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Pastimes : Impeachment=" Insult to all Voters"

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To: J.B.C. who wrote (401)12/21/1998 6:52:00 PM
From: R. Martenson  Read Replies (1) of 2390
 
Y2K strikes again...Europe. I bet if you call your favorite airline,
they will be the last to tell you about this one. Again, Bill Clinton's woes are minor compared to this.

" BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The British airport operator BAA Plc recently did some experiments to learn how the 2000 computer bug might strike. One involved turning the clock forward and putting a baggage-handling system to
work.

The result? ''It failed to recognize the bags and sent all the bags down the 'mis-sort' chute,'' said Jim Brophy, BAA's Year 2000 program director.

In other experiments, smart cards used to control airport access did not work with 21st century dates and a control board failed to recognize fire alarm signals, Brophy told reporters... "
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