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

To: STLMD who wrote (4706)	3/16/1999 12:04:00 PM
From: Bill Ounce	Respond to of 9818

c.s.y2k -- How can one believe ANYTHING the Gov't says??? From: jbuck10447@aol.com (JBuck10447) Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 Subject: How can one believe ANYTHING the Gov't says??? Date: 15 Mar 1999 23:14:27 GMT The y2k czar stated 99% (then 95%) of FAA systems were done months back. The head of the FAA said almost done! Today, during house hearings, the DOT (the parent agency!!) said the FAA was way behind and the GAO spokesman stated that the FAA has only remediated 2 of 66 mission critical systems. Add to that you have other lies well documented by other agencies -- lie the DOD. These people have proven they are willing to lie no matter what the facts in order to quash panic. I believe the opposite will be the result. This lying will produce the panic it is meant to stop! If any one here wants to place blame for fostering fear, then forget about North and the others. The blame falls at the feet of those that are attempting to keep people from preparing, by ANY means. They are the reason little was done well in advance and they are the reason the fear will build because their lying makes they assurances ring hollow! JBuck ==================================================================== From: kiyoinc@ibm.XOUT.net (cory hamasaki) Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 Subject: Re: How can one believe ANYTHING the Gov't says??? Date: 16 Mar 1999 03:57:47 GMT That was Joel Willemssen (or something like that). The GAO is emerging as the pit bull of governmental Y2K. Joel and his gang have savaged agency after agency. On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 23:14:27, jbuck10447@aol.com (JBuck10447) wrote: > The y2k czar stated 99% (then 95%) of FAA systems were done months back. The > head of the FAA said almost done! Gravy-train and so-Long. > Today, during house hearings, the DOT (the parent agency!!) said the FAA was > way behind and the GAO spokesman stated that the FAA has only remediated 2 of > 66 mission critical systems. WHAT! 2/66 = 3%. Where do we get these people from? > Add to that you have other lies well documented by other agencies -- lie the > DOD. There are some organizations that are playing it straight, doing a fine job. You don't hear a lot about them because they are in head down, deathmarch mode. I fear they will burn out the programmers. > These people have proven they are willing to lie no matter what the facts in > order to quash panic. > I believe the opposite will be the result. This lying will produce the panic it > is meant to stop! Yes, as milne has said, he has no reason to panic. He'll toss another log on the fire, take a big bite of a hot biscuit with peach preserves. > If any one here wants to place blame for fostering fear, then forget about > North and the others. The blame falls at the feet of those that are attempting > to keep people from preparing, by ANY means. It's a matter of degree. Something odd is about to happen. The rules of the game are about to change and the world will be different. We hope it will be a better place, that there will be more freedom, caring, honesty. That things will work and civilization and government will empower rather than surpress the human spirit. Unfortunately, the evidence, observing the control-freaks at work and their lying denialist lackeys does not give me the reason to believe that the landing will be soft. > They are the reason little was done well in advance and they are the reason > the fear will build because their lying makes they assurances ring hollow! > JBuck Most people hope for a better world and life. A few, the grubbing power-crazed, corrupt scammers fear that the chaos will reveal them for what they are. Dilbert's boss lives and he walks the earth as Ko-Skin-em the destroyer of worlds. Deny, deny, deny until they believe their own lies. The FAA is in fine shape, SS will not suffer interruptions. Medicare will be there for you. No problems here, nothing to see, move along, these are not the doids we're looking for, move along. The reality is that the game was over at Day 500. At that time, it was obvious that the failures were preprogrammed. I'm dense. SHMUEL, milne, InfoMagic and others warned me before Day 1,000. The guy who saw the date failure at Maxwell Online humorously spoke of getting a new name, plastic surgery, and moving to Tahiti to escape the litigation. Several docs report that Medicare is broken now. That payments typically run 6 to 9 months late. Other medical professionals say that government paperwork to ensure the quality of care simply ensures that there is paperwork that does nothing to provide quality care. The best argument that Y2K will not break the system seems to be that the systems are already broken. When I state that Y2K problems will take down entire government agencies and corporations, the counter argument appears to be, "yeah, so? Tell me something important." The failures will happen and will bring unnecessary human suffering. At this point, I don't see the way out. cory hamasaki 291 Days, 6,985 Hours. Still working on WRP114.