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

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (5322)	4/6/1999 7:25:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 9818

Fox Mulder from X-Files says: "Trust No One" But, that's the movies.

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (5322)	4/6/1999 8:49:00 PM
From: flatsville	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Bill--I say, "Naw...don't trust 'em." Recall that little matter of the FAA dropping the number of mission critical systems from 1156 two years ago to the current 641? Hard to trust an agency that can't get the number of mission critical systems right by almost 50%, huh? (As a side note: Gee, I wish I had a bridge to sell...The gulliblity factor is so hard to ignore sometimes.)

To: Bill Ounce who wrote (5322)	4/8/1999 11:39:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

comp.software.year-2000 FAA will finish on non-existent date A funny, but true illustration of fundamental incompetence From: DaShad0w@webtv.net (DaShad0w) Newsgroups: comp.software.year-2000 Subject: Re: FAA Issues Year 2000 Progress Report Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 11:19:55 -0400 (EDT) [...] Also on March 5, 1999: FAA spokesperson, Paul Takemoto, claims all FAA systems will be compliant by June 31 -- a day that does not exist (there are only 30 days in June). [...] FAA SPOKESPERSON CLAIMS AGENCY WILL BE READY ON A DAY THAT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST FAA spokesperson Paul Takemoto offers a frightening quote in this CNET story: "By June 31 all of our testing of the computers will be done, along with the implementation of the computers as well." June 31, of course, does not exist. And neither, it seems, does any remnant of credibility from the FAA. While Jane Garvey claimed 100% of the FAA's systems were repaired on September 30, 1998, Takemoto now says that on March 31, 65% of the FAA's computers will be ready, with the remaining systems to be ready by "June 31." Story at: news.com [commentary] We, the public, are being lied to again and again by people from an agency that seems unable to get their claims straight. They are so confused about which date represents the latest false claim, they're shooting for dates that don't even exist. Why not just say they'll be compliant on December 32nd? Claims from the FAA are, at this point, simply irrelevant. The agency has lost any remaining credibility on Y2K, and now, the public is rightly afraid of putting their lives on the line. Currently, polls show approximately 50% of the public will refuse to fly on 1/1/2000. You can bet the other 50% aren't aware of the facts presented in this report. [...]