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Technology Stocks : 2000: Y2K Civilized Discussion -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bearcub who wrote (128)	8/13/1999 12:17:00 AM
From: foobert	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 662

doomRealist logic doom = Reality, therefore Reality = doom Bearcub, you are really stretching it. You ask: "fooey! if there is such an extensive 'second and third source of supply available,' as you claim". In my reply to BK I said: "Yes, the failure of one or more specialized parts suppliers would cause great disruption, but it seems whenever you are dealing with a critical resource, you establish a second or third source of supply." Where did I claim anything? You said: "might be interesting to learn what the feds think is 'stockpiled' that we don't have stockpiled. anyone know where to find the current list?" I would like to know the answer to this one too. When you find the fed stockpile list, be sure to post it. Us non-doomRealists are fact challenged. You asked if I ever retooled a milling machine, and then proceeded to load up the doom threshold in an attempt to show how futile it would be to even think of such a task. My answer: No, no and no. Not my specialty. Then you said: <<<<i'd be willing to wager you don't even know how dependent your life is NOW upon precision bearings! let alone bearing races! bearing lubricants! bearing presses to assemble bearings! engraving of part #s onto the bearings for identification purposes! testing of bearings! manualinspection of bearings! training of new manual inspectors! daycare for those new inspectors! health insurance for those new inspectors! competitive pay packages for those new inspectors! wrapping of bearings! supply of boxes for shipping bearings! insertion of bearings INTO boxes for shipping! actual transporting of finished bearings! contact with your bearing buyer! the bearings counting support services from your own 'office gal!' oh, and don't forget the bearings receiving department accounting 'gal!' plus the bearings vendor payable gal on the buyers' end>>>> Right you are. I don't know exactly how dependent my life is on precision ball bearings. None of that gives me any reason to believe the original premise that Y2K could cause any or all of the above to fail. You failed to add any reason that may convince me. And by the way I do not have an 'office gal'. Don't you think that the manufacturers of ball bearings (or any other critical product) realize that their production capacity or quality could suffer if they do not address the issue of Y2K? There are two very real threats to these manufacturers here. 1. They may go out of business if they do not prepare. 2. Their Y2K compliant competitors will capture the lost business and prosper. You may want to add these items to your worry list.