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To: John Mansfield who wrote (94)	7/27/1998 1:42:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 151

' "I now believe that the FAA is actually going to make it," Now, let me see if I've got this right. The FAA has more than two hundred mission critical systems over eighty of which are involved with Air Traffic Control. It just took them TEN MONTHS to discover that one of these systems uses some goofy, serendipitous, date-coding scheme that delays the drop dead failure date until 2007. Suppose you're being chased by two hundred pit bulls and one of them falls over dead from a heart attack. Do you celebrate? Declare victory? Call a press conference? Don't buy into this happy-face malarkey. Lift up the corner of the tent and turn on the flashlight. Like the press ought to be doing. y2ktimebomb.com

To: John Mansfield who wrote (94)	7/29/1998 3:46:00 AM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 151

"I can't believe anyone who is intelligent, who is in charge of anything dependent upon this, won't be on top of the problem." _____ 'Alfred Waddell, president of Waddell & Assoc., a Memphis investment management firm, isn't worried about Year 2000 problems causing major difficulties -- and says investors shouldn't worry either. "I think it's going to pass with relative ripples. ... I wouldn't be afraid to fly on Jan. 1, 2000, nor do I expect my lights to go out," he says. "I can't believe anyone who is intelligent, who is in charge of anything dependent upon this, won't be on top of the problem." www2.nando.net