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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1218)	3/19/1998 10:38:00 AM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

LEGAL Y2K: Everything you ever wanted to know about Y2K legal issues: erols.com Contributed by: Jeffrey S. Mitchell

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (1218)	3/19/1998 1:15:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Respond to of 9818

A question of scope and priorities >>> I do NOT find the FDA site adequate for addressing this problem, nor easy to work with. I did a 53 page medical device report which tracks some actual tests. Not very encouraging. [...] ... some will fail ... some won't. This is VERY serious. <<< How about the following for dark thoughts of triage :-) High-tech healthcare Y2K problems could be deadly for the unfortunate people directly involved. However, in the bigger picture, this is not terribly serious. Worst case, just thousands dead. Larger issues could even make this effectively irrelevant to society. For example, if electrical power fails for an extended period we end up with a third-world healthcare system. Electrical power generation and distribution Y2K problems involve everyone. In the bigger picture this is EXTREMELY serious. The scope seems to be almost unlimited. Worst case, how many dead? If you do any research on Y2K, you probably want to check out Rick Cowles utility industry articles. You can find them at y2ktimebomb.com and euy2k.com He's not a wacky religious nut or survivalist, but he is selling a book. Think his warnings are worth considering. Government(s) still seem pre-ocupied with smaller potential catastrophies.