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

To: flatsville who wrote (3885)	2/15/1999 2:17:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

' "I didn't inhale; not with that woman; Y2K is under control" 'On Sun, 14 Feb 1999 04:43:39, belascoh@hotmail.com (Howard Belasco) wrote: > Harlan, you could not send me any single item about ships, or any kind or > of any age. While I was on vacation I interviewed the Captain of the > Princess Dawn, a cruise ship, and he told me that his ship and the entire > Princess fleet had been checked and remediated and was Y2K compliant as As if the Captain would tell a passenger, "Hey guy, we're Y2Klueless here; please spread the word, this tub could sink, maybe the boilers will blow up, maybe we'll get lost at sea. Lost at sea and the passengers would be held hostage for days, weeks, the food will run out, the toilets would stop working and you'd have to hang your heinnies over the railing. Attracted by the "matter" in the water, maybe a giant squid will climb on board and we'd have to fight it off with fire axes. Squid sushi tonight, pal." > of the interview, during the last week of December, 1998. Here we see the > story of some different ships, military ones, that are Y2K compliant. As Is that the US military, the one that falsifies Y2Kompliance statements, or are you talking about some other military? Maybe the fighting ships of the Imperial Swiss Navy or the war canoes of the Monarchy of Hawai'i are good to go; come on DD and Rev Tim, hula with me, swing those hips ..we throw our nets, out into the sea..." the hands, the lovely hula hands tell the story, hand motions now. > far as YOU have been able to tell me, there are no stories of ships being > found to NOT compliant. There are no stories of companies not being able > to remediate their ships. You don't have to BELLOWsco at Harlan, I understand he's getting on in years, but dag nabbit, he ain't deeef. > So I think that here, on this issue, you are just out of the water. And he Y2Kloses with a line suitable for a 1950's TV show. As usual, Howie misses the point. We have less than 11 months to go before the singularity, an event that has never happened before. There should have been evidence of the work done and completed 2-3 years ago. It should have been an international priority in 1995. Each time an issue is raised (usually in c.s.y2k first), there's a few months of hee'ing and haw'ing, is it an issue, what are the facts. Finally, almost as if humanity gives in, someone starts slogging away at it. Shipping is at the slogging away stage. It's not done. I originally raised shipping about a year ago after I stumbled onto Lloyds' Ship2000 website after an Alta-Vista frenzied night. Commercial ships are still an open issue. C.s.y2k'ers know this. Don't tell us to prove it one way or another. The state of commercial ships is an open research item. Howie, having been one of the sedated on a cruise ship, feels qualified to huff at Harlan rather than click up Lloyds and do his own research. We'll know that shipping is a non-issue when Lloyds of London says it is. And yes, there are two Lloyds in London, one is maritime insurance and the other is maritime research. Both must say that ships are Y2K OK before I'd believe that it's true. cory hamasaki 319 Days, 7,671 Hours, Less than 11 Months Send your Y2K Contest submissions to Y2Kcontest@hotmail.com You know you're in Y2K trouble when ... howie belasco says "no problems with ships, trust me." milne starts storing food for a third year. the Y2K groundhog blasts the reporters with an AK47. "I didn't inhale; not with that woman; Y2K is under control" details at kiyoinc.com

To: flatsville who wrote (3885)	2/15/1999 2:51:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 9818

Austrian Red Cross: 'for households we recommend a food storage for several days; having enough cash and having filled up the gas tank of your car to bridge the first days without harm': 'Für private Haushalte empfiehlt das ÖRK einen Lebensmittelvorrat für mehrere Tage anzulegen, genügend Bargeld zu halten und das Auto ausreichend mit Benzin zu befüllen, um zumindest die ersten Tage unbeschadet überbrücken zu können.' derstandard.at

To: flatsville who wrote (3885)	2/15/1999 3:07:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Very clearly the medium sized enterprises complained about the lack of support and action of the German Federal government. They also feel a lack of a clear jurisdiction': 'Mit großer Deutlichkeit bemängeln mittelständische Unternehmer fehlende Unterstützung und Tatkraft seitens der Bundesregierung. Sie vermissen vor allem eine klare Rechtslage und mehr Unterstützung als es Broschüren und Beratungsangebote im Internet leisten können. ' Up to 10 % of the SME's could go down because of Y2k, according to the IHK of Cologne (Industry and Commerce Chamber).: 'Bis zu zehn Prozent der Unternehmen, so schätzt die Industrie- und Handelskammer Köln, könnten auf Grund des Datumswechsels bankrott gehen. ' Pressure on the German government... visit of a US delegation...': 'Daß die deutsche Regierung zu wenig unternimmt, um Unternehmen und öffentliche Einrichtungen auf den Datumswechsel vorzubereiten, fürchten auch US-Politiker. Vor wenigen Tagen ist eine Delegation ranghoher US-Diplomaten, unter ihnen Jonathan Spalter, Stellvertetender Direktor der U.S. Information Agency und enger Berater des Vizepräsidenten Al Gore, mit Vertretern der Bundesregierung und der bayerischen Staatskanzlei zusammengetroffen ' zeitbombe-jahr2000.de