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

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2264)	7/25/1998 2:30:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

'Bennett pointed out that the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), which oversees Medicare, initially estimated it had 20 million lines of software code to analyze and fix, only to discover this year that it must sift through 49 million lines. HCFA Administrator Nancy-Ann Min DeParle said the agency learned about the extra code only after bringing in a consultant. "It has been difficult for us to get our arms around this," she said. .... washingtonpost.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (2264)	7/25/1998 2:36:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

'From: Tom <Trickster@wyld.net> 5:19 Subject: Went to the bank today... Went to the bank today to make a withdrawal (Amazing -- some of us still use tellers instead of ATM cards on occasion) and I noted that the withdrawal slip had a handy "19" printed on it. So, of course, I commented to the teller Me: Pointing at the "19__" on the slip "So, I guess you'll be needing some new withdrawal slips." Teller: Stares blankly then points at the pile of slips on the table behind me "Oh, we need to put more out?" Me: Pointing at the "19__" on the slip again "No, no -- The year 2000. Your slips all have a 19 year start." Teller: Stares blankly Me: "It's less than eighteen months, you know. Have y'all started checking the computers yet?" Teller: "I don't think so...." And so I started in on a _very_ basic idea that many computers are not capable of processing years past 1999, that it would be a good idea to get new slips sometime in the next 18 months, got my cash and left. -Tom the Melaniephile