$aff|2-Millennium






$9f0|2-Buggery








$fbd                   By Daniel Thornton AKA T0ffee B0y


$fbdYou  might have heard of the millenium bug.  Basically it means that any
computers  that  don`t  have  a  four figure year field will give up the
ghost in the year 2000, as they will believe that it is 1900.
	
Be  scared.   Be very scared.  You see, the problem is A LOT bigger than
you think.
	
On  January  1st  2000,  the  planet  could  come  to a standstill.  The
following  information  is  taken  from  a  respected  American computer
technician`s replies to questions from James Whale on Talk Radio.

	
You  might  think that the millenium bug is a piffling little thing that
needs  only a rudimentary knowledge of programming to correct, but you`d
be  wrong.   Of  course  you can correct software relatively easily, but
what  if  the computer hardware itself can`t accept the 2000 date field?
Easy answer...IT WON`T WORK!
	
Imagine....banks  could  lose  record of all cash in your account (empty
your  account before Christmas!!!!)...Computers on airplanes could crash
possibly  leading  to  disasters  of enormous proportions.  Airlines are
taking  it  so seriously that even big ones such as KLM are not going to
be flying for the 24 hour period.
	
Medical  records  could  be lost, life support machines will switch off,
social security will be in a complete mess.
	
In  Eastern  countries,  where  they  use  ancient  computers,  they are
unlikely  to  update  their systems, meaning the computers could release
nuclear warheads!

The  worst thing is, very few people have done anything about correcting
it!   In  America,  they started the process of updating social security
computers  some  years ago, and are only a third of the way through.  In
the UK, we are only still evaluating what needs doing!
	
How  can  a  disaster  of  this scale been allowed to occur?  Why is the
government not doing more to warn people?
	
It  is essential that you get your computer checked if you do not use an
Amiga  (they  have  always had four figure years).  But whatever you do,
don`t try changing the date to Dec31 1999 at 23:59 hrs, as your computer
may crash and refuse to reboot!
	
Daniel Thornton, Paranoid and Proud!


$ff0[The  comapny  I  work  for have a Y2K or Millenium Compliant program in
operation and you must adhere to it.  Kei]

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