Y2K or Millennium, You Can Bet on Confusion

Regarding Ashley Dunn’s “Oddsmakers Make Millennium Bug a Longshot for Online Wagers” (Oct. 4):

The Y2K problem and the millennium change are two very distinct events. This article both reports on, and adds to, our muddled understanding of this.

As for online bets for Jan. 1, contrarians can be assured a winning wager that on New Year’s Day the millennium will not change and that it will still be the 20th century.

Computers, of course, only know what they are told. Too many may know it is the 19th century on Jan. 1.

GEORGE E. GODWIN

Rowland Heights