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To: marcos who wrote (23470)	11/27/1998 4:02:00 AM
From: Investor-ex!	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116753

Hi marcos, I ran +Y2k +gold through a bunch of net search engines. Either there's a lot of speculation taking place or some sort of relationship between the two is emerging. AltaVista listed 17,000+ web pages having both these words.

To: marcos who wrote (23470)	11/27/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: Enigma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116753

Marcos - agree re: YK2 - it's getting into the mainstream daily however. don't know if anyone has posted this -(courtesy Slate Mag.): The NYT lead reports that according to the General Accounting Office, only one-third of the 421 computer systems used nationwide for the major health, welfare and nutrition benefit programs are ready for the year 2000. The piece goes on to quote a White House official with Y2K responsibilities complaining that the problem is wrongly viewed as merely an information technology issue, and a California official who warns, "If social services are disrupted, you'll have more than computer problems. You could have civil disturbances..." E