium Bug, this book helps explain what the fuss is all about. Full of relevant (and irreverent) quotes and clever cartoons, Mr. de Jager's insights make for a delightful read. Expect to find yourself laughing out loud...in your workplace...saying, "I've heard that! As a matter of fact, our IT people have said that!" Having read and reread the book, I now am equipped to intelligently laugh or cry about Y2K, depending on my audience of the moment.

Even the Marginally-Funny Ones Strike Home

As with Gary Larson (The Far Side) or Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Peter's sense of humour owes a lot to the pun ... and a good pun is its own reword. Some of the pictures aren't as funny as others, but every one strikes home. Overall, a collection that subversively deals with the ethics of what we do; "yes, it is our own fault", and "yes, we must own up and do something about it". Probably one of the few works published this year that makes you feel good about abandoning the "victim mentality". Recommended as suitable to anyone who finds the system "grating" on them, for the hope it brings.

What's so funny about the end of the world as we know it?

Well, for one thing, it happens everyday. Repeatedly. Only in really small increments. That's life! But if you have been mired in this little man-made problem (yes, all programmers used to be males, so the women are innocent on this one) (yes, I know that is not true, e.g. Grace Murray Hopper # 3 programmer on the Mark 1, circa. 1944, but this politically correct thing is going to turn out to be a bigger blunder than 6-digit dates) ... where was I? ... If you have been mired in the millennium-made project for what seems like an eternity, it's time to come up for air, like in HA HA! Ever wondered what Shakespear, Marty Allen, Ogden Nash, Oscar Wilde, George Burns, Richard Nixon, Winston Churchill, and Will Rogers had in common? Ya, I'm sure you have. Well, along with several others, they all made comments about the year 2000 frenzy "before its time." Along with a collection of 'Larson-ish' cartoons Peter's book provides a moment of chuckle in an otherwise chuckleless environ. Give a copy to a friend. Better yet, give it to an enemy. Give it to all your enemies and both your friends. Spread the humor. It's the best remediation for what ails you.After all, "When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." -- Mark Twain (from Peter's book)