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

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (3158)	1/5/1999 12:06:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

'USA Today/Gallup Poll - Americans and the Y2K Millennium Computer Bug December 9-13, 1998 Results are based on telephone interviews with 1,032 adults nationwide, ages 18+, conducted December 19-20, 1998. For results based on the total sample of adults nationwide, one can say with 95% confidence that the margin of sampling error is no greater than +/- 3 percentage points. ..... b. Stockpile food and waterYes26%No72No opinion2100%c. Buy a generator or wood stoveYes17%No81No opinion2100%d. Withdraw all your money from the bankYes16%No82No opinion2100% .... gallup.com

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (3158)	1/14/1999 11:27:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

How to detect Y2K spin -- A guide to understanding what's really being said y2knewswire.com Seems like everyone is claiming they're Y2K-compliant without actually using those words.[...] unquestioning acceptance of vague Y2K statements has lead to a bizarre situation where all kinds of Y2K compliance claims are being made, but few of them mean anything. So how do you know when someone is actual[l]y saying something meaningful about their Y2K compliance status? Check the chart below. We're collecting all the Y2K fudges, fibs, misrepresentations and outright lies we can find. If you find new ones, send them to tips@y2knewswire.com and we'll consider adding them. [...] [follow the link above to see the chart]