Y2K stuff

From: Max Eskin <kurtkilgor_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Mon Jan 4 19:29:17 1999

> Is it? My current credit card has an expiry date after the end of this
> year and I've never had any problems with it.

I read that it has happened in one of those panicky articles. I guess it
was fixed the day after someone became aware of the problem.

> Sure. Nobody is saying that you shouldn't check things. Just as I don't
> expect a power cut at the end of this year, but I'll have a working torch

> (flashlight) in the house. I always do. Power failures can occur. I just
> don't expect the date per se to be a particularly likely cause of one.

I think that 'maintenance errors' could potentially occur in power plants,
and what is more likely, some will be shut down just in case.
Received on Mon Jan 04 1999 - 19:29:17 GMT