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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2179)	7/18/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 9818

'Let's see, what has c.s.y2k discovered (or hyped): Time Dilation specifics on forward testing Pee Cees Railswitch (I proudly claim to be the vector for this 'myth'.) Commercial Ships GPS ground segment and space segment support (we need an update.) tm_year (This was co-discovered by my geekette pal in discussion w/ me. I claim bragging rights for publicizing it) S/34, S/36, S/38 mortality (and the unavailable patch) SVC-11 (known issue but needs to be publicized better.) Telco Switches ARE a problem. (6 months ago, Telco denial-heads ruled, not now.) I know there are lots of others. We need to collect the problems caused by dumb programming. No matter how dumb a technique may be, someone is running it in production, somewhere. cory hamasaki 532 days. x10.dejanews.com _____ Correct. A lot of the newest ideas first turn up here. John

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2179)	7/18/1998 3:21:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

List of worthwhile contributors to c.s.y2k 'Subject: Re: I only read cory's posts..... From: kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net (cory hamasaki) Date: 1998/07/16 Message-ID: <7kepWhCNP4qd-pn2-KGGGNfJ6dOr1@localhost> Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 [More Headers] [Subscribe to comp.software.year-2000] On Wed, 15 Jul 1998 15:59:26, <zarathu@epix.net> wrote: > When this NG was small about a year ago, you could find lots of good info > from lots of more capable persons. > > As it is now you have the NG disruption groupies, enormous numbers of > denial-heads, along with us nut-cases who understand. > > As a consequence I only read Cory's posts. Perhaps, Cory would be so kind > as to list others here who are knowledgeable enough to be read? > > eric Here's a partial list: Y2000 infomagic. com ** knows his stuff, very scary, don't read late at night, get him wet, or engage in a firefight. arnold.trembley worldnet.att. net STL reports, applications gear-head, semi-pollyanna andrew_v my-dejanews. com (Andrew Vendryes) * clearly been around the barn a few times and has danced with water cooled computers. decastro pacificnet. net * doesn't seem to be a code-head, more a knowledgeable survivalist, source for airline info, practical. Dave Eastabrook <news elmbronze.demon.co. uk> * half systems internals, half applications, lots of years. Anthony tyen netcom. com doing the work, interesting insights. D. Scott Secor <y2k uswest. net.> You'd use SS to co-ordinate the project, maybe run interference and handle the client. Francis A. Ney, Jr <croaker access.digex. net> Send in Frank to beat up the obstructions, grind out the code. hlm <hlm aplcore.jhuapl. edu> WDC Y2K paul leblanc <pleblan9 pop3.idt. net> * Known Y2K troublemaker. Jim Abel" <evolutioninactio usa. net> * Another Y2K'er webmaster lucidimages. com (Richard Church) A one man virtual Xerox machine. bks@netcom.com (Bradley K. Sherman) --- Known Y2K denial-head but seens to know WeeNeeMachines. rsturgeon calwest. net (Robert Sturgeon) A real farmer visits? The Goobers <docdwarf erols. com> ?? Yaaaaaa! One line... but funny. Fred Swirbul <fswirbul ix.netcom. com> Something about power? Wayne L. Beavers" <wayneb beyond-software. com> Doesn't post much Jim B * has kicked in some insider info. kreskin rocketmail. com (Kreskin) * Another known troublemaker. dbryant netcom. com (David K. Bryant) * one of the original, doesn't post much, too busy raking in the bucks. Eduardo Garcia <edgarcia mailserv.realtime. net> * Another original, watch for the rare postings, seens to be an old code grunt. tim.oxler teo-computer. com (Tim Oxler) * doing the work, rmartell islandnet. com (Ron Martell) * Another Weeneemachinee but does his research. Paul fedinfo halifax. com +++ Not a codehead but what an attitude. Jo Anne Slaven <slaven rogerswave. ca> +++ keeping people honest. phystad computerpro. com +++ Not as mean as Jo Anne but funnier. ttoews telusplanet. net (Tony Toews) Something about smaller computers. ronkenyon aol. com (RonKenyon) * Doesn't post much but a must-read. Mickey <mickeyb home. com> ??? MBT is keeping something from us, I'm not sure what but there are some inconsistancies, might be the NDA. This is a partial list. I've started a killfile but it's to keep T-A out. cory hamasaki 534 days, 12,820 hours. x10.dejanews.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2179)	7/20/1998 2:02:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

'Media- New York Post columnist Steve Dunleavy published an article on Friday discussing the dangers posed by Y2K. As he put it, "We're screwed." He went on to discuss different aspects of the problem, from Washington's inactivity to the threat it poses to airlines, sewer systems, banks, etc. While Mr. Dunleavy's tone was very doom and gloom, Westergaard Year 2000 nevertheless commends him and the New York Post for publishing the piece. As the New York Post is one of the most popular newspapers in the tri-borough area, many people who were previously ignorant of Y2K will take notice, and hopefully encourage their lawmakers, friends, and family to take action. _____ From Westergaard's site