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

To: Ken who wrote (4936)	3/21/1999 5:04:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

I phophetically(sic) So now you're a prophet?? Did you look at those links on testing data and protocols I posted from the Treasury Dept?? They gov't had their techies actually visit their vendor labs to witness and run tests on COTS systems they had purchased. And not to take your words out of of context (but it seemed applicable): I cannot logically reason.... Ken, give it up. All you're stating is your particular view on the potential consequences of Y2K. You're not god, and neither are any of the rest of us. You take for fact and unavoidable, those things you can not document. The problem, simply stated, is that WE'RE ALL IGNORANT of what will actually occur. You have shown yourself, IMO, not to be an alarmist trying to alert people that something needs to be done, but as someone trying to instigate a riot by yelling fire in a crowded theater. You think we all should follow your example, panicking and cowering in fear of the great unknown. Well try this one on for size, Ken... Have we or have we not lived a maximum of 30 minutes away from the complete and utter destruction of mankind for the past 40+ years?? How come you haven't figure out the statistical probability of one of those 36,000 nuclear warheads go off by accident?? Why haven't you shown the same measure of concern as you do Y2K?? And what about infomation warfare?? Aren't you worried by the persisent and deliberate hacking attempts into some of our most critical IT infrastructure?? Aren't you worried that TOMORROW we could suffer a massive Infowar attack on this nation that could cause many if not all the same effects as a major Y2K disruption?? Ken, the danger of utter global collapse is out there staring you, me, and everyone in the face each and every minute. Banks are hacked into, money electronically stolen, and accounts tampered with every month, if not each week. IT control systems for power grids are hacked into on a regular basis. Personally Ken, Y2K is the least of my worries when I let my sordid imagination run free to ponder the more disastrous scenarios. So give it a rest, Ken. You've probably now convinced most people that you are too emotionally involved in the issue and need to put it all in perspective to the relative risks we live with each day. Regards, Ron