So far, So good, So what?

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Well, most of the world has passed midnight. GMT has just rolled over. And there are still virtually no reports of failures. What does this mean?

It would appear that we have little to fear of emediate infrastructure failure. What about terrorists? or extremists? What about those who are disappointed that the world hasn't blown yet? How many "non-mission-critical" systems are being propped up behind the scenes?

It's still to early to call this game a win. IF we make it through the night uneventfully, Monday will be the next big test. If we pass that, then 1st quarter reports will show how much it cost to make it a "non-event".

Don't forget, Oil and the Economy were NEVER one shot problems.

-- MegaMe (CWHale67@aol.com), December 31, 1999

Answers

Don't forget the rest of the world rolls into Monday way before we do.

In my line of work Mondays are BIG heart attack days.

I wonder how bad this one will be...

-- Johnny (jljtm@bellsouth.com), December 31, 1999.


So what? Come on! You're right about serious potentials still facing the world, but relax a while and enjoy the good news. It's ok to celebrate each play as it happens, you don't need to wait until the end of the game to be happy.

-- Gus (y2kk@usa.net), December 31, 1999.

Mega:

While I agree with you, having the grid up means that problems that do occur will be more easily solved. This is obviously good news. Lets all take a deep breath and be thankful for what appears to be smooth sailing. If things hold true, the rollover will be even better that the 'weekend storm' analogy so often mentioned in the media. I'm very happy. Best wishes to all and may all future rollover problems be few and quickly remediated.

Happy New Year Everyone!

-- Echo Tango (EchoTango@me.com), December 31, 1999.


MegaMe,

Look, it's over already. BILLIONS of embedded chips HAVE ALREADY passed through the Y2K window.

The people in those countries cannot even report a single major anomaly.

Clinging to this idea that Y2K can just revive itself is very silly. I know first-hand that there will be application bugs, but these are nothing like TEOTWAWKI.

-- bryce (bryce@seanet.com), December 31, 1999.


Say, Bryce...

Did you buy some Qualcomm at $668 yesterday? If not, jump on it Monday -- I hear it's going to $1000, even after the 4-1 split.

By the way, I hear Groundhog urine futures will be REALLY hot in a couple of weeks. Be sure and gobble that one up!!

-- TA (sea_spur@yahoo.com), December 31, 1999.



Hey, don't get me wrong. It's already better than I expected, and I'm glad. But I don't trust everything I hear, and there is more to this than just the midnight rollover.(and we're not even through that yet).

"It's usually right after you relax that you get sucker-punched."

I may be paranoid, but I'm no sucker.

-- MegaMe (CWHale67@aol.com), December 31, 1999.


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