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

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7098)	7/24/1999 12:23:00 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

< Y2K is all mental when we get down to it. The future is always nothing more than a figment of our imagination, a prediction based upon the best facts we have available....> Merely "Mental", Ron? There are a lot of brilliant programmers, engineers, software and hardware developers who would disagree. There are many engineers in the oil industry ( who prefer to remain anonymous for fear of losing their jobs ) who think there will not be enough gas available for you to drive out West once the Y2K crisis begins. Again, I ask you, if it bothers you so much the way certain people respond to you, why do you even bother to tell this thread your plans? This thread has as much right to respond to your plans as you have the right to state what your plans are. Dialogue goes both ways.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (7098)	7/24/1999 12:24:00 PM
From: Technologyguy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

I agree--all of us, from Ken to Cheeky Kid--are making guesses based upon the best information available to us, filtered through our own experiences. We all have different personal situations and local states of readiness that will make rational different responses to Y2K. Some areas may experience severe disruption, while others may not be affected at all. That's why, having done a fairly extensive survey of the various governmental responses to the situation, I think Washington state has done the best job of helping its citizens make their own decisions. At access.wa.gov you'll find a tool that allows individuals to get a personalized profile of the readiness of all their service providers, from local gov't to electricity, telephones, and so on. Now they don't say that you should trust every phone company's word, but they give you the tools to get more information so you can make up your own mind. That service--along with being probably the best prepared state government--is all we can ask, I think of our political leadership. I'd be interested in hearing what others on the thread think of that approach.