March 1, 1999
Biotechnology is an emerging field that has long-term ramifications for our world over the next century. It could very well surpass the Information Technology of our last decade in both scope, impact, and monetary value. Biotech is already having an impact on our world. As we noted in our last issue, ‘supermice’ have been engineered which grow twice as fast, to twice the size, as their peers, and moreover pass those genes on to their offspring. We have thus been able to create a new ‘breed’ of mice—and we can do the same thing for other species as well. Further, [...]
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March 1, 1999
The editors of the International Journal of Frontier Missions have devoted the entirety of the spring issue to the Y2K bug. In one article, programmer Michael Goodfellow offers two ‘reasonable’ scenarios (best case, worst case) about what might happen: Best case: Little panic or preparation in 1999. Y2K failures begin in late 1999 as programs begin using 2000 dates. In Fall/Winter large companies begin cutting off suppliers who cannot guarantee Y2K compliance. Some systems begin to fail on Dec. 31; a few power plants fail but the power grid stays up for the most part. Some Third-World countries lose power [...]
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