MOTM

I have been listening to everything on the news and I am really concerned
about a lot of things in my life--loss of power, gas explosions, loss of
cash from bank, roaming bands of thieves, no water, my computer not working,
misguided planes crashing into my house (I live near an airport), etc.

What really concerns me is my Synthesis Technology MOTM Modular Synthesizer
not working after the first of the year.  I have invested A LOT of money and
time in this unit and I have noticed that Mr. Schreiber has conveniently
neglected to state whether or not the MOTM is Y2K compliant; and as a
result, I am sure he has not even delved the least into ANY Y2K testing
(Notice how he conveniently took a vacation the week before New Year's!).
To me this means that he is TOTALLY avoiding the issue and will plead
ignorance when all of our MOTMs explode the first time we turn them on next
year.  Most of us are well aware that the vast majority of the technology in
the MOTM came about in the late 60s and 70s which is the same time that most
of the computers were infected with the Y2K bug in many large corporations.
I have seen several TV shows which have verified this fact!

Mr. Schreiber has also left out any means for us to reset the internal
clocks in our units by ourselves.  He has designed the units so any bloke on
the street can build one of these units and leaves out precious details
about resetting the internal clocks.  Mr. Paul
I-got-my-Masters-in-Electrical-Engineering-and-you-don't-ha Schreiber seems
to think he is Mister know-it-all and we wouldn't be able to understand how
the clock functions work ourselves.  Your going to regret that!  This means
that I have spent a week trying to Y2K test my MOTM units myself without
success.

I have already contacted my lawyer about this matter and he seems to think I
have a very strong case.  We have already drawn up some preliminary
documents and will fill in the details after the problems start occurring.
My lawyer encouraged me to let all of the other owners know what is going on
so that they can also make the proper legal preparations.  I will be sending
the details of the lawsuit to Mr. Schreiber on Monday afternoon via .

I think there are many good lessons in this for us to learn.  Unfortunately
we are all going to have to learn them the hard way!

Cordially Yours,
Mr. Shemp






























NYUK NYUK NYUK
Look at the clouds!  Look at the clouds!
Oh, wise guy!
Well, I oughta!

its a good thing i am still living in the eighties.  i have to work, i have
to struggle this way.


-steve

In a message dated 12/30/99 3:54:00 PM, velure@... writes:

>its a good thing i am still living in the eighties.  i have to work, i
>have
>to struggle this way.

This was my initial suggestion to Y2K about 5 years ago, simply call it 1980 
-- Hey! I'd be 22, what could be better! I guess we'd have to put up with 
Flock of Seagulls et al. again though.

In a message dated 12/30/99 3:39:24 PM, tentochi@... writes:

>I have already contacted my lawyer about this matter and he seems to think
>I
>have a very strong case.  We have already drawn up some preliminary
>documents and will fill in the details after the problems start occurring.
>My lawyer encouraged me to let all of the other owners know what is going
>on
>so that they can also make the proper legal preparations.  I will be sending
>the details of the lawsuit to Mr. Schreiber on Monday afternoon via .
>I think there are many good lessons in this for us to learn.  Unfortunately
>we are all going to have to learn them the hard way!

I completely understand your concern Shemp. You may want to contact my 
lawyer, Mr. Bob Zmuda, who is handling my case. In Mr. Schreiber's defense, I 
will say that it is my understanding that all MOTM VCOs will reset to zero 
shortly after the first power up after midnight tomorrow. But if you are 
concerned you might just want to send all your MOTM to me as scrap -- just to 
be on the safe side!

JB
BTW, the cable channel AMC (American Movie Classics) is apparently showing a 
Three Stooges Marathon New Year's Day (in areas where the apocalypse has been 
postponed or moved to another time zone). It would be interesting to chart 
how the definition of the word classic has changed over the past few hundred 
years -- Ancient Greece, post renaissance music and literature, 60s rock 
music, Coca Cola, B/W movies, The Three Stooges -- there must be more that I 
can't remember.

ROTFLMAO  This is VERY funny.  Clock in MOTM...  Whoa !!
I should have expected such from the 4th stooge.
So what IS the deal Paul ??
Larry (self administering double eye poke, stooge style) Hendry

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> From: Tentochi <tentochi@...>
> To: MOTM Mailing List <motm@onelist.com>
> Subject: [motm] Y2K Woes!  Please help immediately!
> Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 4:41 PM
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> From: "Tentochi" <tentochi@...>
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> I have been listening to everything on the news and I am really concerned
> about a lot of things in my life--loss of power, gas explosions, loss of
> cash from bank, roaming bands of thieves, no water, my computer not
working,
> misguided planes crashing into my house (I live near an airport), etc.
> 
> What really concerns me is my Synthesis Technology MOTM Modular
Synthesizer
> not working after the first of the year.  I have invested A LOT of money
and
> time in this unit and I have noticed that Mr. Schreiber has conveniently
> neglected to state whether or not the MOTM is Y2K compliant; and as a
> result, I am sure he has not even delved the least into ANY Y2K testing
> (Notice how he conveniently took a vacation the week before New Year's!).
> To me this means that he is TOTALLY avoiding the issue and will plead
> ignorance when all of our MOTMs explode the first time we turn them on
next
> year.  Most of us are well aware that the vast majority of the technology
in
> the MOTM came about in the late 60s and 70s which is the same time that
most
> of the computers were infected with the Y2K bug in many large
corporations.
> I have seen several TV shows which have verified this fact!
> 
> Mr. Schreiber has also left out any means for us to reset the internal
> clocks in our units by ourselves.  He has designed the units so any bloke
on
> the street can build one of these units and leaves out precious details
> about resetting the internal clocks.  Mr. Paul
> I-got-my-Masters-in-Electrical-Engineering-and-you-don't-ha Schreiber
seems
> to think he is Mister know-it-all and we wouldn't be able to understand
how
> the clock functions work ourselves.  Your going to regret that!  This
means
> that I have spent a week trying to Y2K test my MOTM units myself without
> success.
> 
> I have already contacted my lawyer about this matter and he seems to
think I
> have a very strong case.  We have already drawn up some preliminary
> documents and will fill in the details after the problems start
occurring.
> My lawyer encouraged me to let all of the other owners know what is going
on
> so that they can also make the proper legal preparations.  I will be
sending
> the details of the lawsuit to Mr. Schreiber on Monday afternoon via .
> 
> I think there are many good lessons in this for us to learn. 
Unfortunately

> we are all going to have to learn them the hard way!
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> Cordially Yours,
> Mr. Shemp
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> Look at the clouds!  Look at the clouds!
> Oh, wise guy!
> Well, I oughta!

Please ignore this dangerous message. By giving your scrap MOTM to Curly,
you are leaving yourself legally responsible to him when your VCOs reset
after midnight.

I will generously offer to buy all your MOTM modules for $2.00 each (you pay
shipping), thereby relieving you of any legal obligation.

Moe

> From: JWBarlow@...
>
> I completely understand your concern Shemp. You may want to contact my
> lawyer, Mr. Bob Zmuda, who is handling my case. In Mr.
> Schreiber's defense, I
> will say that it is my understanding that all MOTM VCOs will
> reset to zero
> shortly after the first power up after midnight tomorrow. But if you are
> concerned you might just want to send all your MOTM to me as
> scrap -- just to
> be on the safe side!
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