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

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (3584)	2/2/1999 8:45:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Y2K Countdown: Will You Be in the Dark on Jan. 1, 2000? zdnet.com Don't forget to vote!! Y2K Poll: cgi.zdnet.com Poll Results (Feb.2/99 8:38) as it changes.. QuickPoll Results To prepare personally for Y2K, I am most apt to: Stockpile some food and water. 4912 (33%) Move to a safe environment 272 (2%) Work with my neighbors on a plan of action 737 (5%) Do nothing; I'm not worried 9186 (61%) Just poll results, that's it. But, it shows that the doomsayer numbers are small.

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (3584)	2/3/1999 12:30:00 PM
From: Christine Traut	Respond to of 9818

This is a very lively, very useful thread. My thanks to all who post here. I recently gave a speech in Louisville on 'What Comes After Y2K'. My basic point was that there is one thing that we know, right now, with 100% certainty. On or about 01/01/00, we are taking the world through a live system test. For those of you who are not IT types, that is when you turn on a system and cross your fingers. I believe that people are going to figure out the fact that no one knows what will happen. They are starting to get it already. I then predict the following (in no particular order) 1) stock market correction 2) stockpiling of essential goods (including drugs as referenced by Cheryl's post) 3) litigation that will change the terms of software licenses 4) probable regulation (heck, you need a license to operate a beauty parlor in most states - no one regulates programmers) 5) loud screaming from anyone whose family lives near a dangerous computer-aided facility (nuclear power plant, chemical plant, prison) Organizations like FEMA and the military and the National Guard and NERC have to prepare for worst case scenarios. Because no one knows. And no one is going to know. I find it helpful to keep this fact in mind. Saves me from paying too much attention to the Pollyanna vs. TEOTWAKI argument. The point is the uncertainty. Which is a certainty.

To: C.K. Houston who wrote (3584)	2/3/1999 3:12:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Cheryl, I want to clarify some things. As I have always said, since I started debating with you a year or so ago, that I never said there was NO Y2K problem. I also said it was wise to always have back-up supplies on hand, as natural and man made disasters happen all the time. Some are taking this to the extreme, but it's their money, they can do what they want with it. I don't sugar coat my posts, and most are right to the point, so don't take anything personally. I do not agree with your view on the Y2K subject. I am just a homely Kid, with a highschool diploma, not all but most of my learning / training has been all on the job training, I am a workaholic. All my computer skills have been self taught, over the last 11-12 years, as I believe that is the best way to learn. I know some people in my industry with all sorts of nice fancy letters behind their names and I would have no problem going up against them. I also believe, and posted about a year ago that the media would play a roll in Y2K panic. They need to address this problem. I still feel Y2K will just be a bump in the road of life. I will continue to post articles to balance the doom and gloom being posted on this and other threads. When people read these threads, they can make up their own mind what to do. Remember, I use to be a Y2K alarmist. I will say it again........I USE TO BE.