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It seems to me there are several possibilities for what we are now seeing (or not seeing, depending on which camp you reside in. Doomers vs.Pollys) as follows:

1. There never was a problem to begin with.

2. The problem was totally fixed.

3. The problems are not being reported in the media.

4. The problems are not being attributed to Y2K.

5. The problems will take some time to accumulate to a "critical mass" and then the media will report.

6. Divine intervention?

I would appreciate any additional possibilities. I also don't think of myself as a doomer or a polly, but with numerous possibilities still in the works I would use caution in declaring a victory just yet. We still have to contend with Murphy and his law.

-- jon (Jon@jon1.jps.net), January 03, 2000

Answers

Jon, my feeling is that your answers 2 thru 6 are actually valid. They are all happening now concurrently in various ways.

Mike

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-- Mike Taylor (mtdesign3@aol.com), January 03, 2000.


The key to the liberal mind is this: perception IS reality. If they say there was no "serious" or "major" problem, then there was minor problems and then there was no problem at all. If they write this down in history as a hoax, so let it be wrote. The battle is for the mind, and for the right to write, history that is. Truth has absolutely nothing to do with it, Maam. It is all what you believe and conceive, only that can you achieve. So says the modern man ... a liberal man.

-- Ron Sellar (y2kbook@telusplanet.net), January 03, 2000.

You should add the following (or substitute it for what you currently have as 1.):

"The problem was innocuous, and never was a significant threat."

This would explain how countries that were woefully unprepared by anyone's definition, such as Italy, so far seemingly have no more problems than countries that had spent so much time and money.

-- King of Spain (madrid@aol.cum), January 03, 2000.

Organizations having problems are delaying reporting them until they have fixed them. (e.g., the Pentagon satellite problem). To report early would destroy credibility...not to mention stock prices!

-- Mad Monk (madmonk@hawaiian.net), January 03, 2000.

Mad Monk,

Most large organizations will avoid telling you anything they don't have to. There is no incentive to do so. It only opens the door for falling stock prices as you said, and law suits.

-- brent (me@over.her.net), January 03, 2000.



2. The problem was totally fixed. [Well... partially]

3. The problems are not being reported in the media. [Duh]

4. The problems are not being attributed to Y2K. [Think lawyers]

5. The problems will take some time to accumulate to a "critical mass" and then the media will report. [Or not]

6. Divine intervention? [You bet]

;-D

Diane

-- Diane J. Squire (sacredspaces@yahoo.com), January 03, 2000.


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