Carl I've been following the TB2000 forum for almost a year. Y2K was my main concern and indeed this is why I still log in. You have done a fantastic job since the roll-over in posting technical gliches and problems in the technology sector. My question to you is this. Do you post these items because you think these are in part Y2K related or are your posts just information sharing on normal everyday technical problems. I believe many glitches have occured due to Y2K issues that haven't been reported as such and have seen some first hand problems. All however are resolved. My interest is in the "death by a thousand cuts" scenerio, which was always my area of concern. Any comments?

-- GOMER (GNOMER@DOT.COM), March 19, 2000

Answers

Aloha Gomer,

My primary purpose is to post information that has some probability of being related to y2k problems. Prior to rollover, the Senate y2k Committee received much testimony concerning the possible impacts of y2k. Many agencies, private consultants and others offered testimony. I look for incidents and events that were predicted as y2k indicators in testimony before the Committee and in sources elsewhere in the media.

If you want my opinion, here it is.

The evidence found in reports assembled here on GICC and other y2k reporting sites on the web, suggests that Y2K problems have been and continue to be a serious headache for many industries. The most obvious industry that seems to be be suffering from a y2k related hangover is the oil industry. Production and distribution problems in the oil industry were widely discussed as a high profile indicator of Y2K problems. Since January we have seen numerous unexplained oil and gas pipeline ruptures, refinery fires and so on around the world. Fuel price escalation has resulted in a full blown energy crisis with the largest prices increases since the 1970's. All of this started shortly after rollover. Can I prove that the energy crisis is Y2K related? No. However, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....

Frankly, there is no way for me to determine if it an event is y2k related unless it is labled as such by the reporting source. And that is unlikely to happen very often.

As the US Senate's Final Y2K Report Concludes:

"The full extent of Y2K problems will probably never be known because only a fraction of the actual occurences will be reported. There is no incentive for corporations or countries of the world to openly report computer problems. As with any internal problems, organizations will likely simply fix them and continue there operations unbeknownst to the general public"

http://www.senate.gov/~y2k/

-- Carl Jenkins (Somewherepress@aol.com), March 19, 2000.

"The full extent of Y2K problems will probably never be known because only a fraction of the actual occurences will be reported. There is no incentive for corporations or countries of the world to openly report computer problems. As with any internal problems, organizations will likely simply fix them and continue there operations unbeknownst to the general public"

bingo

-- Uncle Bob (unclb0b@aol.com), March 19, 2000.

Carl,

You have a flair with words! Great response.

As I have told you many time, I appreciate your hard work and dedication. Once again, thank you.

Dee

-- (Dee360Degree@aol.com), March 19, 2000.

Carl Thanks for the response. Keep up the good work.

-- gomer (gnomer@dot.com), March 21, 2000.