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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ken who wrote (7016)	7/23/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Ken, Do us both a favor and don't post to me anymore. I will not post to you. Any post to me by you will be viewed as harassment and reported as such. I've just gotten completely sick of you and your one-sided, apocalyptic BS. Since your entire intent on this thread appears to be to harass, impugn, or deprecate, anyone who disagrees with you in the least, it is evidently a complete and utter waste of time and effort to engage in a discussion with you. Ken, This is not a request. It is a demand. Consider it an SI restraining order.

To: Ken who wrote (7016)	7/23/1999 4:24:00 PM
From: bearcub	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

ken, i'm confused. was ron asking a favor like he said or threatening you with some hidden power he has with SI? how do you read it? is his P.P.P (promised perforation procedure) very far behind?

To: Ken who wrote (7016)	7/23/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: Ken	Respond to of 9818

< Foreign Brokerage Industry and Banks Are on the Wrong Side of Pareto's 80-20 Law> cnn.com. A recent study indicates that 22% of foreign brokerage houses and banks are fully compliant. That means 78% are not. The stock market goes up. No one is worried. It is as if the U.S. were not connected to the world outside. Nothing is said about the U.S. financial industry's compliance rate, which is way, way under 10%. Not one major brokerage firm or money center bank has announced compliance. Yet this industry is said to be the most advanced in the U.S., which it probably is. If the figures for foreign companies is correct, which I sincerely doubt, they are ahead of the U.S. Where is the case for optimism? It must be in John Koskinen's desk, marked "For Your Eyes Only." Check out the introductory clause of the first sentence: "While most U.S. brokerages appear to have most of their year 2000 work completed. . . ." Spin? The better to bankrupt you with. CNN/IN (July 22). While most U.S. brokerages appear to have most of their year 2000 work completed, only 22% of foreign investment banks, clearinghouses and stock exchanges have fixed, tested and implemented their systems, according to a recent study. The study, conducted by the Securities Industry Association and the International Operations Association, was cited in the latest report on the year 2000 readiness of the securities industry and public companies by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).Only 78 out of 650 foreign brokerages and stock exchanges targeted for the survey actually participated in the study. Still, the "majority" of those firms polled had completed less than half of their year 2000 projects. The survey was conducted between February and May this year

To: Ken who wrote (7016)	7/23/1999 4:49:00 PM
From: Ken	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Schultz predict that leaks re; airports will start panic<With the FAA's claim of 100% Y2K-compliance, Y2K Newswire is digging for documents that will show the public the claims are real. We're talking with the FAA, the Dept. of Transportation, and the independent auditing company, SAIC, in Vienna, VA. If we are able to find and verify documents backing up this story, it could very well change our position on Y2K and the FAA. Will this latest round of Y2K claims from the FAA turn out to be the real thing? ... or are we all being taken for a public relations ride?