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

To: David Eddy who wrote (5347)	4/7/1999 3:30:00 PM
From: Cheeky Kid	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

Y2K bugs hidden in chips: Experts don't expect a technology disaster sacbee.com >>>"The embedded system problem is turning out to be much smaller than we had feared," said Peter de Jager, a computer consultant and one of the first to sound the alarm over the Y2K issue. Of the billions of chips worldwide that control various devices, the majority "don't even know what planet they are on, much less care what date or time means," said Andy Kyte, who tracks Y2K issues for the Gartner Group, a technology research firm. De Jager cited a Veterans Administration hospital that found only one device out of 1,600 that behaved erratically because of Y2K issues. Another 23 merely misstated the date, but otherwise operated correctly.<<< - - - - - - One (1) out of 1,600 failed, what is that .01 %?

To: David Eddy who wrote (5347)	4/7/1999 7:05:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9818

I don't worry about the grid. Too many ways to protect it. Don't say that too loud David... It interferes with our plans for instituting utter "Kendemonium"..... <VBG> But secretly, that's my take on the grid as well...:0) With advance notice of potential instability to the grid, it is very easy to take certain non-priority customers off-line temporarily until they can be assured the system is stable. And the funny thing is... that process can work with a number of different operations where refineries are taken offline or put on standby, trains held in their railyards, and planes parked in US irbases and airports (as opposed to that sick Lockerbie joke that was mentioned in earlier posts). We can "destress" the economy very effectively until we know what is working at a minimal level of functionality and what isn't. And yes, I quite agree with you on the US economy humming along this summer in preparation for the end of year follies. Then I see the first of the year hurting grocery stores and pharmaceutical companies as people consume their stored goods. I also see gold PLUMMETING as all of those folks who bought it in preparation cash it back in for dollars and equities. And I expect the mother of all stock market rallies too (dependent on whether we still bombing those intransigent Serbs, of course.. :0) And if that is the least that happens, we can all count ourselves extremely blessed. Regards, Ron