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To: long-gone who wrote (11697)	5/15/1998 6:45:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) of 116856

Y2k and security 'As an American living in Japan for the past 17 years, I am profoundly disturbed by the global political, economic and military implications of the Y2K problem. One key stabilizing element in the present global socio- economic order is America's military superiority, and this superiority is highly dependent on date-sensitive computers. America's military and intelligence agencies are the most computer-dependent in the world, and solving the Y2K problem will probably be even more difficult in the military and intelligence sectors than in others, due to the pervasiveness of esoteric, antiquated programming languages and hardware, and also due to the tremendous emphasis on secrecy. Because both of these factors can only retard the Y2K repair process in these crucial sectors, it seems likely that America's national security will be significantly compromised by the Y2K problem.' ... infowar.com

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