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To: John Hunt who wrote (25291)	1/3/1999 10:32:00 AM
From: Francis R. Biscan Jr.	Respond to of 116766

>>And they are being found in the most unlikely places.<< Recently a friend was in for the holidays. He had brought his Video Recorder for the trip. Someone mentioned the Y2K problem to him and they both decided they would see what would happen if they ran the camera's clock to the year 2000. A disappointing holiday moment ! Rich

To: John Hunt who wrote (25291)	1/3/1999 10:39:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116766

I was going to post the Y2K story from the Denver Post this morning, but IMHO we just don't need here-in the lies of "all the unfound problems are programing problems that can be be fixed first thing Monday morning". I wrote them a "letter to the editor" instead. rh <<When the President of the United States, The Congress, The Senate, and the American Red Cross are telling people to stockpile food, a weeks worth of cash, water, warm clothing & extra blankets, a way to cook these food if utilities fail, and to assure your vehicle fuel tanks are Full before this, there may be problems! I have inquired of my financial and utility providers and none have reported that at this time they are 100% Y2K compliant. All, though, report many good efforts and I suspect few problems. The Y2K remediation issue goes deeper than lines of code repair. There is also the issue of problems contained with-in some of the billions Embedded Chips the integrated circuits(IC s) that are with-in almost every phase of our daily life. The bulk of chips will be found and replaced only in the F.O.F. (Fix on failure) mode. Most of these are contained(soldered) in boards that may need replacement or repair. In the end, each business and person must do as they think is best. I think, I'll do as my grandfather suggested, Don't be afraid, be ready. For this (or any publication) to suggest to the population "Sure, some little things might go wrong. But they can fix them that fateful Monday morning" and to not even tell people about the Red Cross guidelines is (at best) irresponsible. This is the paper's lead Y2k story from the front page! We aren't just talking about the "right wing" survival movement any more. How about the recent reports that the Department of Defense falsified Y2K testing results for the nuclear weapons stockpile? That 42% of all Information Technology professionals plan to withdraw large amounts of cash from the bank starting in June 1999? That the pilots union was worried about the FAA Y2K remediation actions? That the Credit Unions may not have enough cash reserves to fill a possible Y2K run and are depending on the news media to not "aggressively report" on the issue ? These are problems. They need to be reported. Can the problems be fixed? Yes, but we need to know the truth!