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

To: Ken who wrote (7227)	7/26/1999 7:36:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Russian hackers steal US weapons secrets << AMERICAN officials believe Russia may have stolen some of the nation's most sensitive military secrets, including weapons guidance systems and naval intelligence codes, in a concerted espionage offensive that investigators have called operation Moonlight Maze. The intelligence heist, that could cause damage to America in excess of that caused by Chinese espionage in nuclear laboratories, involved computer hacking over the past six months. >> << According to other experts, America has been so preoccupied with beating the Y2K (year 2000) or millennium bug - a programming problem that could paralyse computers on the first stroke of the new year - that its military, scientific and commercial communities have neglected the overall security of their computer systems. At the same time, the huge number of systems being overhauled to make them Y2K-compliant has heightened the risk of infiltration. >> sunday-times.co.uk. Come one, come all ... plenty of secrets to go around ... Ask about our Y2K Specials

To: Ken who wrote (7227)	7/26/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Taken from the document you pointed to: <<Japan, Canada, and New York all enter(ed) Fiscal Year 2000 on April 1, 1999. Thus, the real deadline of 04/01/98 has already passed! >> So, why no major disasters already? Please, believe me, I have a very open mind about Y2K problems. I don't know what will happen next year and I don't think anyone does. I would like to be as prepared as I can for the worst. However, if all the so-called "crucial dates" that have passed already haven't caused major problems, why will the ones in the future be so bad? I'm an optimist at heart, but please don't call me a PolyAnna.

To: Ken who wrote (7227)	7/26/1999 11:07:00 AM
From: Jeff Mizer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

Ken- Y2K denialists are as frustrating as the Simpson defenders during that farce of a trial < Is Orenthal still seeking the killer ? >.... time will tell who is right on this... I gave up trying to help people who don't want to make basic preparations long ago. I do agree with some though that no amount of preparing is enough if worst case scenarios develope. I encourage all to prepare at least water for couple weeks and basic food and a backup plan. Everyone has to make own decisions for self defense if necessary. In my opinion one huge area often overlooked is the US Mail and dangers from lack of. The domino theory is what most denialists have refused to acknowledge the real possibility of happening. It is alarming how fragile our society is. I believe had the worst case scenarios happened 30 years ago recovery would have been fairly painless -in todays world of globalism and ATM mentality for food and everything along with the quiet socialism of gov't reliance instead of personal reliance I am not as confident. Jeff