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

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (7981)	8/13/1999 2:00:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Respond to of 9818

<I think that the 9/9/99 date is essentially going to be a non-event.> Actually there is one interesting "event" on 9/9/99. September 9: Nationwide Test of entire North American electrical system "The September 9, 1999 drill is expected to be a dress rehearsal for rollover from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000. This drill may include reducing planned outages, modified committment of resources, redispatch of generation and transmission loading, cooperation with electric market participants, and staffing of all critical facilities. The goal would be to simulate system conditions and operating plans for the Y2K transition as closely as possible without increasing risks to personnel and equipment safety or system operating security." ftp://www.nerc.com/pub/sys/all_updl/docs/y2k/drills.pdf Cheryl

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (7981)	8/13/1999 2:11:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Here's something else scheduled for September ..... ====================================================== <<The President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion has teamed up with several newspaper associations to create the Y2K Youth Education Program... 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 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?" .... Or, maybe 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

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (7981)	8/13/1999 6:15:00 PM
From: foobert	Respond to of 9818

And do you know why not? You said: <<<<I think that the 9/9/99 date is essentially going to be a non-event. I've read somewhere that certain system architectures might be affected, but can't really imagine how a system - even one with a 2-digit year field - would have a problem on 9/9/99.>>>> Because the date is stored as 09/09/99. Some old COBOL programs look for HIGH-VALUES in specific fields to indicate end conditions. HIGH-VALUES in a date field would store as 99/99/99.

To: Andy Thomas who wrote (7981)	8/13/1999 8:54:00 PM
From: daffodil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

>>I think that the 9/9/99 date is essentially going to be a non-event. I've read somewhere that certain system architectures might be affected, but can't really imagine how a system - even one with a 2-digit year field - would have a problem on 9/9/99.<< Hi, Andy. This was my feeling as well, based on my own experience and on the answers I sought from others. However, a month or two ago, C.K.Houston posted some additional eye-opening information on this point. I just did a brief search and couldn't find it. C.K., could you possibly share your info on the "9999" phenomenon with us once again? Thanks! }=>------>>>