Zero problems is not credible reporting

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The logic is wrong. If this technical problem required $300 billion plus to fix, AND countries like China, India, etc. adopted a primarily "fix on failure" approach AND it turned out they didn't have any failures, then the only conclusion must be that there wasn't any problem in the first place, and we shouldn't have spent the money to fix it.

It turns out there never really WAS a Y2K problem!!! Oh, dear. Oh, dear. How could all those old programmers have been so wrong?

Oh,well. At least I'm now prepared to live without electricity for six months and stay home from the grocery store for a year.

How many takers would I get on a "spiritual retreat weekend" where you get to live in the country without electricity so you can get closer to nature?

Ariana

-- Ariana Christopher (pergados@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999

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Ariana,

I was thinking exactly the same thing. How on earth can there be absolutely NO problems ANYWHERE so far?? Based on what we WERE told about the computer problems, even Koskinen was expecting problems overseas. So what happened? I bet those anchor people on all the networks are bored out of there minds!

Hey it's good news, but I'm really amazed at how badly it was miscalculated. Absolutely no problems??? Very weird.

Ariana, I think a retreat to relax and eat beans and rice sounds pretty darn good! I'll bring mine along....

-- LindaO (iagreewith@you.com), December 31, 1999.


Ariana and Linda,

There are problems, probably quite a few. I doubt if you will ever notice any of them or even hear about them. They will be resolved or bypassed. Have a great new year!

-- Butt Nugget (catsbutt@umailme.com), December 31, 1999.


Ariana...what a beautiful name! The fat lady has yet to sing. But I agree....no problems at all? I don't/won't buy that one. Hopefully we will get through it all with no major melt downs or use of body bags. But I can't believe that all that money was spent and all that work done and NO PROBLEMS???? Actually, all we know, or are being told, is that the grids are working. While that is of utmost importance and goes a hell of a long way to keep this from turning into TEOTWAWKI, there are still tons of glitches that will crop up in the coming days. I have always said that if nothing else, the year 2000 is going to be one big pain it the butt for everyone. I won't rest easy about the grid and terrorism (mostly homegrown) until I hear from Mad Monk in Hawaii that all is well. Then we sit back and watch how the cards fall...an fall they will, hopefully they will be controlable.

Taz

-- Taz (Tassi123@aol.com), December 31, 1999.


Muddle mode would work for me.

;-D

Seems the network newz is focused on global parties. Must admit "nothing" is a tad "odd."

Hang tight.

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.


This is part of the same disconnnect that's been happening all along, except now we see it in practice.

The vast majority of embedded systems use no dates. Those that do don't all have errors. Those that have errors suffer almost entirely from symptoms that don't affect functionality -- incorrect logging and displays. Finally, the majority of those that have genuinely functional errors permit simple workarounds.

But I'm not surprised that those who refused to understand this are now claiming a coverup. They *still* refuse to understand it.

-- Flint (flintc@mindspring.com), December 31, 1999.



With respect to Embeddeds and overseas installations...the CONTROVERSY is over...thank GOD!

Now for over here, and start of business Monday...



-- K. Stevens (kstevens@ It's ALL GONE AWAY (the controversy) on overseas 10 hours ago! .com), December 31, 1999.


But the point is that failures are being reported. I know this to be a fact because I have reported one or two of them, and I can read more right here on this forum. However it is just as many of us have been saying all along. "There will be failures, but they will be minor in nature and easily fixed."

-- Malcolm Taylor (taylorm@es.co.nz), December 31, 1999.

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