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Technology Stocks : Year 2000 (Y2K) Embedded Systems & Infrastructure Problem -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John Mansfield who wrote (350)	5/6/1998 4:29:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 618

[UTILITIES] The Electric Utility WWW Resource List INCREDIBLE number of links to utilities! I suggest to look at a utility nearby; and start looking for Y2K information! John sashimi.wwa.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (350)	5/6/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

[COWLES WEB SITE ON UTILITIES] One denial-head less... 'Answers Response to Mr. Cowels and all, can you name one chip that has a problem? I was wrong. I have continued to work on this problem, and have found evidence that there is an infrastructure problem. It is not in the electricity industry, but it certainly could be in the electricity industry just as easily. At the "House of Commons" web site, a report was generated by a group doing research on behalf of the government of the UK. (www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk) . Here is what was stated to the British government in the "Select Committee on Science and Technology Second Report, Chapter One: The Century Date Change Problem, item number 5": "5. The majority of our witnesses, including many from well-known organizations such as Shell UK, SmithKline Beecham, Barclays Bank, Sainsbury's, and the BBC, agreed that the century date problem posed a genuine and significant problem... For instance, Morgan Stanley told us that 'to date, we have encountered Year 2000 date problems in nearly all of our internally developed systems ... we have also found that networks, telecommunications infrastructure, and office building systems are affected. In fact, the central building management system in our ... office which controls and monitors fire alarm, water detection and other safety systems has defective embedded chips" I am confessing that the tone in my question (and the spelling of names) was wrong. I want to thank Mr. Cowles for his efforts in this very difficult time. I am sure that more certain embedded problems will surface (as soon as people start looking into it!) if what was shown to the House of Commons in the UK was correct. Thank you all for your patience, Troy Answered by Troy Taft (tntaft@easystreet.com) on May 04, 1998. From: greenspun.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (350)	5/7/1998 12:54:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 618

[Northoholics Anonymous] ROFL 'And he thinks to himself, "I wonder if there's anything new on embedded chips." ___________ <snip> '"But it's not easy. The media are now picking up on y2k. I'm starting to see brief reports on national TV. Not many, of course. Maybe a five-minute piece with Peter Jennings. Tom Brokaw might give it three. Only Dan Rather has avoided it completely, but how long can he hold out? How long can any of them hold out?" "And then I saw a reference to North's site in the New York Times. The Times!!! The electronic version even had a click-through to his site.' <snip> garynorth.com