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

To: flatsville who wrote (162)	8/13/1999 12:13:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 662

LDP committee seeks to redenominate yen August 13, 1999 - The Yomiuri Shimbun A subcommittee of the Liberal Democratic Party's Finance and Banking System Research Committee proposed Wednesday that the government redenominate the nation's currency, effective from January 2002 ... As for the timing of the redenomination, he said Japan should adopt a new denomination for its currency in 2002, when the euro goes into circulation and Y2K computer problems have been cleared up. greenspun.com Cheryl

To: flatsville who wrote (162)	8/13/1999 1:53:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 662

Wonder what's gonna be in these "Y2K Checklists" government's planning to distribute to kids? Maybe advice like, "Tell your parents to keep their money in the bank?" .... ====================================================== <<The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion has teamed up with several newspaper associations to create the Y2K Youth Education Program. The Newspaper Association of America and the National Newspaper Association have agreed to work with the President's Council to distribute the Y2K initiative through Newspapers in Education (NIE). In mid-September, newspapers will receive a Y2K teacher resource guide on CD-ROM, a student supplement, and other resource materials. Featured on the CD are articles, background information, Y2K checklists, and interactive activities. Newspapers will be able to reproduce the features and distribute them with the newspaper to schools.>> greenspun.com mediainfo.com ====================================================== Wonder if it's gonna be like this "Y2K for Kids", put out by FEMA: "You can also help by preparing for some of the problems you might have. Imagine that you are going to be living in your home without electricity for a few days. Ask your parents to get the things you would need if a storm knocked out your electricity for a day - flashlights, batteries a battery powered radio, food, water, and maybe some board and card games. Even if the electricity does not go off, it is always useful to have such things around the house. If all of us work together, the Y2K computer problem can be fixed." fema.com Cheryl 140 Days until 2000