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To: LJM who wrote (873)	1/5/2000 6:37:00 PM
From: Frank A. Coluccio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1782

Thanks for that note, LJM. A similar occurrence took place at the US Govt NBS/NIST where the national clock and synch reference is maintained, although I haven't gotten a full account of the specifics yet. Supposedly, a glitch took place at midnight which affected the Internet's NTP (network time protocol) touching off erroneous time stamping and synch signals during the rollover. I'm still waiting for the final scoop on that one. Some have speculated that it was merely a problem with congestion as a deluge of "show time" requests were received. Others reports were not so forgiving. Regards, Frank

To: LJM who wrote (873)	1/5/2000 6:58:00 PM
From: JayPC	Respond to of 1782

On new years eve, the power went out at the International Airport where I live, they restored it after a few seconds, but the luggage conveyors did not come back online for the rest of the day. The Airport Authority said it was not because they had set their clocks ahead in case of problems (as was rumored), but rather that an electrician had caused the interruption and had received minor burns (although they refused to release the name of the electrician). Regards Jay