Milne: New research says US imports will be "badly hit" even in BEST case scenario

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Subject:Another Report : Same Bad Consequences, Pollies May ignore
Date:1999/06/29
Author:Paul Milne <fedinfo@halifax.com>
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A report just out from International Monitoring, a high-tech consultancy firm in London, says that its research has shown that all US imports will be badly hit by the Y2K problem.
 
"We assumed a best case scenario and drew up a smokestack model. The conclusion was that, even with massive Y2K remediation, there will still be major Y2K computer problems, allied with delays in transport of all commodities worldwide," he said.
 
"It's kind of bugs creating bugs, if you will," he said, adding that, even assuming that all Y2K first generation bugs are solved, then there will be a second generation of bugs amounting to 15 percent of the original volume of software problems.
 
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They ****assumed***** a **BEST CASE** scenario. And the results are STILL horrible. Guess what heppens when the scenario is a whole lot worse?
 
"The conclusion was that, even with massive Y2K remediation, there will still be major Y2K computer problems.."
 
Even 'WITH' massive remediation. And there is NO massive remdiation.
 
 
http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/132622.html
 
Paul Milne



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All jokes aside, this is the one area that debunk has had no effect on my thoughts whatsoever. It's a macro economy stupid, and our economy relies on the world. Every time I see a major "it's OK" they never apply our dependance on the world, only our interior.

-- R. Wright (blaklodg@hotmail.com), June 30, 1999.

I remember hearing that "shoes" were a highly imported item. Any other "absolute necessities" we should stock up on re: imported stuff?

-- NSmith (nitnat3@aol.com), June 30, 1999.

tires.

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had a spare 5 bucks in my pocket today,thought about buying some gravy powder for all that rice.picked up 10 rounds of #4 buckshot instead.who knows?

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