Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

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

To: Jim who wrote (5277)	4/5/1999 4:20:00 PM
From: Ken	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Jim, obviously from your various posts' statements, you were NOT at all legitimate regarding your 'demands' for that information: (1) your ridiculous initial unfounded statement regarding WHY the hospital recall, which I initially demolished: and, instead of just accepting that, then (2) using that pretext of 'wanting to know for 'pretended' 'friends with pacemakers', which I demolished by advising how they should have found out for themselves, and (3) pretending to be a senior citizen, while discussing your company's work in above posts. Apparently/obviously, you just reacted the wrong way to the fact of my report contradicting your original statement about pacemakers being totally y2k compliant. Jim, none of us can be right about all of our y2k beliefs- why not just accept that? Instead of continuing to fixate on your upset upon discovering you were wrong about your said pronouncement about pacemakers, why not instead put your attention on a more positive arena, i.e., reading and studying all the reports coming out daily about y2k???

To: Jim who wrote (5277)	4/5/1999 4:28:00 PM
From: C.K. Houston	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

RUMOR: The year 2000 problem will cause pacemakers to malfunction, including, as a worst case, failure to provide the needed pacing output to sustain cardiac function. FALSE. While computer software frequently is embedded as a component of pacemakers, this software does not use date information in the operation of the pacemaker itself. None of the implanted devices require knowledge of, nor do they use, the current date to operate safely and effectively. Software is also used in associated support devices, such as external pacemaker programmers, that are used in conjunction with implanted pacemakers. The year 2000 problem will not affect most of these associated products. However, the problem could affect a few of the external programmers that are used to monitor and/or change pacemaker operating conditions if these programmers were not designed to be year 2000 compliant. The Food and Drug Administration has contacted medical device manufacturers to ensure that they are working with the medical community to prevent potential disruptions in clinical care caused by the year 2000 problem. For pacemakers, there are only a few older models of pacemaker programmers that are affected. The manufacturers are expected to provide solutions or upgrades for these well before the year 2000 date problem could impact a physician's ability to provide appropriate clinical care when monitoring or reprogramming of the pacemaker is required. Physicians who are using these programmers will be contacted by the manufacturer and advised of actions need to correct the problem. y2k.gov MORE ON PACEMAKERS: Message 8701933 <<The last straw is when I read a post on one of the threads questioning whether pace-makers would fail!> Jim Pacemakers do not operate in isolation. Have I helped you in anyway to better understand the problem with pacemakers? <I am a senior citizen with friends who have pacemakers implanted. They are DEATHLY afraid that their hearts will stop at 00:00 next January. We are not playing games here.> Jim If you'd like to help your friends, I would suggest you print out my two posts and give to your friends, who in turn can give to their doctors. And, they should do what Ken suggested. Contact their physicians on this. Cheryl