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To: biffpincus who wrote (17394)	5/21/1998 10:04:00 AM
From: Stuart Schreiber	Respond to of 31646

Biff, I saw CNBC interview, too. Doesn't it seem to be a natural way to explain what might happen with Y2K, except much, much worse. Eventually, the media will understand the difference between embedded systems and software. stu

To: biffpincus who wrote (17394)	5/21/1998 2:07:00 PM
From: Brian Malloy	Respond to of 31646

Some have already hinted at the satellite and Y2K, unfortunately the paragraph is rather buried in the text. More specifically this event should serve as a wake up call to many and drive home the point just how reliant we are on technology/computers/software/embeded systems et al. Unfortunately, the failure of the Western Grid didn't do it and this probably will not do it either. Satellite Glitch Cuts Off Data Flow By Mike Mills Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 21, 1998; Page A01 The outage adds to fears that the world's communications infrastructure is more prone to massive failure than previously believed. Government and industry officials recently have been more vocal that computer systems around the world are vulnerable to crashing because of the year 2000 problem -- a glitch that may make computers unable to recognize dates after Dec. 31, 1999. washingtonpost.com