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To: Edwarda who wrote (8143)	8/20/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) of 9818

Paper machines, for example, are loaded with embedded systems that could care less about what year it happens to be. Funny... I was discussing this very topic with a manufacturing engineer from S. Africa who was visiting here in DC. I met him at one of my favorite hang-outs in the city (CK knows the place) the other night and he stated straight out that his machinery had been inspected and no deficiencies detected. As an aside, last night I happened to meet the guy who apparently oversees the Coast Guard's Y2K program. We had a very interesting discussion about everything from the Panama canal to the oil tankers not offloading oil in the hour long window from 2330 to 0030 hours on Dec 31st/Jan 1st, as well as this weekends GPS rollover. He didn't seem overly concerned, believing that many ships will have few operation halting problems that can't be circumvented. Regards, Ron

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