governments, corporations, individuals, charities, everyone. All zero. And for fun, you can set the debts to zero as well.
how many millions would die? who would they be?
or would we all say "oh well" and carry on?
and while you're at it, my sauna question is being neglected...
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2006-07-10 09:41:20 · 23 answers · asked by wild_eep 6 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
it would be funny...and i would be bustin up in walmart with EVERYBODY else to get my loot on
2006-07-10 09:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, there would be hard copies (you know, paper copies) to prove who had how much. Don't think for a second banks are dumb enough to not do that. They do that as much for themselves as their clients, because that money is how they make their money. Same with governments, and everyone. It's all backed up to hard copies, so I think we're very safe. If the money burns, oh well, it's backed by the government, and as long as the government still exists, we'll be fine.
2006-07-10 09:46:52 · answer #2 · answered by rliedtky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Backups my friend. Financial institutions have massively redundant backup systems, including some that are physically separated from the networked ones. You might have a backlash when it went public, if it went public, because folks would have their trust shaken, but if something happened that destroyed the computer data and all the backups it would have to be so catastrophic that yes...millions would die.
2006-07-10 09:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by carpetao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Banks have a back up location in a secret location. If something terrible happens to their existing mainframe system, a secret building with identical systems is in operation immediately.
2006-07-10 10:18:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would sit in a sauna and let everyone else see whats it like to have my bank balance Zero.
2006-07-10 09:46:13 · answer #5 · answered by deadly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they would probably restore from backups within a fairly short period of time.
Something like this happened to a Canadian bank a couple of years back. They were down for a day or two.
2006-07-10 09:45:26 · answer #6 · answered by jrlatmit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are backups at every bank. There are back ups to back ups. The banks would not gain by this unless they meant to steal from us. So the backups would be employed and the money would reappear.
2006-07-10 09:47:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take great pleasure in seeing the rich brought down to the average mans level.
2006-07-10 09:46:17 · answer #8 · answered by Professor Riddle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would use my paper statements back ups to help correct the error. Most sane people would do the same.
2006-07-10 09:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everythone would go to their back up storage copies. The ones they keep off line so they can't get screwed up.
2006-07-10 09:47:59 · answer #10 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im £1000 overdrawn so I would be over the moon!
2006-07-10 09:46:07 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋